first you need 50% distilled water for the whole batch. on the stove method, heat 2.5 gallons of water to a boil, add everything stir stir stir, add 1 ounce of hops, boil, start your timer at 45 minutes add hops per schedule, cool in sink with ice, add cold water to carboy reaching 5.5 gallons, stir, stir, stir then ferment cold with 05 yeast around 62 for 7 days,then heat up to 68 for 2 days, transfer to cold vessel and condition cold at 36 for 7 days while carbing, best light beer I've ever made