Many years ago I would make the odd demijohn of wine and work up 40 pints from an extract beer kit.
All my gear from those days is gone and I've had to restart from scratch, arriving here after the inevitable Google searches.
So...
Here is my very first all grain brew. Many thanks to all who contributed on Clibit's 'Have a go at simple AG', which got me started. I recommend that thread wholeheartedly.
My Recipe:
1kg Maris Otter
80g Crystal Malt
12g Goldings hops -boil 55 min
1g Goldings hops -boil 5 min
3g dried Wilko English Ale yeast
A quantity of Water.
OG 1047
FG 1004
ABV 5.64%
For the whole story see:
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/have-a-go-at-simple-ag.51779/
It came out similar to a Best Bitter. I like the result. I'm proud of it.
It is encouraging and that's good enough for me.
The label is home made, printed on ordinary paper with a deskjet printer. It was stuck on with a very thin film of semi-skimmed milk appled to the back of the label.
I'm pleasantly surprised with this yeast that it doesn't lift and make a rush for the glass on pouring, yet a few swills of the bottle at the tap clear the sediment completely.
I don't have a lot of kit. Just a couple of steel stockpots from Wilkos, a few demijohns, a brewing bag, a home made chilling coil and the usual bits and pieces, like flip top bottles, hydrometer, thermometer, syphon tube etc.
Right now, I've got a Brown Ale in the demijohn, needing another week before bottling time. That will be brew number Two.
I've also got plans for the next brew, number Three - my version of a Scottish 70/- 'Heavy', which has been woefully replaced nowadays in Scottish bars with foreign fluids.