I'm very lost. Please help.

[boydster]

Wow. I want to thank everyone for their quick and helpful responses!
I can't figure out how to quote on my phone so bear with me.
Nothingrymeswithcurtiss. I don't understand the 9lb 2 row. I know what 9lbs is. But not 2 row.
Boydster. I basically make tea with the grain? That's what I'm understanding? That's called the mash?
I have a home brew store near me but no one takes me seriously. Being 22 and wanting to make good beer and wine is apparently never heard of so I just get cold shoulders when I ask these questions there.

Lot's of great posts since the last time I looked here! Yes, you are basically making tea with the grain but the temperature is something to be controlled as accurately as possible. Some people use an insulated cooler to maintain the temperature (called a mash tun), although there are other methods, like in the brew-in-a-bag video a couple posts above mine. It's important to find a way to maintain an accurate temperature because it will impact the fermentability of your wort.

 

[Dynachrome]

...you are basically making tea with the grain

...barley soup?