Oatmeal Stout Milk Oatmeal Stout

[pandelion]

cg17, why so long in the primary?

 

[PUGBREW]

Just brewed up a batch of this my wife keep telling me it smelled great. I have to let everyone know how it's doing and the end product when I get it.

 

[J187]

I'll be brewing this tonight. Second brew ever, first that wasn't from a kit. Thanks for sharing and I'll let you know how it goes!

 

[Welderbydaybrewerbynight]

Made the ag version of this today but with east kent golding hops instead and with WLP004 starter can't wait to try it thanks for the recipe

 

[shadows69]

Brewed an all grain version of this. Currently in week 5 in a carboy untill I get time to bottle and keg. Hoping to enter it into comp. This summer.

 

[Welderbydaybrewerbynight]

After a week in the keg I put this on tap and it was gone in three days. All my friends and family said it was the best dark beer they have ever had. Only thing I did different was add 3 or 4 vanilla beans to secondary. Thanks for the recipe.

 

[Welderbydaybrewerbynight]

Best beer to date this will be on tap all the time now can't brew it fast enough lol.

 

[shadows69]

And Here it is...This is an All grain version.

 

[monkey50187]

Does anyone know if it is normal to have this much trub. This is a six and a half gallon carboy.

 

[JimTheHick]

Does anyone know if it is normal to have this much trub. This is a six and a half gallon carboy.

Sure. Looks fine.

 

[timmah84]

My batch is sitting in the secondary. I racked it over a vanilla extract and a cocoa nib extract I made with a local vodka (Soft Tail Distillery) -- I know it might be too much flavor, but I'm a rebel!

When I took the gravity reading as I racked it, it was at 1.030 (from an initial OG of 1.060) -- looking good. The smell was that of a hershey's bar and the taste was excellent! Looking forward to getting it bottled and conditioned.

 

[relaxnrelapsen]

Brewed drinkinsurfer' s extract recipe as posted but instead substituted 1.5 lbs Midnight Wheat for Black Patent
and reduced Chocolate Malt to 4oz.

tried while brewing my next batch after 1 week primary, 1 week secondary and 1 week in the bottle. the carbonation was just enough to show me how delicious this is going to be.

thanks drinkin surfer!

 

[wormraper]

this looks sooooooooooooo tasty, going down tothe brew store in a day or so to grab the ingredients. Only thing is my LHBS doesn't carry Windsor the last time I checked. would I be able to sub s-04 (got a few washed jars in the fridge) and get similar result?

 

[shadows69]

Different taste but you can sub out the yeast. If you can find notty, I would recommend that over s 04.

 

[wormraper]

Different taste but you can sub out the yeast. If you can find notty, I would recommend that over s 04.

well, Notty is about as common as you can get so I'll grab some of that , thanks

 

[shadows69]

Just run notty at about 62 degrees or it will get fruity tastes.

 

[fastfocus]

I have 2+" of trub in mine. It's only a half batch 2.5gal. Looks like a thick ovaltine. But, not as dark in color as yours. OG came in at 1.084 on brew day. Haven't tested since it's only 4 days old.

 

[alexipa]

Brewed this today but with 6 lb LME and 1.25 oz fuggle @ 60m, other than that it was exactly as posted. I wanted about 5.5% ABV and hit 1.064 OG. If everything goes to plan with fermentation, should be nearly exactly 5.5%!

Thanks for the recipe, I'll post my results in a few weeks.

 

[wormraper]

apologies for one last question. I got all the ingredients the other day for this baby (been salivating over this recipe for weeks) and want to brew this and have it ready for my father in law when he comes down in 6 weeks (he's a HUGE stout fan). problem is that the lactose had to be ordered online due to my LHBS trying to rape me on it ($10 a lb is a tad high lol) and got lost in the mail so it won't be here for another week.... my question is if I brewed it without the lactose and just kept it the "oatmeal" portion of the stout would it work or would not having the lactose in the recipe screw up the "balance" so to speak

 

[relaxnrelapsen]

I brewed this a while ago, and it got better after 2 months in the bottle because it took a while to carbonate. (1st brew & i may have messed up my priming sugar). this was really tasty with a few drops of vanilla extract to the glass. it really rounded out the beer. i will brew this again and split the batch to play with adding chocolate nibs and vanilla to secondary.

 

[shadows69]

Lactose adds the sweetness part. Only thing I could suggest would be to up the oats.

 

[wormraper]

Lactose adds the sweetness part. Only thing I could suggest would be to up the oats.

that I can do. I'll make two batches, this one for my father in-law and the second with the lactose when it arrives. compare the two

 

[shadows69]

Keep us updated please

 

[J187]

Has anyone noticed that you when you plug this into beersmith, you get an estimated FG of 1.009? This confuses me...

 

[wormraper]

Keep us updated please

brewed it and just bottled this evening. Since I didn't have the Milk Sugar at the time of brewing I used S-04 yeast instead of Windsor to add some of that sweetness that the Lactose sugar would add. tasted GREAT going into the bottles, chocolaty and sweet at the same time. Almost like a dessert stout.

 

[Obliviousbrew]

brewed it and just bottled this evening. Since I didn't have the Milk Sugar at the time of brewing I used S-04 yeast instead of Windsor to add some of that sweetness that the Lactose sugar would add. tasted GREAT going into the bottles, chocolaty and sweet at the same time. Almost like a dessert stout.

If you were aiming for sweetness windsor was a better choice: that particular strain can´t ferment maltotriose a complex sugar form by three glucose molecules, there is around 10% of this sugar in a typical wort, so finishes higher than S-04

 

[Obliviousbrew]

Has anyone noticed that you when you plug this into beersmith, you get an estimated FG of 1.009? This confuses me...

Don´t mind about estimated FG in Beersmith, they just have the aparent attenuation of the yeast strain and aply that to your recipe, it doesn´t have to finish there.

 

[wormraper]

If you were aiming for sweetness windsor was a better choice: that particular strain can´t ferment maltotriose a complex sugar form by three glucose molecules, there is around 10% of this sugar in a typical wort, so finishes higher than S-04

hmmm, didn't realize that, I knew S-04 finished sweeter than S-05 and I thought windsor was a clean dry yeast like S-05. well, still tastes great and I'm kinda glad it's not any sweeter than it already is. kind of a "milk chocolate" taste to it with a full lb of oats in there.

 

[J187]

Don´t mind about estimated FG in Beersmith, they just have the aparent attenuation of the yeast strain and aply that to your recipe, it doesn´t have to finish there.

I guess I meant that it confuses me that beersmith would contain a bug for so long without being fixed. I'm sure tons of newer brewers have used the software with lactose and been disappointed.

 

[Aboo]

So, I put together the ingredients for this @ http://www.brewmasterswarehouse.com/brew-builder

Unfortunately, I received an email that they are out of stock on the Briess Golden Light Dry Extract. Can I substitute this with the Amber or Dark Dry Extract without destroying this beer?