AG# 105 - Oatmeal Foreign Extra Stout

[floydmeddler]

Not sure Guy. All i know is that doing it this way was an absolute PITA! If i hadn't been so experienced, I'd have thought there was no way the beer would ever see the light of day. Man, that was a messy day. I can still see the thick gloop in my minds eye! I'll enjoy the beer even more because of it though

Maybe ask the brewer in the micro what he thinks? Be sure to report back here!

[Manx Guy]

Hi

He didn't comment on using such a high percentage of malted oats as his recipes currently only use small amounts.

The reason why the oats are malted (husks still present) is because due to the manx purity laws, un malted adjuncts are strictly 'verboten'.... lol

It's similar to the German purity laws but allows cane sugar and inverts, but un- malted grains and other ingredients in place of malted barley or wheat are not permitted. It was amended in the 1990's to include fruit and a few other things... But otherwise does not permit such things as rolled oats or 'grains prepared in any other way than malting'...

Just another example of the idiosyncrasies of the 'Island'....

[6470zzy]

You should try some Simpson's Golden Naked Oats. They add a certain creaminess.

Cheers

[floydmeddler]

WOW Manx Guy! That's insane... and kinda cool! Means you can brew a forbidden batch.

[floydmeddler]

Well, she's about 8 weeks old now and I've just bottled. I poured myself an obligatory 'test glass' and man this is silky. It really is everything I hoped for so far. I like that I can't pick out any single flavour... means I've got the balance right. I'm very glad about this as too much of any one of these malts/sugars would be unpleasant.

I'll properly start enjoying this in Feb I reckon.

Happy days!