Wheat Porter with Home Roasted Oats 5.9%

[admin]

This is a lovely light-bodied sweet caramelly porter. By far the best porter I have brewed. Loosely based on a Randy Mosher recipe.

The oats are regular flaked Irish breakfast oats, from Aldi, which cost 85 cent for a 1Kg bag

To roast, spread the oats out on a baking tray and roast in an oven at 150°C for about 40 minutes. Check every 10 minutes and turn if necessary. When golden coloured they'd done. After they've roasted leave to sit for a few days before using.

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 19.00 L      
Boil Size: 21.75 L
Estimated OG: 1.068 SG
Estimated Color: 46.8 EBC
Estimated IBU: 20.8 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount        Item                              % or IBU      
1.94 kg       Wheat Malt                         34.69 %      
1.52 kg       Munich Malt                        27.15 %      
1.18 kg       Pale Malt or Maris Otter           21.12 %      
0.59 kg       Standard Crystal (145 EBC)         10.56 %      
0.22 kg       Flaked Oats, Home Roasted           3.93 %       
0.14 kg       Black (Patent) Malt (985.0 EBC)     2.56 %       
16.90 gm      Northern Brewer [8.50 %]  (60 min)  16.0 IBU      
8.45 gm       Northern Brewer [8.50 %]  (10 min)   2.9 IBU      
8.45 gm       Cascade [5.50 %]  (10 min)           1.9 IBU      
1 Pkgs        Nottingham (Danstar #-) Yeast-Ale      


Mash at 66°C for 60 minutes, mashing out for 15 minutes at 76°C. 60 minute boil. Ferment at 20°C for 4 days or so until fermentation has finished and bottle prime with 80g of sugar for arounf 2 vols of CO2.

Due to wheat content this one does not benefit from long aging.

Also, it's probably better to bottle this one rather than keg it.

[Partridge9]

This looks very tasty - why do you prefer bottling on this one ?

[Shane Phelan]

Due to wheat content this one does not benefit from long aging.

Curious, why is this the case ?

[nigel_c]

I brewed something similar the other day and toasted oats as wel. smells fantastic.

[Spud395]

Wheat has a higher protein content than barley. This leads to quicker ageing of the beer.

[Partridge9]

'Check out the brains on brad'