Quick new recipe

Ted and I were hanging around in IRC earlier today when someone mentioned how he wanted to try a stout that reminded him of non-fruity granola. Ted immediately started thinking of the flavors that go into granola (oats, nuts, some honey sweetness) and started thinking up a beer recipe for it. A couple minutes later, he had the hasic idea outlined and messaged me for my opinion. After ten or fifteen minutes, we’d debated the merits of various ingredients and decided on a final grain bill. A lot of it took the form of “I like oats, so let’s use more!”. This was a bit of a departure from how I usually come up with recipes, as my technique starts at the final numbers I want to achieve (ABV, IBU, color, etc.) and works back to the amounts from there. This was very much just talking about what we wanted in it, kicking some numbers back and forth, and then just picking a final amount. Interesting.

Anyway here is the final recipe. Ted thinks we should both make a batch and then send them off for tasting. I was going to make a second batch of my oatmeal stout in the next month or two, but maybe I will make this instead. It was lots of fun to come up with. I sure do enjoy talking about and working on beer.