2nd batch in bottles

I racked my second batch (Hefeweissen) to bottles this weekend. I came up about three bottles short of two 12oz cases. I didn't know where the 5gal mark on my carboy was and I wanted to make sure there was enough headroom for fermentation.

I also harvested and washed the yeast from this batch (Wyeast Hefeweissen). I did the same with my last batch of Wyeast Irish Ale yeast. My plan is to use that (Irish Ale) yeast in my next batch. I'm going to make an Alt beer. I was trying to find a recipe that would make something similar to a Long Trail Double Bag. I found a recipe on a home brew forum, and later found that it was almost identical to Papazian's recipe for Osmosis Amoebas Alt.

Basically it is:

6lb of amber DME
1/4 cup of chocolate malt (steeped)
(the recipe called for another 1/8 cup of currant malt(?) but the LHBS didn't have it, so I'm thinking of just adding a little more of the chocolate)
1oz Northern Brewers hops @ 60min.


I'm also thinking about trying an all-grain or partial-grain at some time in the near future. I have a 6gal round igloo cooler and I picked up a bottling spigot that I put on this weekend. I'm going to get another 'beer & wine' bucket and drill wholes in the bottom of it to make a igloo/double bucket sparge tun. (the 'beer & wine' bucket that I use as a primary fits perfectly in the Igloo. The 'beer & wine' bucket has a 7.9gal cap. up to the rim. This plus the extra space under the 'false bottom' will give me over 8gal cap.