Surveyor06
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For my second ever brew I decided to do a Oatmeal Stout Partial Mash.
The recipe was.
5-Gallon Batch
6.6 lbs LME
1.5 lbs Six-Row Malt
1.5 Lbs Rolled Oats
0.5 lbs roasted barley
0.5 lbs Choc. Malt
1.0 lbs Crystal 60
I mashed the grains in a kettle with 2.5 gallons of water @ 155 for 60 mins in a muslin bad. The OG was 1.062.
The brew process went smooth. Its been fermenting now for 2.5 weeks. At the 2 week mark I took a hydrometer reading that was 1.018. My concern is that the muslin bag kept the grains too tight and i did not get all the goodies from the grain. My beer that i tested was dark brown, not the black that you would expect from stout. The beer taste great, on the sweet side, with a nice roasting flavor. I think it will taste good, just not exactly what I wanted.
At the stage of the brewing process will the beer get darker, or is the beer destined to be a dark brown? Was the muslin bag a bad idea? Could the recipe be improved to make the beer darker? Thanks.
The recipe was.
5-Gallon Batch
6.6 lbs LME
1.5 lbs Six-Row Malt
1.5 Lbs Rolled Oats
0.5 lbs roasted barley
0.5 lbs Choc. Malt
1.0 lbs Crystal 60
I mashed the grains in a kettle with 2.5 gallons of water @ 155 for 60 mins in a muslin bad. The OG was 1.062.
The brew process went smooth. Its been fermenting now for 2.5 weeks. At the 2 week mark I took a hydrometer reading that was 1.018. My concern is that the muslin bag kept the grains too tight and i did not get all the goodies from the grain. My beer that i tested was dark brown, not the black that you would expect from stout. The beer taste great, on the sweet side, with a nice roasting flavor. I think it will taste good, just not exactly what I wanted.
At the stage of the brewing process will the beer get darker, or is the beer destined to be a dark brown? Was the muslin bag a bad idea? Could the recipe be improved to make the beer darker? Thanks.