first all grain

[bamabrewin]

I'm doing my first all grain as soon as my car gets out of the shop and I can get all the stuff I need, I cant decide on what beer to brew though and I'm looking for suggestions. Since its my first all grain I'm looking for something pretty easy and costing no more than 25 bucks for ingredients. I'd love to brew something similar to Abita Amber or a blonde ale, nothing too bitter. Thanks for any input.

 

[cheier]

I just did my first AG batch today and it smelled very nice. It is an english special bitter, although bittering can be reduced by dropping the amount of hops. My recipe was fairly simple for a 5 gallon batch.

9lbs Marris Otter
0.5 lbs Brown
0.5 lbs Special B

1oz East Kent Goldings (60 min)
1oz East Kent Goldings (30 min)
1oz East Kent Goldings (15 min)
1oz East Kent Goldings (5 min)

Wyeast 1318 London Ale III

OG: 1.055

Just reduce the hops in the early part of the boil to 0.5oz at 60 and 30 minutes, and that should reduce the bitterness. I don't think this recipe gets you to where you want to go, but I think this recipe cost me about $25 (given that I have a 55lb bag of Marris Otter).

 

[Scroto]

If your looking for a nice cheap beer to start off all-grain I highly recommend Jamils Blonde Ale. Very tasty beer without much fuss. Cheap to brew as well, about $10-15 for 5 gallons for me, so it is a good one to practice on and calibrate all your equipment.

Since it's also such a light tasting beer you'll really be able to taste any flaws that might be present in your procedure and hopefully fix them next time around.

It's also a good canvas from which to add and experiment on. For instance, I sub out half of the C-20 for toasted 2-row, just a little different but it gives one the ability to notice what small changes can make in your final beer.

 

[LVBen]

This one seems to be pretty popular:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f62/cream-three-crops-cream-ale-66503/

I haven't made it yet, but I just ordered the ingredients for it today, so I'll be making it very soon.