K so long story short, overdid my oatmeal stout ( like 8% of roasted barley and 8% chocolate malt) I feel like its OVERLY burnt, coffee-ish, and all the characteristics of the dark grain....
Two questions:
1) will that die down with age?
2) if no, has anyone experimented with mixing. I have 8 gallons of the stout and was thinking of brewing the EXACT same beer without any of the dark grains... maybe 4-5 gallons... then mixing the two together to get 12 gallons of a less dark/burnt beer. The 8 gallon batch is about 4-5 weeks in the fermenter, so the blonde batch would be 6 weeks younger than the original? Any opinions
Thanks in advance for any input. I would hate to loose this batch
Two questions:
1) will that die down with age?
2) if no, has anyone experimented with mixing. I have 8 gallons of the stout and was thinking of brewing the EXACT same beer without any of the dark grains... maybe 4-5 gallons... then mixing the two together to get 12 gallons of a less dark/burnt beer. The 8 gallon batch is about 4-5 weeks in the fermenter, so the blonde batch would be 6 weeks younger than the original? Any opinions
Thanks in advance for any input. I would hate to loose this batch