Oatmeal Stout PM
5 gallon batch
O.G: 1.049
1–2 weeks primary, 2-4 weeks secondary
1–2 weeks bottle conditioning or keg
SPECIALTY GRAIN
-- 2.5 lbs Maris Otter or 2-row
-- 0.5 lbs Black Malt
-- 0.5 lbs English Dark Crystal
-- 1 lbs Flaked oats
FERMENTABLES
-- 3.15 lbs Dark malt syrup
-- 1 lb Briess Dark dry malt extract
HOPS
-- 2 oz Willamette (60 min)
YEAST
-- WYEAST 1945 NB NEOBRITANNIA or I like 1056 American Ale
Heat 5 quarts of water to 164°F in your kettle.
-Pour crushed grain and oats into a nylon mesh bag and place in the kettle.
-Adjust the temperature. Take a temperature reading of
the mixture. The temperature should be as close to
152°F as possible.
-Put the lid on your kettle and wrap it in a towel
to insulate it. Leave for one hour.
-While the mash rests, collect 5 quarts of water (sparge water) in
a second pot and heat to 170°F.
-Hold at this temperature until the mash is finished.
-When the one hour mash is finished, return the mash
kettle to the stove (without towel) and apply very low
heat. Raise the temperature of the mash to 170°F, being
careful not to scorch the grains.
-Separate the grain from the liquid portion of the mash.
Remove the grains from the mash - don’t spill or waste the
liquid, which is now your wort. Lift out mesh bag and collect the
drips. If you are using a separate kettle to boil with, pour
the wort from the mash kettle to the boil kettle.
-Sparge the grain. Using a strainer or mesh bag, hold the
grain over the wort in the kettle.(A lot easier with 2 people, but can be done by yourself) Slowly pour the 170° F
sparge water through the grain, SLOWLY, one quart at a time, until
it’s gone. Collect the sparge water along with the wort in
the boil kettle. When finished, you may toss the grain.
-Top up the kettle. Add more water if necessary to
achieve your normal 2.5-3 gallon boil volume.
-Bring to a boil and add in 3.15 lbs of Dark malt syrup and
1 lb of Briess dark dry malt extract.
-- Add 2 oz Willamette hops and boil for 60 minutes.
-Then just do as you would normally do for an extract batch.