Porridge oats

[Rog.T.B.]

It's a lower temperature mash rest at around 45 - 50°C for 10 or 15 mins, but generally I don't bother with this unless I'm concerned about a really sticky mash or slow sparge, so if I was using a large amount of flaked grains or a lot of oats or rye.

Just mash the oats along with the rest of the grist, it doesn't need to be done separately.

Cheers.

 

[samale]

If there's a Lidl near you they sell 500g bags for 39p. Never used it in a brew, but it is pretty good porridge.

That's what I use

 

[Hoppyland]

has anybody managed to brew a clear ale using hop pellets?. after using copper finings and gelatine my very drinkable ipa is still hazy,i was told it is near impossible to get clear beer with pellets

I have pretty much given up on pellets for this reason. The way I brew, the beer seems to take forever to clear if I use pellets, especially to dry hop. However, I do not cold crash or use finings. Having said that, I rarely drink my beer within a month of pitching.
Oh, and in my experience rolled oats are not the same as porridge oats. Rolled oats are an animal feedstuff, basically the whole oat grain but crushed, so that all of the husk is still present. Porridge oats tend to be flaked oats - de-husked and rolled much flatter, or even further milled down.

 

[Drunkula]

has anybody managed to brew a clear ale using hop pellets?. after using copper finings and gelatine my very drinkable ipa is still hazy,i was told it is near impossible to get clear beer with pellets

Get crystal clear beer with pellets in the boil and dry hop with no hop sock, no protafloc. There's something else that causes this.

 

[Hoppyland]

Get crystal clear beer with pellets in the boil and dry hop with no hop sock, no protafloc. There's something else that causes this.

That's very interesting. The first couple of brews I made with hop pellets as dry hop were very reluctant to clear. I blamed the hops for this (without any hard evidence, it must be said, but it seemed the obvious change). They were all-grain kits from the Malt Miller, which I thought were worth a try, so they must have had several differences from my usual brews (apart from the haziness, they were very good). It's a couple of years ago now, and too late to look in detail for other possible factors. I'll have to give it a better trial. I've still got some hop pellets in the freezer, so I shall use one of my recipes with a well-tried yeast & see what happens if I dry-hop with pellets.
Another quick thought - could variability between pellets (maybe processing techniques or particle size) be a factor?

 

[samale]

What is the fasination with clear beer. If it tastes good that's good enough for me

 

[Hoppyland]

What is the fasination with clear beer. If it tastes good that's good enough for me

In my case, quite simple. It's a function of my age!
In my callow youth - back in the 1960s - if you got a cloudy pint pulled in a pub, then it was bad. Maybe just the last of the barrel (in which case maybe not too bad), but possibly a poor landlord who didn't look after the beer properly (in which case, perhaps undrinkable).
So, it's largely psychological with me. I just look at cloudy beer & my brain automatically says "bad". I can feel my lips curling involuntarily as the glass approaches them. This even happens with some of my own beers which haven't cleared properly. I know that the beer is fine. Hell, I had a pint of it yesterday. But, I just cannot switch off the Pavlovian "bad" reaction!
Mind you, it clearly (sorry ) does depend upon why the beer is cloudy!

 

[skulltat280]

I use porridge oats in every beer I brew as a replacement for Torrified wheat etc to aid head retention. Just be careful on using too much ( I use about 200g approx) as it will aid to stuck slow running mash as it is glutinous as is porridge when you make it

200g of oats in what size of batch?

 

[samale]

I use 500g of lidi porridge oats in a 23litre batch.

 

[The Baron]

200g of oats in what size of batch?

In a 23 ltr batch I sometimes use a little more depending on style and never have a head problem with my beers

 

[Gerryjo]

Was watching harrybrew69 who put up his Stout recipe for the brewery and noticed he had flaked barley as well as flaked oats.
Took a visit to H&B last night and purchased 1kg of flaked barley which was less than £2 so shall be giving it a try.

 

[skulltat280]

In a 23 ltr batch I sometimes use a little more depending on style and never have a head problem with my beers

Nice, going to give that a go next brew thanks