Sweet Oatmeal Stout (w/ cinnamon extract?)

I plan on making a sweet oatmeal stout today, the recipe is a slight variation of a recipe from BYO for an oatmeal stout. I really like cinnamon, but my LHBS told me that adding cinnamon would most likely get lost with the hop flavors... So I planned on adding just vanilla until I saw that they have cinnamon extract at the grocery store, so I bought an ounce of each...

I've never made a 'sweet' beer, so I'm kinda just experimenting... Has anyone used a cinnamon extract before? I have to believe that it's more potent and should be noticable through the hops, but I'm not sure exactly how much to use, so I'm planning to go with an oz...


Sweet Oatmeal Stout

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.00 Wort Size (Gal): 5.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 11.13
Anticipated OG: 1.055 Plato: 13.68
Anticipated SRM: 34.5
Anticipated IBU: 26.3
Brewhouse Efficiency: 73 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Pre-Boil Amounts
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Evaporation Rate: 28.00 Percent Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 6.94 Gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.040 SG 9.98 Plato

Formulas Used
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Brewhouse Efficiency and Predicted Gravity based on Method #1, Potential Used.
Final Gravity Calculation Based on Points.
Hard Value of Sucrose applied. Value for recipe: 46.2100 ppppg
% Yield Type used in Gravity Prediction: Coarse Grind As Is.

Color Formula Used: Morey
Hop IBU Formula Used: Rager


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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1.1 0.13 lbs. Malto-Dextrine 64.92 0
71.9 8.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 77.50 3
9.0 1.00 lbs. Crystal 60L America 69.19 60
4.5 0.50 lbs. Chocolate Malt America 58.81 350
4.5 0.50 lbs. Roasted Barley America 56.73 450
9.0 1.00 lbs. Flaked Oats America 67.12 2

Potential represented as % Yield, Coarse Grind As Is.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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1.00 oz. Fuggle Whole 4.75 18.6 45 min.
1.00 oz. Czech Saaz Whole 3.50 7.8 30 min.


Extras

Amount Name Type Time
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0.25 Oz Irish Moss Fining 15 Min.(boil)
1.00 Oz Vanilla Extract Spice 0 Days(boil)
1.00 Oz Cinnamon Extract Spice 0 Days(boil)


Yeast
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WYeast 1084 Irish Ale

Hold off on both of the extracts until the batch is in the clearing tank. You'll have better control. You'll probably want some lactose at that point as well to tune the sweetness.

In the caramel cream ale recipe, it called for 2 ounces of vanilla extract in primary, then 4 ounces when bottling. The vanilla flavor comes through strong but not overwhelming... I'm thinking you might need more than an ounce to get the cinnamon flavor through.