The way this recipe was setup pretty much had us down to our last 1/2 gal of cold water. Everything else was boiled in 2 stove pots and the final brew pot was on a propane burner on the porch. I did multiple aeration pours from fermentor to pot prior to cool down and yeast pitching. So Im assuming we did enough to get everything mixed well. I took the OG reading when the wort was at 60 deg. (We actually were using 3 different thermometers, so I hope theyre accurate!!)
In all honesty, I wont be upset if my first couple of batches are off a bit. As long as I can drink them, Ill be happy. Just the satisfaction of knwing that I brewed it will offset any anomolies my first batch or 2 might have