first all grain recipe suggestions
 

im going to be buying my friends all grain equipment next week and i would like to do an india brown ale as well as an ipa or session beer with the 2nd runnings.

i understand the process but have no idea what would be a good recipe for the 2nd runnings. any suggestions on either recipe? any tips on pairing beer recipes for first and 2nd runnings?

You'd have to go from lighter to darker if you're planning on a color change. You could do a hoppy session brown. And start with an IIPA or something. What's the capacity of the system you're buying?

Any radon you're choosing parti-gyle for your first batch?

*reason

Generally, yes. Unless you use steeping grains. I have been thinking about doing a 2-row only batch in my 5gal MLT to maximize the extraction of fermentables for 10 gallons of beer... And then just steeping specialty grains in the 2-row extract.

My capacity will be two 5 gallon batches. I could do one 10 gallon batch, i have 4 carboys and i like to do secondary fermentation. Boil kettles i have are 10g max ea.

Bru, only reason is that the parti-gyle seems to be a better use of grain, and ill be able to do 2 batches.

Do you reccomend i go single batch for my first?

It's better to get the hang of brewing all grain before jumping into techniques that are more advanced.

okay thanks for the advice ill go ahead and start with a single beer.

I actually think it is easier to go partigyle. Just keep a bit of extra DME around in case you need to bump up your gravity. There's really nothing difficult about doing a partigyle brew. It is actually a great way to fill your fermenters and get your pipeline flowing.

That's a good idea, and considering I have a bunch of extra hops laying around that need to be used up I think I can find something that would only cost me yeast. If it turns out bad, I can always dump it out, not a huge loss.