How to Toast Flaked Oats - a Video Tutorial

[homebrewdad]

I had a lot of fun making this one. Yes, there is a bit of kid noise in the background... I'm Homebrew Dad for a reason.

I edited out the three year old spilling the oats as he helped me turn them... of course, I also edited out me spilling the oats as I poured them onto the pan.

Anyway, the post is here, if you care to see the video or read the accompanying text. If you do watch the video, you'll see that I properly acknowledged all of my "helpers" in the credits.

 

[ImNoExpert]

Exactly my method too. I do about two pounds for a five gallon batch of my Oatmeal stout. Might be the best beer I make.

The first time I did it, I didn't get a good enough toast because some started smoking and my wife was freaking out about the smell/lung damage (small price to pay, I say).

Now I wait for the wife and kids to be out of the house for a while.

 

[homebrewdad]

2 pounds, eh? Now I'm wishing I had used even more.

Of course, the big focus this time around is to see if I can coax some toffee flavor from this beer...

 

[ImNoExpert]

I try to toast mine a little darker too (although it;s tough to tell exactly how dark you got yours). I get them looking maybe as dark as a brown paper bag. What is that? Maybe 20L?

One thing I noticed in flavor is that it's a big happy oatmeal flavor about a week after bottling and then quickly drops off. But then five or six weeks later, BAM! (boom) it's back again.

 

[homebrewdad]

Yep, that's very much my target, too. "Dark brown paper bag" is very accurate.