Experimental Beer Oatmeal Cookie Brown Ale

[WhoDatDad78]

I saw this thread and gave it a go with some slight changes, brewed on Saturday morning.

9.0# Marris Otter
2.0# Victory
1.0# Flaked Oats (1/2 toasted)
.5# Crystal 80
.5# Crystal 40
.25# Chocolate
.25# Special B
.25# Blackprinz

.5# Dark Brown Sugar (60 min)

1.0 oz EKG (60 min)
1.0 oz Willamette (30 min)
1 cup puréed raisins (15 min)
.5 tsp Cinnamon (0 min)

Denny's 1450 WYeast

.5 Vanilla Bean in Secondary

Please report back. I've wanted to brew this for a while.

 

[weiht]

Any tried raisins instead in the secondary? Quite unusual to add to the boil instead of secondary.

 

[OkanaganMike]

Sounds yummy but I question how dark and roasty it may be what with the Cara 80, Special B and Blackprinz. Wouldn't the brown sugar be better off at flame out vs 60min to preserve the molasses taste?

 

[RJBanks]

So I made this today after looking at it quite a few times but it never seemed the right time of year. The recipe looks really good as is but I made a few minor changes from the original. I just wanted a little less bitterness and try to have it finish a little sweeter. I am excited for the final product. Here's my changes and numbers.

Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: US05
Yeast Starter: none
Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: none
Batch Size (Gallons): 5
Original Gravity: 1.067
Final Gravity: unknown at this time. shooting for 1.015 - 10.17
IBU: 23
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 20.2 SRM

Grain:
9 lb Maris Otter Pale Malt
1 lb Flaked Oats (toasted @ 350 until golden)
.5 lb Biscuit Malt
.5 lb Crystal 80
.25 lb Crystal 60
.25 lb Chocolate Malt
1.6 oz Black Patent Malt

Hops:
1 oz EK Goldings 60 min
.5 oz EK Goldings 20 min
1 oz Willamette 5 min

Other:
1.25 cups raisins (mashed up and put in bag) 60 min
8 oz Brown Sugar 8 min
2 Cinnamon sticks (about 2 inches long each)

Mashed at 154 degrees for 70 min. I hit pre and post boil gravity exactly per Beersmiths recommendation.

The final sample had a great flavor. First sip you could pick up the raisin and a slight cinnamon flavor. The back end really did taste like a cookie. Toasting the flaked oats like the original stated and adding the biscuit malt really made this happen. Will keep this updated on the progress. Thanks for a great recipe for the holidays.

 

[RAWnel831]

Thanks for this recipe! Will brew this on my next run.

 

[Vader ipa]

When did you add ther cinnamon sticks? Were they added to the boil or in ther fermenter?

 

[RAWnel831]

When did you add ther cinnamon sticks? Were they added to the boil or in ther fermenter?

Beer Smith suggested 5 min at the end of boil.

 

[Brewsncrabs]

Morebeer has a new Cookie Dough Crystal malt from Viking malts. I got a pound but haven't used it yet. Anyone try it?

 

[RAWnel831]

Morebeer has a new Cookie Dough Crystal malt from Viking malts. I got a pound but haven't used it yet. Anyone try it?

No but might have to try it out one day. Sounds tasty! Tell us how it comes out.