Can you make a clear oat beer?

[Michael Dicken]

I just brewed up a recipe with 28% malted oats. I wasn't planning to follow my normal procedure and clarify with gelatin since I assumed the oats would create a permanent haze. Is this true though? Can you make a clear oat beer?

 

[BrewMan13]

This a 100% oat beer i did a long time ago, so I'd say yeah. 2lbs flaked, rest malted IIRC.

 

[dmtaylor]

A clear oat beer should be possible with a prolonged "protein" rest at 122 F for at least 15 minutes. It will kill your head retention as well. I don't do protein rests at all anymore but when I have in the past it resulted in some of the clearest beer I have ever made.... and thin and lifeless.

 

[Michael Dicken]

A clear oat beer should be possible with a prolonged "protein" rest at 122 F for at least 15 minutes. It will kill your head retention as well. I don't do protein rests at all anymore but when I have in the past it resulted in some of the clearest beer I have ever made.... and thin and lifeless.

Good to know. I've never done a protein rest and now I never will.

 

[Michael Dicken]

This a 100% oat beer i did a long time ago, so I'd say yeah. 2lbs flaked, rest malted IIRC.
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Awesome. This is exactly what I was hoping someone would post.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Worth reading this if you've not already : A Case for Brewing With Oats - Scott Janish
This is a beer that Scott made with 17% oat flour :