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Thanks a bunch for all the help. Bottled this and have been drinking it for a week or two now, and all the alchohol/wine tastes seem to be gone. I'm guessing it could have been from fermenting hot or jut from the high ABV, but it seems to have mellowed considerably now. Tastes quite good, but...

So I brewed this, and the sample after 1 wk in the fermentor was great. Good mouthfeel and good taste. However, after 2 weeks in the Primary the taste changed considerably for the worse. It now has a fairly strong off taste which I think is from the high alcohol. I tried fixing it by adding some...

dannyhawkins: The gelatin was a mistake. I normally use that for clearing, but in this case I'm not even going to transfer to secondary (no point, as you pointed out). Thanks for the confirmation though. Always nice to hear that I'm not completely out to lunch. .

Thanks for all the feedback. I've already brewed this, so I'll put feedback on here once I bottle and sample it. I'm considering adding some crystal to better balance the flavours the next time I do this, but that'll depend on how the end product tastes. I assume my diastatic power was enough...

Any thoughts?

Hey everyone, I wanted to make an oatmeal stout, and after reading up a bit on the forums it seems that my best bet is to mash the oats rather than just steeping them. This is my first partial mash, so I figured I'd post the recipe on here and see if anyone had any comments or suggestions...

I could be mistaken, but I don't think smack packs necessarily eliminate the need for a starter. Probably best to find a yeast calculator online and use the date on your smack pack to see how much viable yeast you have and then see what kind of a starter you need. Just my $0.02

Any update on how this turned out?