English/Irish/Scottish Ales Chocolate Oatmeal Porter-Robust Porter- All Grain

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  1. honkey

    honkey Disciple (318) Aug 28, 2010 Arizona
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    Hey guys, I thought I would share one of the recipes from my brewery that has been really popular. Here is a link to the beer's profile on BA... http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/23966/144970/

    Name: Chocolate Oatmeal Porter
    Style: Robust Porter
    Type: All Grain
    Batch Size: Any
    OG: 1.067
    FG: 1.020
    ABV: 6.1%
    SRM: 40
    IBU: 30 Tinseth

    Efficiency: Any, malts listed as percentages

    Malt Bill: All malts used were Thomas Fawcett

    Mash at 156 Degrees F
    68% Maris Otter
    10% Crystal II
    10% Oat Malt (NOT FLAKED OATS!)
    6% Chocolate Malt
    6% Pale Chocolate Malt

    Hop Bill:
    Northern Brewer at 60 Minutes (30 IBU)

    Yeast:
    Wyeast 1028
    12 million cells per milliliter

    Water:
    Aim for 200 ppm Calcium with a 1:1 ratio of sulfate to chloride.
     
    #1 honkey, Jan 16, 2015
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  2. sethsticles

    sethsticles Initiate (0) May 6, 2014 California

    Sounds good. I'll have to give this a go sometime. I've never heard of oat malt. It'll be interesting to try that for the first time. Thanks for sharing!
     
    #2 sethsticles, Jan 22, 2015
  3. VikeMan

    VikeMan Poo-Bah (1,948) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Can you describe the difference in flavor and/or texture from malted vs. unmalted oats? I've never used the former.
     
    #3 VikeMan, Jan 30, 2015
  4. pweis909

    pweis909 Poo-Bah (1,902) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
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    I think in most recipes that use oats, where the percentage is low and offset by specialty grains, any perceptible difference must be subtle. I've use both in these sorts of recipes and have nothing interesting to report. Golden Naked Oats, on the other hand, are a different kind of beast. GNOs are, as best as I understand, a crystal style oat malt. I've used these guys as the only specialty malt in pale ales and those were some fine beers.
     
    #4 pweis909, Jan 31, 2015
  5. honkey

    honkey Disciple (318) Aug 28, 2010 Arizona
    Brewery Trader


    Flaked oats don't add too much flavor, but they do provide body and a slick mouthfeel. Malted oats have a very distinct grainy flavor and they don't seem to provide the same oily mouthfeel in my experience. I have had several homebrewer's ask me how much oats we used because they say they have never tasted such an oaty flavor before. I have to explain to them that it is because of the oat malt being different from flaked oats. 10% is probably the max I would use in a beer because of how unique and distinct the flavor is, the graininess can get overwhelming
     
    #5 honkey, Feb 1, 2015
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