Big oatmeal stout.. Bottle or secondary ?

[Jcmccoy]

This is my recipe


Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU

0.50 lb Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 2.94 %
0.75 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 4.41 %

0.75 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 4.41 %
1.00 lb White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 5.88 %
1.00 lb Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 5.88 %
1.00 lb Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 5.88 %
1.00 lb Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 5.88 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 5.88 %
10.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 58.82 %

0.75 oz Warrior [17.00 %] (60 min) Hops 37.6 IBU
0.25 oz Warrior [17.00 %] (10 min) Hops 4.5 IBU
1.00 oz Williamette [3.20 %] (5 min) Hops 1.9 IBU

1 Pkgs Burton Ale (White Labs #WLP023) [Starter 300 ml] Yeast-Ale

I used summit hops not warrior BTW Mashed at 160F for 45 min

It ended up at 1.070 Pitched my starter (dumped the beer from starter) at 63 and the next day it was at 68 fermenting like crazy ended up blowing out the carboy top and mad a huge mess I kept it at 69 for 48hrs then it just suddenly stopped at went back to room temp which is 66... a small layer of foam stayed on top for a week and I took a hydro sample it was at 1.021... today 3 weeks later it took a sample and its now at 1.019.. but it just tastes funky.. bitter and not so nutty.. Now I am thinking ether wait 1 more week cold crash and bottle or secondary and maybe oak it.

So should I bother with a secondary or just wait a week?

Any other info I would be happy 2 give..

 

[Yooper]

If I was unhappy or uncertain about the taste, and unsure if it was completely done, I'd be inclined to leave it alone if it was young. But since it's been three weeks already, I'd probably rack it and do a wait and see. You could bottle, but I'm lazy and I'd want to make sure the beer didn't have an infection or something else going to make it taste "funky" just in case.

 

[JLem]

Just throwing this out there...depending on the funky flavor, it could be the summit hops - sometimes they can give you an onion/garlic flavor.

As Yoop suggested, I'd rack it and let it sit in secondary and see what happens.

Also, adding oak to a funky, not-so-good beer will just give you a funky, not-so-good beer with some oak flavor. Definitely not a fix.