Strawberry Milkshake IPA

[Smitty4263]

I am going to be brew this within the next week or two. I wanted to post the recipe I plan on using to get some feedback and hope you can answer a few things I am iffy about. I put this recipe together loosely based on a West Coast Imperial I brewed a few months back that turned out great. Antietam Brewing makes a great strawberry milkshake IPA called Lactosimplicity that really made me want to try this.

Does the corn sugar clash with lactose? Is it cool to use both?

Is 2 lbs of flaked oats a fair amount? I bough 3 lbs but backed down the recipe when I saw the quantity in person.

I like big flavors from the adjunct additions. I have used 2 oz of vanilla extract in a coffee stout before and didn't quite get enough of that flavor. Should I keep 3 oz in, add more, subtract?

I am going with 5 oz of strawberry extract but am open to suggestions on amount. I like a big strawberry flavor.



Grains (steep for 20 mins at 160)

Caramel 40L 1 lb

Flaked Oats 2lb

Malt

3.15 lbs Gold LME (60 mins)

6 lbs Gold LME (15 mins)

2 lbs corn sugar (5 mins)

Hops

1 oz Amarillo (with steeping grains)

1 oz Amarillo (30 mins)

2 oz Hull Melon (20 mins)

1 oz Idaho 7 (whirlpool)

1 oz Hull Melon (whirlpool)

4 oz Hull Melon (dry hop)

Other

1 lb lactose (10 mins)

Yeast

Liquid Wyeast #1318 Londan Ale III

Post Fermentation at Kegging

5 oz Strawberry extract

3 oz Vanilla extract

 

[day_trippr]

Never done one so can't comment on the recipe per se, but you might want to add some base malt, like 1/2-3/4 pound, to provide some diastatic power, because there's zero Lintner there right now, and you want that to be around 40 or higher...

Cheers!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

The corn sugar is fermetable and isn’t going to provide flavor, just alcohol, the lactose is your non-fermentable sugar that will provide some sweetness and body.

 

[Jag75]

I'd leave the corn sugar out and add more base malt .