Added the bittering hops; the hour boil

We simmered the grains for 20 mins at ~155 F, raised the temp to 170 F, and then removed the grain sack.  Darren opened the sack, and we poured cold water (~0.5 gal) through the sack into the pot to remove the last bit of malty goodness (and Darren squeezed it).  We brought the pot to a boil, then removed from heat, and added the malt extract.  I used the toothpaste trick of rolling the package to get as much malt out as possible.  Darren stirred, and then resumed heating until the pot was at a rolling boil.

He added the bittering hops, whice began the hour boil.  As a note for t

he future, once the pot is at a rolling boil, do not put the lid back on.  Darren and I stepped out of the kitc

hen 

briefly after having done this (to let it achie

ve a heavy boil), and it boiled over in the mean time.  The Morning Glory Company's guide did warn against this, so I'm adding my warning too, for posterity.  We lost a bit of hops from this, and Darren had to remove the pot from the burner to clean up briefly so that we didn't flood the house with the smell of burnt hops and grains.

All is well though, and the pot is boiling, and the b

rew kittens are santizing themselves to help with transferring the brew to the carboy.