Can't Decide - Flaked Oats or Barley in Stout

[Jbear]

Tomorrow I am brewing a stout with the following recipe. I have been waffling back and forth between adding oats or adding some flaked barley for body. I like oatmeal stouts, but I know barley is pretty standard as well. If anyone has a reason for one over the other, I'd love to hear it! Any other recipe suggestions are appreciated as well.

this is a 6 gal batch targeting 1.068 OG

12lbs NW Pale Malt
1lb 2oz Roasted barley
12oz Chocolate Malt
6oz Black Patent
1lb Either Oats or Flaked Barley

Hops
1.25oz Chinook @ 90 min
1oz Willamette @ 20 min
1oz Willamette @ 10 min


Wyeast 1028 - London Ale

 

[Lucky_Chicken]

I am a big fan of flaked barley in stouts, and I usually dont do any late hop additions... just my .02

 

[Reno_eNVy]

I vote barley..... and I also vote lose the late additions

 

[Jbear]

Thanks for the feedback! I'm going to pick up the flaked barley. Also based on the comments, I think I will adjust the hop schedule as well.

 

[MikeBilly]

Thanks for the feedback! I'm going to pick up the flaked barley. Also based on the comments, I think I will adjust the hop schedule as well.

I'm also a fan of flaked barley.

 

[harrydrez]

I am going to brew an oatmeal stout this weekend (yooper's stout actually). Looks really good.

 

[TokyoRoad]

Why couldn't you add both flaked oats and flaked barley?

(In the process of building a recipe for a stout and wondering what, if anything this would do.)
2-3 lbs total flaked split between the two? Any downside? I only found this one thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/flaked-oats-flaked-barley-head-retention-133154/ that didn't seem to generate much discussion.