archthered
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I'm making a milk oatmeal stout because someone asked. I created the recipe from my stock based on what I thought they'd like. On brew day I discovered my inventory was off and I only had half as much chocolate malt and roasted barely as I needed but I brewed anyway. As a result the beer came out a bit lighter than planned, though still within BJCP guidelines for the style. I was able to get the grain I need and was contemplating doing a steep/tea on the stove with the missing grain and then adding the water from that back to the beer, which is still in primary fermentation. I can't think of any reason not to do this but I was just curious what everyone else thought? I don't believe it will be quite the same as if I'd had the grains in the mash but I think I should get all the color and most of the flavor out of them this way.