Recipe: Oatmeal Stout Deuce
This is the fourth stout offered by Thunder Boomer. The original oatmeal stout was brewed on 4/22/06. This one was different...from start to finish.
There was a smokin' hot moma - helpful, knowledgable, cleaned a mean brew store. She knew more than the average Mr. Man at the store, which was a very welcomed suprise. She could even find the torrified wheat...we shall call her Mr. Sister. Also she wasn't drunk.
The recipe is for an oatmeal stout with toasted oats as its foundation. Thunder, Boomer, and TheRook set the grains to steep while they snapped into their first 120 Minute IPA. They were all very shocked at how sweet, syrupy, and floral the 120 was. All agreed that though it was an interesting brew, the 60 and 90 Minute were more the ThunderBoomer Style. But seriously, who cares about this?
[Insert 120 min TBB Pint Glass Pic]
Mexican Pizza was made.
T, B, and T.R. cracked into round 2 with a KPA, Thunder Hole II, and sailed wing on wing before sparging the grains with 150 degree Everett water.
8 oz Toasted Oatmeal
8 oz Chocolate malt
8 oz Torrified Wheat
Sex (6) oz Crystal 60 L
4 oz Roasted Barley
Fugetaboutit. The crew learned something tonight. With every blunder (read:lesson) the Boomer fuses with the Thunder. That sounds like sound logic. Boomer Logic. We burned the muslin sack but we are growing.
The Rook strengthened his name. You ALWAYS turn the heat off to add the DME.
If you didn't put it together, T.R. added the DME...6 lbs. Extra Light DME. Which is weird that the recipe called for Extra light.
Boil Over Bummer.
Boil: under control. T.R. poured the ESB II - lotta head. Thunder showed him the way...and the wort boiled on.
[Insert Picture Here]
Added 1.5 oz of Fuggles for entire boil, then tossed in Irish Moss and .3 oz of Kent Gold with 15 left.
Cooled the wort - outdo' (pic)
O.G. Reading: 1.074
TBB. Over and out.
One more thing. Always wash the...okay we are trying to keep this family oriented. "Blow off tube" has been inserted. No discharge yet. The gurgling usually lasts for about 3 days. Then you insert a plug. With an air lock-thingamjig.
Over and out,
Boomer, Thunder and TheRook.
posted by Brian @ 8:28 PM
6 comments
6 Comments:
Nice posting! Rook - add some f-ing pictures already. And how the hell are we going to get the yeast into a dildo mold?
Wait...I thought that we weren't supposed to talk about the yeastie dildo molds? actually, I think they were hoppy dildo plugs to be exact.
Nice brew session, fellas.
I like to party.
I like to party too. Boomer, you're coming to smeltfest on Saturday morning, 2.24. Rook, you are going to be rocking the NYC house.
First of all, i can't believe that I have a blogger account, and B) I can't believe that I'm already logged in. This is great.
Have you guys considered a imperial stout, but not in the true meaning of an imperial stout? You know how they say that original IPAs were 10%+ ABV, and really hoppy, where as today's IPAs are roughly 5% ABV and really hoppy (barring some great ones with higher ABVs). How come that shit doesn't translate to Imperial Stouts? Why not try an Oatmeal Stout a Trois with the same grain bill, and then add a shitload of hops?
That's what I'd do, anyway.
where are the pictures, Rook?
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