Advice needed on oat malt

[Morten]

Hi all,
I will get a sack of Fawcett oat malt.

I really want to brew a super smooth, creamy, oat meal stout but I have never used malted oats before.

But how much can/should I use?

Beersmith says max 10%, but that seems a bit low to me.
But what do I know

[sbond10]

This one will be right up seymours street. Off the top of my head I seem to remember him saying around100g-150g for a 18ltr batch.

[Morten]

This one will be right up seymours street. Off the top of my head I seem to remember him saying around100g-150g for a 18ltr batch.

That's not what I wanted to hear

[Matt12398]

No, that's what he suggests adding to any recipe to improve the mouthfeel and that's unmalted oats. I don't think he'd suggest that for an oatmeal stout.

Aleman is your guy for oatmeal stouts as I know he's spent a lot of time perfecting his recipe. He gave my brother some pointers when he was creating one. His was 10% oats but unmalted flaked oats.

From a quick google apparently there are examples having up to 30% oats. Above which it says it gives an astringent flavour and bitterness. You can thank Brad Smith of Beersmith fame for that snippet of info.

[sbond10]

Yep that what he suggested for me to improve the texture from a one can kit and it was porridge oats not a specialist malt

[Morten]

Cheers, I'll see if I can find some information from Aleman.

[guypettigrew]

Hi all,
I will get a sack of Fawcett oat malt.

A sackfull?? 25kg?? Wow, you'll have enough to last you for about, ooh, forever!

Guy

[Morten]

Hi all,
I will get a sack of Fawcett oat malt.

A sackfull?? 25kg?? Wow, you'll have enough to last you for about, ooh, forever!

Guy

If I can only use 5-10%, then yes

[john luc]

I am looking into making a gluten free beer and one suggestion is a 100% oat malt beer. If you do get a 25Kg bag you could try this.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1 ... x/abstract

[millmaster]

Check out Old British Beers by John Harrison and Durden Park Beer Circle - recipe 102 Oatmalt stout it says 2lbs 5oz oatmalt 6oz pale malt 3oz Amber malt 4oz Dark Caramel 2 oz white suger and 0.9oz Fuggles per imperial gallon. I have never tried it, but it might even "out-Oat" Seymour ?

[Morten]

Cheers