Forgot Part Of My Recipe

[brewnewb1]

Hey Guys. This is the second time I'm posting because I messed something up. Luckily brews in between these posts have been successful, so I'm not a total failure!

Anyway, I bought an Oatmeal Stout kit from my LHBS. In my haste to get brewing I didn't take everything out of the box and only used the 3.3lbs Dark Liquid Malt Extract, and forgot the 1lb Pilsen Dry Malt Extract. Obviously this will have a pretty profound effect on the final product, but is it going to be undrinkable? What kind of style will this end up turning into?

Thanks for the help, everyone!

 

[MindenMan]

Some sort of a mild most likely. By not adding the DME you are losing 0.007. So a 5 gallon batch w the LME only you are looking at 1.024, ABV of 2.3%, but adding the DME will give you a 1.033, ABV of 3.2%, If you brew a half sized batch 2-1/2 gallon, you will get a 1.066 at ABV 6.3%.
There are Oatmeal Milds around, I have brewed a couple in the past

 

[ericbw]

What size batch? I don't think that's too big of a mistake (not "profound"). What else was in the kit? It sounds like a 3 gallon recipe. If you got everything else in, it should be fine. Just less alcohol and prob not as dry as it should be.

1 can of extract should make 2.5 gallons of a session beer.

 

[brewnewb1]

Nope sorry should have clarified. It was a partial mash 5-gallon recipe. So it also had:

1.5lbs American 6-row
10oz Golden Naked Oats
8oz Black Patent
8oz Carafa Special II
8oz CaraMunichIII
4oz Extra Dark Crystal

I guess now that I look at it that way, the dry malt was a small part of the total equation, so hopefully you guys are right and that it's not too big of a mistake.

 

[KepowOb]

Yeah it should be fine, just slightly lower ABV than planned is all. I'm sure you'll still manage to find a way to enjoy it

 

[brewnewb1]

Yeah it should be fine, just slightly lower ABV than planned is all. I'm sure you'll still manage to find a way to enjoy it

Low ABV!? I should just toss it, right? /end sarcasm

 

[grittanomyces]

Yeah it should be fine, just slightly lower ABV than planned is all. I'm sure you'll still manage to find a way to enjoy it

Is it just less ABV, or do you think you'll get more of a punch from the hops and specialty grains as well (not saying that will necessarily be a bad thing if they're balanced per the recipe, just curious about the effect of normal amounts of those per a smaller ABV)

 

[IslandLizard]

Did they tell you it's a partial mash recipe? The naked oats and 6-row grains need to be mashed together, not steeped. Actually the oats should be cooked (gelatinized) first, before the mash.

You could still dissolve the Pilsner DME in a bit of boiling water* and add the thick heavy wort to your fermentor, if it has enough room.

* A pint to a quart should do it.