AG Oatmeal Stout

[clibit]

Mash temperature perhaps, an accurate reading is important, and there are ways to measure the mash temperature wrong.

I would add dried malt extract, you can add today, or tomorrow, or after the first fermentation has died down if you can't get any before it kicks in.

 

[MartinHaworth]

Thanks Clibit,

I was pretty careful with mash temperature - using both glass and digital thermometers. I'm really confident of the 67C going to 65C after 1 hour. But, hey, I guess I could still have ballsed it up!

Ah well, the main issue is rescuing the beer. Malt extract then - could I use Holland and Barrett? I don't have a local home brew shop.

Thanks again

MArtin

 

[MartinHaworth]

I've just found 1kg of Youngs BE - Dried malt + dextrose. Could I use some of that? perhaps 500g?

 

[jeg3]

Perhaps an inefficient sparge? It's suprising how much sugar gets rinsed out in the sparge

 

[MartinHaworth]

Could be that - I dunk sparged rather than rinsing, (which I usually do) - I was thinking that I wanted to get the 'mash out' on the dunk...

 

[clibit]

Thanks Clibit,

I was pretty careful with mash temperature - using both glass and digital thermometers. I'm really confident of the 67C going to 65C after 1 hour. But, hey, I guess I could still have ballsed it up!

Ah well, the main issue is rescuing the beer. Malt extract then - could I use Holland and Barrett? I don't have a local home brew shop.

Thanks again

MArtin

Yes you could use BE. Add 500g and check the OG. Add more if necessary.

 

[jeg3]

Had a sneaky taste test from the keg tonight, it should be ready for bottling this week. Will probably prime with 20g sugar and bottle condition for 3-4 weeks at least. That will have given it 7 weeks in total.

Tastes superb already.

 

[MartinHaworth]

Bottled this last night. Beer is so forgiving + it tasted just lovely in the sample jar. Two weeks in the warm, 1 in the shed....takes us just up to Christmas day for my first pint!

Cheers

Martin

 

[jeg3]

I'm hopeful mine is going to work out OK. It tasted a bit old peculier-esque yesterday when bottling it. It's still nice though

 

[GHW]

I had a couple more of my oatmeal stouts this last week. One was the last one from the fv and I'd accidentally sucked up a load of trub into the bottle. I'd marked it as the last one (I always do, so I don't judge them to the same standards of the rest of the batch), but hadn't noticed when I took it out of the shed, or when I poured it.

Consequently there was loads of gunk in the glass, and it tasted like marmite. Which i suppose makes sense given what marmite is, and what trub is.

Anyway, it did not make for a refreshing pint. Had another last night though, it was good, despite oddly having no head at all. The first few I cracked had a great head and lacing. This one looked like flat diet coke. Weird.

 

[MartinHaworth]

10 days in the bottle, couldn't resist a tester. Wonderful pint! Smooth, complex, coffee and malt! Can only get better!

This is why we spend the time on AG!

Thanks again to all on the forum who have helped and encouraged.

Martin

 

[jeg3]

Did a 10 day taster last night, it's nice but I think the fermentation temp was too high, it's more fruity and rich than dry and roasted. Its much nicer than the last sample which is good, but next time I need to control temp better, which means starting my brew fridge project!

But I am my own harshest critic; it is nicely carbonated, hardly any head (will develop over time) but tastes good, no off flavours. A very sessionable stout.

It certainly doesn't taste like 5.5%, so it's quite dangerous! Last night I had an APA (5%) followed by one of these and I was noticeably lighter on my feet afterwards...! It will only improve with time

 

[clibit]

Did a 10 day taster last night, it's nice but I think the fermentation temp was too high, it's more fruity and rich than dry and roasted. Its much nicer than the last sample which is good, but next time I need to control temp better, which means starting my brew fridge project!

But I am my own harshest critic; it is nicely carbonated, hardly any head (will develop over time) but tastes good, no off flavours. A very sessionable stout.

It certainly doesn't taste like 5.5%, so it's quite dangerous! Last night I had an APA (5%) followed by one of these and I was noticeably lighter on my feet afterwards...! It will only improve with time

It sounds too early to judge to me. I bet it will be much different and better in 3-4 weeks.

 

[jeg3]

Yeah my thoughts exactly, but I couldn't help myself!