mash and racking....

[silkworm]

Sound like some sort of S&M at the moment.

I'm wanting to tackle my first mash and would like some advice on what these terms mean.
Olivers link http://www.alpha-byte.demon.co.uk/homebrew.htm is dead and I have had no luck so far finding the info I need online.
Does anyone have a link to a site which gives a simple explaination of these processes? Or can someone just outline what MASH and RACKING are? Is mashing just griding and boiling the grains in water?

The beer I would like to tackle...

3.00 kg Liquid Malt Extract
1.25 kg Pilsener Malt
0.25 kg Carapils
Northern Brewer, Hallertau and Tettnanger hops to achieve 25 IBU\'s
Whirlfloc
Wyeast 2124, 2206 or Wyeast 2308.
DCL Saflager 34/70.

This is a Grumpy's recipe.

Cheers

[db]

i've been using this method for my partials:
http://www.bmbrews.com.au/index.php/info/partial.html

& they also have some overviews on mashing & malting etc
http://www.bmbrews.com.au/index.php/info

grumpys also have this:
http://www.grumpys.com.au/m1.php3?manualid=15

[silkworm]

Thanks db,

This link is perfect. I'll get to studying for this next step. It does sound more than I was expecting and I'll need to buy a couple of things first.

Cheers