Recent content by sfouant

Wayne, that looks amazing. It looks like it has some nice body to it. Have you given any thought to my findings earlier that Keith apparently uses steel cut oats, and do you think that would make any difference?

Yep, the quick oats are the pre-gelatinized... basically the same thing that you get at the brew shop sold as "Flaked Oats"... but the steel cut oats are what Keith Villa claims they use. I've been reading up on it and it will likely require some pre-cooking to prepare them... perhaps a cereal...

I definitely don't think toasted oats are the same thing as steel cut oats. Steel cut oats are whole oat groats which have been chopped into two or three pieces... they don't go through the pre gelatinization process so they require more work. They can be found at any regular grocery store.

Wayne posted his original recipe on page one, post #6 - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showpost.php?p=671567&postcount=6 He also has a modified recipe which I will have to dig up.

Actually, I believe Nilo states that he believes #12 is the closest, but a lot of people have said the flavor profile is a little off due to the use of the Crystal. I would be interested to find out what the results would be like if using a similar recipe to Wayne's original with perhaps the...

After months I was finally able to read through this entire thread. This is my first post as a result :) Thank you so much for everyone that has contributed to this thread and shared their knowledge thus far. I've brewed Wayne's original recipe twice now but still haven't been able to get the...