Golden Naked Oats in a non-dark beer?

[TandemTails]

I've been wanting to play with golden naked oats in a brew but can't really figure out what style I want to use them in. I won't really be ready to brew again until the end of Feb / early March so that kinda puts me out of dark beer season (plus I've got a stout in the keg and just bottled a brown ale).

I'm imagining something a little more pale and golden in color, maybe using honey malts as well.

How do you think the GNO would play in a lighter beer? I know Yooper has praised it in her APA's before. I wasn't sure if the nutiness would be better used with a different style. My other issue is the hop retention. I'd prefer to have something that could sit around in the keg for a couple months so that kinda rules out an IPA or APA in my opinion.

I was also thinking about using them in something more like a Belgian Tripel but the guidelines for a tripel don't say anything about nutiness. The fruit-nut flavor could work though possibly?

Anyway, i'm just looking for some suggestions or ideas right now. If you have any advice please let me know!

 

[FlyDoctor]

I recently used them in a British golden ale - golden promise, the golden naked oats, some terrified wheat, and some invert sugar and American hops. Was great!

 

[TandemTails]

I was looking more into a Belgian Tripel and came up with the following idea that adds a little bit of GNO. Not sure if it'll be enough to make a difference or not. The base is from a belgian tripel recipe found in the recipe database here:

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.45 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.25 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.079 SG
Estimated Color: 4.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 22.7 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 68.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 74.2 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
9 lbs 8.0 oz Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 55.9 %
2 lbs 8.0 oz Wheat Malt, Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 14.7 %
2 lbs 8.0 oz Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) Grain 3 14.7 %
8.0 oz Golden Naked Oats (10.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.9 %
4.0 oz Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 5 1.5 %
4.0 oz Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 6 1.5 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Candi Sugar, Clear (0.5 SRM) Sugar 7 8.8 %
0.50 oz Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] - Boil 90.0 mi Hop 8 8.1 IBUs
0.50 oz Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] - Boil 45.0 mi Hop 9 6.9 IBUs
1.00 oz Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 10 5.5 IBUs
1.00 oz Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 11 2.2 IBUs
2.00 Items Anise, Star (Boil 5.0 mins) Spice 12 -
1.50 oz Orange Peel, Sweet (Boil 5.0 mins) Spice 13 -
0.50 oz Coriander Seed (Boil 5.0 mins) Spice 14 -
1.0 pkg Forbidden Fruit (Wyeast Labs #3463) [124 Yeast 15 -

 

[atom]

I think you need at least 8% or so to make it worthwhile. I just did an ipa with 10%.

 

[NothingRhymesWithCurtiss]

I used 10% in an ESB and it really gave it a smooth mouth feel.

 

[bbohanon]

GNO is about damn near perfect to use in anything and adds a bit more body/taste to a beer imho.
I use as a crystal replacement for anything in the 10L/20L range in my recipes when I use it.

 

[TandemTails]

I think you need at least 8% or so to make it worthwhile. I just did an ipa with 10%.

Cool. I just took out 1lb of the 2-row and added 1 lb to the GNO. That brings it up to about 8.8%