DavidSteel
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Liquid yeast and cooled 1040 OG wort for yeast starter
Oatmeal stout dough-in (money shot)
Keeping the heat in (sort of) for the 90 minute mash. Ended up heating the water back to mash temp twice during the rest.
Used a little more than 2oz to make up for acidity levels
Washing the grains after the rest
Drip drip
It's brew time
After adding hops
Cooling wort
I ended up hooking up a blow-off tube instead.
A few notes: I got exactly 75% efficiency. The recipe was for 5 gallons and I ended up with 6 (barely any boil off due to stove top). I was trying to make 5 gallons of an Oatmeal Stout at 5.63% but I ended up making 6 gallons of Oatmeal Stout at 4.72%. The up side: 10 more bottles of beer, still fits in requirements for an Oatmeal Stout, and I got 75% efficiency doing a partial mash. The down side: less abv per beer. No big deal, more beer is always good, right? I got 75% efficiency by doing a 90 minute sparge rest and rinsed the grains for 10-15 minutes. My OG is 1.048.
Recipe: http://www.brewmasterswarehouse.com/recipe/ef209f6/shoultzmeyer-brewery-oatmeal-for-breakfast
I substituted the 2oz goldings for 2.15oz willamette. Hope it turns out fine. I did this because I plan on brewing the AG recipe to this in 2 weeks (to compare the difference between the two mostly and so I can just rack on to the yeast cake). Wanted to save the goldings for my AG version and since I have a butt-load of willamette, I figured it'd be worth a try. Thoughts?
Liquid yeast and cooled 1040 OG wort for yeast starter
Oatmeal stout dough-in (money shot)
Keeping the heat in (sort of) for the 90 minute mash. Ended up heating the water back to mash temp twice during the rest.
Used a little more than 2oz to make up for acidity levels
Washing the grains after the rest
Drip drip
It's brew time
After adding hops
Cooling wort
I ended up hooking up a blow-off tube instead.
A few notes: I got exactly 75% efficiency. The recipe was for 5 gallons and I ended up with 6 (barely any boil off due to stove top). I was trying to make 5 gallons of an Oatmeal Stout at 5.63% but I ended up making 6 gallons of Oatmeal Stout at 4.72%. The up side: 10 more bottles of beer, still fits in requirements for an Oatmeal Stout, and I got 75% efficiency doing a partial mash. The down side: less abv per beer. No big deal, more beer is always good, right? I got 75% efficiency by doing a 90 minute sparge rest and rinsed the grains for 10-15 minutes. My OG is 1.048.
Recipe: http://www.brewmasterswarehouse.com/recipe/ef209f6/shoultzmeyer-brewery-oatmeal-for-breakfast
I substituted the 2oz goldings for 2.15oz willamette. Hope it turns out fine. I did this because I plan on brewing the AG recipe to this in 2 weeks (to compare the difference between the two mostly and so I can just rack on to the yeast cake). Wanted to save the goldings for my AG version and since I have a butt-load of willamette, I figured it'd be worth a try. Thoughts?
