I committed a classic blunder - Page 2

Blender · 01-09-2007, 07:47 PM

I'm wondering how you will get the black patent out of the mix. I don't see a good solution unless you can dilute it with more grain. That sucks. Let us know what you are going to do or how it turns out,

Alembic · 01-09-2007, 07:56 PM

I just want to say that it was very cool of you to use a Princess Bride quote.

Very cool.

mysterio · 01-09-2007, 08:09 PM

I say spread it out and pick 'em out.

cweston · 01-09-2007, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mysterio

I say spread it out and pick 'em out.

That's what I just did.

It seems that, on the whole, the black malts (black patent and roasted Barley) were a little more finely milled than the other grains. I was able to pick a fair amount of it out (with the help of a colander) without losing too much of the other grains. I'm guessing I removed about a lb (the target amount) + maybe a 1/2 lb of other grains I didn't mean to pick out. I have no idea if I picked out the right proportion of black patent to roasted barley, but oh well.

I was planning to repitch this on the yeast cake from an IPA that's in primary, so I'm not wasting any extra money on yeast (just hops) to give it a go. I'll throw some extra two row in there to make up for what was lost in the culling process.

**Orfy** · 01-09-2007, 08:45 PM

I hope it works.

I couldn't throw the unwanted grain out. I'm cheap so would mix it with other brews.

cweston · 01-16-2007, 02:57 PM

Update: I brewed this yesterday--I'm calling it "Classic Blunder Oatmeal Stout."

I hit my target gravity dead on after collecting wort, so I couldn't have screwed up the grainbill too much. We'll see about the taste. It may be a little more roasty and bitter than anticipated, but I don't mind lots of roasty flavor in a stout, so I think it'll be OK.

zoebisch01 · 01-16-2007, 03:25 PM

Well, hopefully it will be good and hopefully it won't lol. I'd hate to see you reproduce it using those steps