IPA with golden naked oats

[sven945]

I've been tasked with making a beer for the wedding of some friends this summer, and I've got time for a trial batch before making the real thing. He likes his hops, and I've got 50g of centennial in the freezer. I'll probably keep that for the final beer to add some extra complexity, and I was thinking about getting some citra because I've been longing to try it out.

I was going to try putting a decent amount of oats in, because I tried the Wild Beer/Magic Rock The Men Who Stare At Oats that had a delicious mouthfeel. I saw my local shop has Simpsons Golden Naked Oats that seem interesting. I was thinking to try risking 10% of that, with the remaining 90% just pale ale.

How does this look to other people?

12 litres total

2.7kg pale ale
0.3kg golden naked oats
WLP 051 California V ale (harvested from a previous brew)

60 minute boil
FWH 10g Columbus
10 minutes 10g Columbus
10 minutes 10g Citra
0 minutes 15g Citra
Dry hop 25g Citra

Aiming for OG 1056, FG 1014 mashing at 66.7ºC (Beersmith medium body defaults). Maybe with so much of the oats I should mash relatively low for a thin body?

Any other tips? If I don't like the golden naked oats in this trial beer I'll use conventional oats in the final wedding beer.

 

[IainM]

I like the sound of it. I brewed a couple of beers for a friends wedding, and the idea was to have beers light in colour and abv, and with a wide appeal (including to the more flavour-averse drinkers that normally order a lager). From this perspective, the recipe looks easy-drinking in terms of style and IBUs, but I would brew it a bit longer to make it a bit weaker and maybe tone down the dry hop a tiny bit. Then again, you know better the crowd that will turn up.

 

[sven945]

It's a present for the couple rather than a crowdpleaser. If anything I was considering whacking some sugar in to up the ABV! I think he would appreciate that but she might be less keen. Thanks for the advice. I'd love to cater for a wedding with homebrew. Perhaps something for my own if that happens...