First All-Grain Brew

[homebrewnewb86]

I'm gearing up to do my first all grain brew. I'm researching recipes to find a suitable first all grain attempt. Any suggestions would be great, especially for a pale ale or IPA. I'm trying to get 5-5.5 gallons of finished product.

Ingredients I already have and need to use:
-Flaked barley 10 0z
-liquid English Ale Yeast (WLP002)
-Kent Golding leaf hops, 4 oz


Also, do I need a mash tun AND a lauter tun, or can I use a single-step infusion method in the lauter tun and sparge from there?

-Home brew newb, your patience for my dumb questions is appreciated

PS

Drinking, "Hop Nog" home brew kit from brewer's best

Bottle conditioning: "Second Chance" Amber Ale (personal partial mash recipe)

Fermenting: standard Porter recipe from the Brewmaster's Bible (also a partial mash)

 

[Thakaz]

a mash tun and lauter tun are basically the same thing for a homebrewer, a cooler with a false bottom to separate the grain from the wort before the boil.

A simple recipe for a pale would be 90% 2-row or pale malt and 10% crystal. I would recommend getting some brewing software so that you start tracking your efficiency.

 

[RM-MN]

I've mostly seen them mentioned as mash/lauter tun. You mash in them, then start to drain and catch the first of the runnings to return to the top until your runnings are mostly clear(lautering). You mostly don't want particles of grain in the boil.

 

[rklinck]

You could make a good pale ale (English bitter style) with a recipe like:

9 lbs 2-Row (or pale malt)
.75 lbs Crystal Malt 40L
1 oz. Kent Golding Hops (60 minute boil)
1 oz. Kent Golding Hops (30 minute boil)
1 oz. Kent Golding Hops (15 minute boil)
1 oz. Kent Golding Hops (5 minute boil)
English Ale Yeast

I have only ever used flaked barley in my stouts, so I don't know how it would fit in a pale ale. You could replace some of the pale malt with a specialty grain (e.g., biscuit malt) if you want to but don't go overboard.