JM Replaces NR Oatmeal Stout

This is a straightforward oatmeal stout. Because it’s an extract recipe, you don’t need to worry with stuck mashes or rice hulls or any of that other all-grain oatmeal nonsense.

Goals

• 5 gallons
• Starting specific gravity: 1.055 - 1.060
• Finishing specific gravity: 1.010 - 1.015
• ABV: 6%
• Bitterness: 25 - 30 IBU
• Color: 85+ SRM

Extract recipe

Ingredients

• 5.5 lb. light malt extract (liquid)
• 1 lb. roasted barley (crushed)
• 12 oz. chocolate malt (crushed)
• 1 lb. flaked oats
• 1 oz. Target (60 minutes)
• Wyeast #1098 (Whitbread)

Procedure

• Place crushed grains in two muslin bags and add to 1.5 gallons of water.
• Heat water to 150-170° F and hold for 30 minutes.
• Remove grains, sparge with hot water, and discard.
• Add malt extract. Bring to boil.
• Add 1 oz. Target hops. Boil 60 minutes.
• Cool with wort chiller to ~ 75° F and add to 3 gallons of water in carboy. Top up to 5 gallons.
• Pitch yeast.
• Bottle or keg when fermentation is complete.
• Age approximately three weeks.