Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Double Chocolate Oatmeal Snout

[ChshreCat]

That could definitely be it. Next time, have the HBS crush the grains for you. You'll get much better results.

 

[Pandaren]

So I've got this bottled for just over 2 weeks now and cracked one open on Saturday....absolutely no head on it. I looked back at my notes and remembered that I used Hershey's cocoa powder (not fat free) and also used 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract in secondary. I realize its still really young, but will it develop *any* head maybe? Also was a bit thinner of a mouthfeel than I was expecting. Again just needs more conditioning maybe? I'm in college in a small apartment, so it fermented a little high---near 70-73 degrees for the most part.

 

[ChshreCat]

I'll be yours isn't quite carbonated yet. This is just a little on the high side ABV wise and might take a little longer. Give it a few more weeks and keep it in the 70's. The make sure you chill your test bottle for 48 hours before opening it.

 

[Pandaren]

Awesome! Thanks for the quick reply. Out of curiosity, what does keeping it chilled for 48 hours do?

 

[ChshreCat]

When you naturally carbonate a bottle of beer, the CO2 released by the yeast builds up in the head space between the top of the beer and the cap. Warm liquids can hold less dissolved CO2 than cold liquids, so at the time you put the beer in the fridge, a large percentage of your CO2 is just sitting in that dead space.

As the beer cools, it will start taking up more and more of that CO2 into the liquid. After 48 hours you can be pretty sure that the liquid has taken up all the CO2 that it can. If you open the beer before it absorbs that CO2, it just escapes. You get a nice, satisfying PSSSST when you open the bottle, but then don't get as many bubbles and therefore less head.

 

[Pandaren]

Awesome! Never knew

 

[ChshreCat]

I've been alternating between my Oatmeal Snout and Kona's Coco Loco coconut brown ale tonight and it's inspired me. I'm going to add toasted coconut to my recipe and make a Mounds Bar beer.

 

[AugustDerleth]

I've been alternating between my Oatmeal Snout and Kona's Coco Loco coconut brown ale tonight and it's inspired me. I'm going to add toasted coconut to my recipe and make a Mounds Bar beer.

oh sweet lord. That sounds like something I should try soon. :rockin:

 

[zcaad9]

Drinking one of these right now, Disappointed by the thinness, but delicious

 

[Wicked_Magik]

Brewed this 2 weeks ago. Have had the vanilla bean soaking in Gentlemen Jack for about a week. Can't wait to get this onto the bourbon/vanilla for a week then into the bottle.

Edit: Took a grav reading Yesterday (2.5 weeks) and was at 1.020. I would imagine this is the FG but I'll take another one when i rack just to make sure. I then tasted it. HOLY MOTHER OF ALL CHOCOLATE. I thought it tasted amazing. The wife loved the way it smelled, and liked the taste but said it was just a little bit too bitter up front. I assume the vanilla bean will cut a little bit out of it and it should mellow out to an excellent beer.

Can't wait for this to be done!!!!

2nd EDIT: Well... My first mistake. Just racked it to secondary bucket out of a carboy. Hmmm, that level looks a little low... WTF? So apparently I only had 4 gallons of wart in the carboy (bought the carboy for this batch, in my excitement, I forgot to mark where 5 gallons is). Other than RDWHAHB, should I wait the week and bottle as is, or add the gallon of water to my bottling bucket?

 

[zcaad9]

so after a couple of months this thing is really tasty, great head (even used non fat-free cocoa). Its still thin (my fault), but delicious....packs one hell of a punch though

 

[pola0502ds]

So, I love outmeal stouts and I'm about to brew my first all grain batch. Should I stay away from this receipe as it will be my first all grain batch?

Did anyone convert this to all grain yet?

 

[ChshreCat]

Replace the extract with some 2 row and a little munich to get to the same OG and you should be fine. Seriously, the chocolate dominates this so much that you won't notice if it's not an exact replacement for the amber extract.

 

[DeusInnomen]

So, I love outmeal stouts and I'm about to brew my first all grain batch. Should I stay away from this receipe as it will be my first all grain batch?

Did anyone convert this to all grain yet?

There was an all-grain recipe much earlier in the thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/double-chocolate-oatmeal-snout-126638/#post1576320

That's the one I used, I just finished transferring it to the secondary on Monday. It should be okay, although I screwed up the sparge (it was my first all-grain ever, and the sparge water temperature was too low) so I didn't get as much extracted as I should have. Nonetheless, it tasted fine to me so I'm letting it go through to maturity.

(Side note: mine is more of a Mocha Stout: I added 16 ounces of cooled espresso to the secondary on top of the vanilla. The taste test was promising!)

 

[pola0502ds]

So if i wanted a thicker body with a silky mouth feel how would you change the receipe and what would your mash temp be?

 

[ericdaryl]

I'm about halfway through (drinking) a batch of this. Nothing new in saying this, but it's a really great recipe. Everyone who's tasted it has raved about it. My batch came through with a more subtle chocolate flavor and a lighter, dryer mouthfeel than I was expecting.

 

[ericdaryl]

So if i wanted a thicker body with a silky mouth feel how would you change the receipe and what would your mash temp be?

I'd be sure to add a generous portion of lactose, and mash around 150. You might also use a less enthusiastically attenuating strain of yeast to leave more sweetness in the beer. I don't have any great suggestions there, every yeast I use seems to clean house pretty well.

Hope that helps.

 

[ChshreCat]

I'd be sure to add a generous portion of lactose, and mash around 150. You might also use a less enthusiastically attenuating strain of yeast to leave more sweetness in the beer. I don't have any great suggestions there, every yeast I use seems to clean house pretty well.

Hope that helps.

What does sweetness have to do with it? He's asking about mouthfeel. If you dump in a bunch of lactose it's going to totally change the character of this beer.

 

[pola0502ds]

I am ordering grain today and should brew saturday or the following weekend.

 

[pola0502ds]

Can i switch out the flaked oats for some Thomas Fawcet Oat Malt? Is so, would I be able to use the same amount?

 

[ChshreCat]

Can i switch out the flaked oats for some Thomas Fawcet Oat Malt? Is so, would I be able to use the same amount?

If you're going for making the same beer, I'd just stick to the oats rather than oat malt. I've never used it so I don't know how it might differ.

 

[pola0502ds]

makes sense, I just sent you a PM on the same question, don't worry about it.

 

[michigator04]

Thanks for this recipe! I brewed this a few months ago, and it keeps getting better in the bottle the longer I leave it. This was my first stout, and my first partial mash, and it turned out great.

 

[pola0502ds]

How long has it been in the bottles?

 

[michigator04]

How long has it been in the bottles?

I bottled first week in May, so about two months now. Mine definitely had a big difference from 1 month to 2 in how it tastes.

 

[ChshreCat]

Try one after a couple years. I did last week. It's still fantastic.

 

[Haputanlas]

This beer sounds so damned good. It's ruining my plans for brewing other beers.

I think I'm gonna have to do this next.

 

[431brew]

I'm glad I read this thread again. When I initially read the thread last week, I interpreted the cocoa bill as (6) 9 oz. Fortunately, I read the thread again before brewing and now realize that it says 6 oz. to 9 oz.....my preference. Had I worked from memory, I would have certainly made a bitter bomb!

 

[pola0502ds]

Come on man, just try it! You might like it! =)

 

[Hefanatic]

I am going to start on a version of this tomorrow. I am using an extract kit with steeping grains from my LHBS. It is an oatmeal milk stout. The biggest difference I see is I will be using DME. I will be adding cocoa and vanilla as your recipe calls for, but this will only be my 3rd brew. I am still a little nervous shopping for the ingredients separately, otherwise I would follow it exactly. Hopefully I get something similar to what you made because it sounds absolutely incredible.