jeremyjudd
Well-Known Member
Brewed up a batch of oatmeal stout from extract a month ago, not so good....
Question is: Am I adding the oatmeal correctly? Did I do anything else wrong?
My process:
I was told that rolled and flaked are exactly the same thing. So I used a pound and a half of rolled oats after steeping in 160-degree water for about 45 minutes.
Then I dumped the oatmeal into a strainer over my wort. Then I added my extract and half of my bittering hops, and sparged the oatmeal in the strainer with 150 degree water from a tea pot as I would any other grain addition.
I added the rest of my bittering hops at 30 minutes into my (60 minute) brew, then threw my aroma hops in the last few minutes and cooled with my wort chiller within about 25 minutes.
Fermented in primary for the first 3 or 4 days, then moved to a glass carboy secondary for about a week. Waited for F.G. and bottled. After sitting a month, this stuff is still just terrible.
There is not really any oatmeal flavor in my brew, just tastes like an Irish Stout, heavy on the bitter side.
Suggestions?
Question is: Am I adding the oatmeal correctly? Did I do anything else wrong?
My process:
I was told that rolled and flaked are exactly the same thing. So I used a pound and a half of rolled oats after steeping in 160-degree water for about 45 minutes.
Then I dumped the oatmeal into a strainer over my wort. Then I added my extract and half of my bittering hops, and sparged the oatmeal in the strainer with 150 degree water from a tea pot as I would any other grain addition.
I added the rest of my bittering hops at 30 minutes into my (60 minute) brew, then threw my aroma hops in the last few minutes and cooled with my wort chiller within about 25 minutes.
Fermented in primary for the first 3 or 4 days, then moved to a glass carboy secondary for about a week. Waited for F.G. and bottled. After sitting a month, this stuff is still just terrible.
There is not really any oatmeal flavor in my brew, just tastes like an Irish Stout, heavy on the bitter side.
Suggestions?