Oat Meal Stout

[altstart]

Hi people

I think I have a problem. I have decided to brew an Oatmeal stout and the recipe I have found calls for 2.66KG of Flaked Oatmeal. I cant find Flaked Oatmeal and I have been told to use Rolled Oatmeal. I have not brewed Oatmeal Stout before and am wondering if I need to make an adjustment when substituting Rolled for Flaked Oatmeal. This is for a 55LTR batch and in beersmith it is showing as 20.3 percentof the grain bill is this too much Oatmeal. I plan to brew tomorrow and at the moment have not crushed the grains or added the Oatmeal. Your help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks Altstart

 

[johnno]

Hi Mate,
11 page thread here all about oatmeal stout.

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...l=uncle%20tobys


enjoy

cheers
johnno

 

[Ross]

Hi Mate,
11 page thread here all about oatmeal stout.

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...l=uncle%20tobys


enjoy

cheers
johnno

[post="129619"][/post]​

Having just read the entire 11 pages, there is NO reference to the question asked -IE. Is 2.66kg too much rolled oats in a 55L batch. Most seem to have used max 500gm in a standard batch, except Jayse who used 1kg. I don't know the answer, but would back it off a tad personally.

cheers Ross

 

[BoilerBoy]

Yeah 2.66kg of oats is way to much.

Oats in about the quantity that Ross sugested would be better, too much oats I have been told produces an oily texture and a very sticky mash thats a sparging nightmare.

Rolled oats wont work unless they have been gelatinized, products such as quick oats or 2 minute oats which have already had this done are ok.

oatmeal stout is sensational!

Cheers
BB

 

[johnno]

Hi Mate,
11 page thread here all about oatmeal stout.

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...l=uncle%20tobys


enjoy

cheers
johnno

[post="129619"][/post]​

Having just read the entire 11 pages, there is NO reference to the question asked -IE. Is 2.66kg too much rolled oats in a 55L batch. Most seem to have used max 500gm in a standard batch, except Jayse who used 1kg. I don't know the answer, but would back it off a tad personally.

cheers Ross

[post="129715"][/post]​

No it does not say anywhere that 2.66k of oats is too much for a standard batch.

But if the standard amount for a 23L batch is 400-500g, it would not take long for anyne to work out that 2.66k may be a tad high for a 23L batch.

cheers
johnno

 

[Malnourished]

It's probably a bit late for you now, but I used 1.5kg of rolled oats in a 25L batch of oatmeal stout with no problems at all (but lots of rice hulls.) The result was very good, if I do say so myself. I think your recipe sounds alright.