Oatmeal Coffee Stout

[KendallAdkins]

Any tips on hop varieties on an Oatmeal Coffee Stout. The recipe I have put together right now is Cascade for 60 and Willamette for 5. Comes in at 31.2 IBUs which is in the range I want. Just wondering what your thoughts are on those flavors mixing with the coffee, chocolate malt, and oatmeal. My LHBS has a very limited selection of hops. For whatever reason, St. Louis does not have a great brew shop and a relatively small brewing community.

Here is the full recipe with the numbers coming from BeerSmith2.

Oatmeal Coffee Stout:
3 Gallon, All Grain
IBUs - 31.2
SRM - 30.5
OG - 1.068
ABV - 7.2%

American 2 Row - 6 lb. (75%)
Flaked Oats - 12.8 oz. (10%)
Roasted Barley - 6.4 oz. (5%)
Chocolate Malt - 6.4 oz. (5%)
Crystal 80L - 6.4 oz. (5%)
Cascade - 1 oz. (60 minutes)
Willamette - 1 oz. (5 Minutes)
Safale US-05
2 Cups Cold Pressed Coffee added to Secondary

Any glaring issues? I feel like I'm getting to the point where I can just trust myself and stop annoying you guys with this stuff, but can't hurt to ask.

 

[Yreval]

I think your recipe looks quite good, and will produce a nice, full-body, roasty, coffee-forward beer. I just brewed a similar coffee oatmeal stout myself.

You might want to consider switching out the Crystal 80 for 60L, 40L, or even 20L. You will already get a lot of roast coming through from the barley, chocolate malt, and the coffee itself. Some lighter, slightly bready sweetness, might be a good contrast to that, and could highlight the oatmeal elements.

I think your hop selections are good too. Maybe increase the willamette to 10 or 15 minutes to moderate the hop aroma? It's an earthy-ish hop, though, so the flavors at 5 minutes might not be bad.

I used Irish Ale yeast, which was nice. American Ale yeast should work fine as well, it'll just be a touch cleaner, and perhaps slightly higher attenuating. Just a matter of preference there, you have plenty of good options.

Definitely no glaring issues.

 

[firstbrewhelp]

Looks great to me! I am hoping to start brewing all grain myself because my local home brew supply shop's extract is quite expensive.