Ah G'Day

G'day mate! Yep guessing you have just about everything! Probably just get away with a grain bag, depending on your still set up, Cheers!

Gidday fellow Kiwi and welcome. Any idea what you might like to brew first off? Cheers

Or you could do a partial mash which would involve a kit and a mash. I started with that after straight kit brewing and it went really well , made some great beers. cheers. If your keen let me know and Ill huntout my old notes and recipies and post them here for you to ponder.

excellent will post tomorrow, no worries, cheers mate.

! can of lager prehopped extract kit,
3kg pale malt,
300g crystal,
10g of hops around the AA5% 60min
20g at 20min
20g at flameout.
Mash with 10 litres of water ,strike being 74degc and mash around 66degC
for 1 hour.
Raise the temp to mash out at around 74degC and sparge with water at 72degC to
gather preboil quantity for 20 litres (I think its about 28 litres please check with your robobrew instructions)
Boil for 60min adding first addition of hops at the start of the boil and 2nd hop addition PLUS THE PREHOPPED KIT at 20min before the end of the boil.

You might want add some irish moss then as well for clarity.
Finally add flame out hops at the end of the boil.
Cool down to 22degC and pitch your yeast( which although it states its a lager im picking its an ale yeast)
and try and ferment at 18 to 21 degC for 10 days and check hydrometer reading.
Cheers , ive asked Gash to have a look at this as i dont brew with a grainfather or robobrew. to check all is compatable. Goodluck and enjoy.

yeah good question, personally i enjoy english hops Fuggles and Goldings etc but alot of people like more flavoursome hops like Cascade, Citra. The only way is to try them out yourself and learn about them as you go. And its fun, also I always say one thing at a time, alot of people will add 3 or 4 hop varities and not really know what the individual hop offers. Just an observation.
Maybe you could go on a wee field trip and find some craft beers that mention what hops theyve used and try them out for your self if you like them.
Happy hunting. cheers