What did I just brew?

[pegcitybrewer]

So my recipe was originally based on an oatmeal stout recipe but I've changed the grain bill a bit and I'm wondering if it still qualifies as a stout or if that's almost academic.

Recipe was:

3.2 kg LME
750 g maris otter
750 g flaked oats
400 g caramel 77*L
300 g pale chocolate
200 g black malt

4 oz cocoa nibs and 2 vanilla beans are going in the secondary next week. Just curious if this still counts as a stout or if we're in porter territory?

 

[Pappers_]

The best way to tell will be when its brewed and you taste it. Will the roastiness rise to the level of a stout or will it be more restrained as in a porter? Let your palate guide you.

 

[m00ps]

Id say porter territory. Traditionally, stouts have a decent amount of roasted barley but thats by no means a prerequisite. But from my estimate, that much pale chocolate and black malt will likely be much mroe porter-like

 

[pegcitybrewer]

Awesome thanks a bunch!

 

[Aristotelian]

Plugged the recipe into BrewR and it appears to match Imperial Stout. Darker than any Porter and higher OG 1.077 than even an Extra Stout. Did you take an OG?