First post! I just began homebrewing over the summer. I have been doing a lot of reading and studying to get up to speed, while getting a little practical experience with extract kits. My wife recently developed a gluten allergy and I wanted to find a way to make a GF stout for her. I saw a few recipes on this forum, but thought I might give creating my own simple recipe a shot. Oats dont seem to be a problem, so I am going to try to make an oatmeal stout without including barley.
I saw that Northern Brewer just recently started selling a sorghum syrup, so I was going to include that because I am not quite to the malt-my-own-grains stage yet! I really don't want the sorghum's flavor to be overpowering. To counteract this, and to attempt to get a decent mouthfeel from a GF beer, I came up with a recipe that I am calling Overly Oatmeal Stout. The recipe I came up with is a 5 gallon batch with 6 lbs. sorghum syrup, 4 lbs oat malt and 2 lbs roasted oats.
Based on these ingredients, I figured that I could do a partial mash with just the oat malt. According to some of my research, the mash schedule needs to include at least an hour between 143F and 149F. I know neither the oats or sorghum have great diastatic potential, but I've read that each is capable of at least converting their own starches.
My question is, would an oat malt need a protein rest at a lower temperature. If so, at what temperature and for how long? Also - and I know this has probably been asked before - how long should I roast the oats to give the beer a decently dark color? Thanks in advance for the advice!
I saw that Northern Brewer just recently started selling a sorghum syrup, so I was going to include that because I am not quite to the malt-my-own-grains stage yet! I really don't want the sorghum's flavor to be overpowering. To counteract this, and to attempt to get a decent mouthfeel from a GF beer, I came up with a recipe that I am calling Overly Oatmeal Stout. The recipe I came up with is a 5 gallon batch with 6 lbs. sorghum syrup, 4 lbs oat malt and 2 lbs roasted oats.
Based on these ingredients, I figured that I could do a partial mash with just the oat malt. According to some of my research, the mash schedule needs to include at least an hour between 143F and 149F. I know neither the oats or sorghum have great diastatic potential, but I've read that each is capable of at least converting their own starches.
My question is, would an oat malt need a protein rest at a lower temperature. If so, at what temperature and for how long? Also - and I know this has probably been asked before - how long should I roast the oats to give the beer a decently dark color? Thanks in advance for the advice!