My first AG

I'm most likely picking up my grains and hops for my fist AG tomorrow. I don't know what I, doing so my recipe is going to be
10# briess pale
1# toasted oats
1.5 fuggle 60min
.75 fuggle 15 min
.75 fuggle 5min
Reused wlp04

How do you plan to brew? BIAB? Cooler mashtun?

Just wondering what type of beer that grain bill would give you. Something like a bitter? Or an Irish Ale I guess?

Looks like an English bitter to me. Good luck, post updates!

When you mash in, be patient. Stir for 5 minutes and see where the temperature rests. I stirred for 30 seconds and thought I overshot my mash temp... so I added some cold water and completely undershot my mash temp. By the time I had it back up in a mashable temperature range, my mash was extremely thin and I only need something like a gallon or 2 of sparge water to hit volume.

So be patient, plan it out and take your time. Don't be too hasty.

I'm using a 10 gallon igloo cooler and I guess it's gonna be something like a bitter. I wanted try something simple. What temp should I mash at and what do you guys think about my hop additions?

Lushife said:

I'm using a 10 gallon igloo cooler and I guess it's gonna be something like a bitter. I wanted try something simple. What temp should I mash at and what do you guys think about my hop additions?

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If you want a dryer beer mash around 150F. If you want a maltier beer mash around 154-156F. Most beers are mashed around 152F.

The hop schedule looks like this will be pretty bitter. Have you run this through a recipe calculator like the one here: http://beercalculus.hopville.com/recipe

No I haven't thanks for the link. I want a little bit of maltiness.