Myrdhyn
Well-Known Member
I recently started the homebrew obsession, currently I have a nut brown ale in the fermenter for my first brew, and a kegging setup in my office taunting me that I cannot, as yet, draw any hoppy goodness from it. Next weekend (3/7) my fermenter will be free, and I want to jump right into my second batch. I have an idea of what might be, for me, the perfect beer; however, I cannot find a recipe that seems to fit the bill. Hopefully you all can point me in the right direction.
The perfect beer: Well for me the three best beers (commercial) that I have ever consumed would be Guinness Extra Stout, Mackisons Triple Stout, and to swap to the polar opposite Terrapin Rye Pale Ale. After months of research (prior to jumping into the hobby) I'm much intrigued by the mouthfeel properties of oats or oatmeal when brewing. So basically I'm looking for an extra/specialty grain recipe that has oats in it for the oatmeal stout mouthfeel, something with the chocolate malt body and complex flavors of Mackison's and Guinness, and finally adds in the hoppy edge of Terrapin. In otherwords, I'm looking for a very hoppy oatmeal-chocolate stout, or so I suspect. Can anyone point me in the right direction recipe wise? I'm not looking for AG at this point, just specialty/extract brew.
The perfect beer: Well for me the three best beers (commercial) that I have ever consumed would be Guinness Extra Stout, Mackisons Triple Stout, and to swap to the polar opposite Terrapin Rye Pale Ale. After months of research (prior to jumping into the hobby) I'm much intrigued by the mouthfeel properties of oats or oatmeal when brewing. So basically I'm looking for an extra/specialty grain recipe that has oats in it for the oatmeal stout mouthfeel, something with the chocolate malt body and complex flavors of Mackison's and Guinness, and finally adds in the hoppy edge of Terrapin. In otherwords, I'm looking for a very hoppy oatmeal-chocolate stout, or so I suspect. Can anyone point me in the right direction recipe wise? I'm not looking for AG at this point, just specialty/extract brew.