Stout Recipe Feedback?

[kempshark]

Could use a little feedback on what I think is a fairly simple sweet oatmeal stout recipe. Let me know if I am off base with this in any way

HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: First Brew Stout

Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: Sweet Stout
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 3 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 5 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.038
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)

STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.063
Final Gravity: 1.019
ABV (standard): 5.76%
IBU (tinseth): 23.66
SRM (morey): 38.85

FERMENTABLES:
5 lb - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (70.8%)
0.75 lb - United Kingdom - Pale Chocolate (10.6%)
5 oz - United Kingdom - Roasted Barley (4.4%)
0.5 lb - Flaked Oats (7.1%)
0.5 lb - Lactose (Milk Sugar) (7.1%)

HOPS:
18 g - Fuggles, Type: Pellet, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 20.21
4 g - Fuggles, Type: Pellet, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 30 min, IBU: 3.45

MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Temp: 156 F, Time: 60 min

YEAST:
Fermentis / Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Starter: No
Form: Dry
Attenuation (avg): 81%
Flocculation: Medium
Optimum Temp: 54 - 77 F
Fermentation Temp: 64 F

 

[mrdail87]

The overall % of roasted grains feels a tad high. I might back off just a few ounces, especially if you're looking for a sweet stout.

If you like a roasty bite though, it might be just fine. Not much experience working with Pale Chocolate so I can't say how potent that will be in the finished beer.

 

[JonM]

I think it looks fine. Should give you a nice flavorful stout, especially with the Maris Otter base.

 

[dcbw]

That's a lot of chocolate for a sweet stout. Even pale chocolate has a roasty component, just not as much as regular UK or American. I would do 6 or 8 oz of chocolate for this kind of beer.

See how it goes and adjust from there. Good luck!

 

[ScrewyBrewer]

My take on a classic Dry Irish Stout is 70% Pale Ale Malt, 20% Flaked Barley and 10% Roasted Barley. Having never brewed any other types of Stout, or used more than one type of roasted malt in my stouts, there is not much more I could say.

 

[kempshark]

Thanks for the feedback and suggestions......

 

[Jimbodaman]

Sounds like it will be a fine Ale some day. It's definitely nothing too radical which nearly guarantees something you and your mates will enjoy.