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10-07-2009, 06:08 PM
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Oatmeal Stout. How much is too much?
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I am sort of throwing together a recipe on the fly today and was wondering how much oatmeal you actually put into your oatmeal stouts? 5% 10% 30%? I am thinking 'normal' is around 10 or so. But what do you guys do?
I am thinking 23% right now. Is this crazy? 
If it is, is it a bad crazy?
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10-07-2009, 06:13 PM
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Cranky Old Guy
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10% does a nice job, but I've seen 25% in a few recipes. Never had one that thick, so keep us posted.
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10-07-2009, 06:38 PM
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It might drive you crazy when your mash gets stuck. Been there, done that.
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10-07-2009, 07:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by oswegan
It might drive you crazy when your mash gets stuck. Been there, done that.
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Yeah, I have sort of been concerned of that. I guess I'll just go slow and see... |
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10-07-2009, 07:15 PM
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You could also just throw in some rice hulls to prevent it.
I use 1 lb in a 5G batch, around 12-13% but I'm sure you could use more.
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10-07-2009, 07:16 PM
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I do 20% on my oatmeal stout, 5 gallon batches in my 10 gallon cooler with rice hulls works fine, I got a stuck sparge the one time I tried for a 10 gallon batch.
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10-07-2009, 07:17 PM
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Make different batches with varying amounts. The only real answer is you can NEVER have enough Oatmeal Stout.
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10-07-2009, 07:18 PM
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I put in 12-15% in my Oatmeal Stout. Never stuck, yet. This is usually 1-1.5 lbs, let me tell ya from my experiences 2lbs is too much. YMMV
A good recipe to start with is Jamils oatmeal stout, you can tweak from there to your tastes.
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10-07-2009, 07:43 PM
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I put 1.5 lbs. in a five-gallon batch, whatever that comes out to.
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10-07-2009, 07:45 PM
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The only problem with rice hulls is that I don't currently have them, and no LHBS close by. I can always postpone the brewing session, but that means I likely won't get to it until next Monday or so.
Perhaps I am too eager...
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