Blackhawkbrew
Well-Known Member
I tried DeathBrewer's partial mash method this afternoon (thanks DeathBrewer for all the help ). I did an oatmeal stout recipe from iXanadu (thanks iXanadu for the updates ). Things went well. Here's the recipe I used:
4 lbs. 2-row
2 lbs. Oats
1 lb. Chocolate Malt
.75 lbs. Victory Malt
.75 lbs. Roasted Barley
.5 lbs. Crystal Malt
2 lbs. DME (1 lb. amber, 1 lb. dark)
2 oz. Golding hops
1 WLP 002 English Ale
I mashed the grains in 3 gallons of water at between 149 and 151 for an hour. Man, 9-pounds of wet grain is HEAVY!! My arms and back were burning. I than added it to 175 degree sparge water (just barely fit in my brew pot). I ended up with close to 4 gallons I think. The boil started a bit slow since I was brewing on the kitchen stove (10 inches of snow in Cleveland). I don't have a scale so I had to eyeball the 2 oz. of hops (did 1.5 oz at the start of the boil and .5 oz. with 20-minutes left). Cooled in an ice bath in about 30 minutes and pitched the started after mixing the wort between two buckets.
Overall, a pretty good brewday!!
4 lbs. 2-row
2 lbs. Oats
1 lb. Chocolate Malt
.75 lbs. Victory Malt
.75 lbs. Roasted Barley
.5 lbs. Crystal Malt
2 lbs. DME (1 lb. amber, 1 lb. dark)
2 oz. Golding hops
1 WLP 002 English Ale
I mashed the grains in 3 gallons of water at between 149 and 151 for an hour. Man, 9-pounds of wet grain is HEAVY!! My arms and back were burning. I than added it to 175 degree sparge water (just barely fit in my brew pot). I ended up with close to 4 gallons I think. The boil started a bit slow since I was brewing on the kitchen stove (10 inches of snow in Cleveland). I don't have a scale so I had to eyeball the 2 oz. of hops (did 1.5 oz at the start of the boil and .5 oz. with 20-minutes left). Cooled in an ice bath in about 30 minutes and pitched the started after mixing the wort between two buckets.
Overall, a pretty good brewday!!