Oatmeal Stout Dark Truth Stout clone attempt

2-Row 11.0 lb 67 %
Chocolate 1.5 lb 9 %
Caramel/Crystal 90L 0.5 lb 3 %
Roasted Barley 0.5 lb 3 %
Rye 0.5 lb 3 %
Flaked Oats 0.5 lb 3 %
Molasses 0.5 lb 3 %
Wheat 0.25 lb 1 %
Caramel Pils 0.25 lb 1 %
Carafa I 0.25 lb 1 %
Golden Naked Oats 0.25 lb 1 %
Brown Sugar 0.25 lb 1 %

Magnum 0.84 oz 60 min
Perle 1.0 oz 20 min
Columbus 1.0 oz 10 min
Citra 1.0 oz 3 min

It's been about a month since I've had the real thing. I recall the real beer being a little drier than mine. And I recall drinking earlier versions of Dark Truth and being able to detect a slight Belgian character, but I haven't in more recent bottles, and I don't in mine either.

Very little to no hop aroma. Mostly chocolate. Coffee. I'd say this is in the ballpark in terms of flavor, appearance, and aroma.

Boulevard lists these ingredients on its web site:

Malt: Pale Malt, Amber 50, Cara 120, Cara 300, Chocolate, Roasted Barley, Chocolate Rye, Malted Rye, Malted Wheat, Honey Naked Oats, Flaked Oats
Adjuncts: Brown Sugar, Dark Brown Sugar
Hops: Magnum, Zeus, Citra, Perle

Prior versions of the site that I found on the internet archive list these:

Same grain bill, but these hops: Hallertau Tradition, Perle, Saphir.

My recipe is here: https://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/strong-stout-10.

Looking to brew a stout for this winter. I like the Boulevard's Dark Truth. How did this turn out?

Thanks!

I thought it turned out pretty well. However, I think I used too much priming sugar as my bottles were over-carbonated. Good flavor though. If you try this out, let me know what you think. Cheers!

homebrewer1234 said:

I recall the real beer being a little drier than mine. And I recall drinking earlier versions of Dark Truth and being able to detect a slight Belgian character, but I haven't in more recent bottles, and I don't in mine either.

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Boulevard lists these ingredients on its web site:

Malt: Pale Malt, Amber 50, Cara 120, Cara 300, Chocolate, Roasted Barley, Chocolate Rye, Malted Rye, Malted Wheat, Honey Naked Oats, Flaked Oats
Adjuncts: Brown Sugar, Dark Brown Sugar
Hops: Magnum, Zeus, Citra, Perle

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This was one of my favorite beers ever, then it changed. About three years back it did go drier and less sweet mouth feel. Took a while, but finally confirmed they'd changes to make it drier.
Looking at recipe,I wonder if the dark brown sugar is recent or original. I'd swap that with some Belgian candi sugar and try.
Later I'll see if a way to make an extract of this, cause I need a big solid stout in my rotation.

If I recall correctly, the only thing that changed, at least on the web site, was the hops. But I'm no expert. I'm sure candi sugar would work well also.

I used molasses instead of dark brown sugar.

What's the target OG and FG for this?
Edit: mm. Just saw the recipe link in the op.

1.089