2020 3:41 Oatmeal Imperial Stout Recipe
Taste: Chocolate, Vanilla Bourbon
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Ingredients
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Oatmeal Stout Ingredients
Flavoring Ingredients
Method
Brewing Process
- 1
Mashing
In a large mash tun, combine the rolled oats, pale malt, crystal malt, chocolate malt, and roasted barley. Add 3 gallons of hot water (around 160°F) to the grains and stir well. Let the mixture rest for 60 minutes to allow for proper conversion of starches to sugars.
- 2
Sparging
After mashing, sparge the grain bed with an additional 2 gallons of hot water to rinse out the sugars. Collect the wort in a brew kettle.
- 3
Boiling
Bring the wort to a boil. Once boiling, add the East Kent Goldings hops and boil for 60 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent scorching.
- 4
Cooling
After the boil is complete, cool the wort quickly using a wort chiller until it reaches approximately 70°F.
- 5
Fermentation
Transfer the cooled wort to a sanitized fermentation vessel. Pitch the English Ale yeast and seal the vessel with an airlock. Allow it to ferment in a dark, cool place for about 2 weeks.
Flavoring Process
- 6
Flavor Addition
Once fermentation is complete, split the vanilla beans lengthwise and scrape the seeds into the beer. Add the scraped seeds and the whole beans directly into the fermentation vessel. Pour in the bourbon and cocoa powder.
- 7
Conditioning
Let the beer condition with the added flavors for an additional week in the fermentation vessel.
- 8
Bottling
After conditioning, bottle the beer with priming sugar to carbonate. Allow the bottles to carbonate for 1-2 weeks at room temperature.