Ollie Higgins
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Hi all,
Attempting my second ever brew next weekend, so dont worry about feeling patronising when you answer!
I'm going to be doing a malt extract ipa, and want to add some oats to give a creamier mouthfeel. I've had a look online in various places and still not sure exactly how this will work in practice. My current thinking is that id do a sort of mini mash with the oats, but have read that that won't work without some other malt - can i put a bit of the malt extract im going to use in with the oats, then after the mash bang the whole concoction into the wort - will this work, or do i need to get some actual grain malt in with the oats?
If so, can anyone help with quantities? Was thinking 10% oat, so c.3kg malt extract + 300g oats for a 5gallon batch?
Attempting my second ever brew next weekend, so dont worry about feeling patronising when you answer!
I'm going to be doing a malt extract ipa, and want to add some oats to give a creamier mouthfeel. I've had a look online in various places and still not sure exactly how this will work in practice. My current thinking is that id do a sort of mini mash with the oats, but have read that that won't work without some other malt - can i put a bit of the malt extract im going to use in with the oats, then after the mash bang the whole concoction into the wort - will this work, or do i need to get some actual grain malt in with the oats?
If so, can anyone help with quantities? Was thinking 10% oat, so c.3kg malt extract + 300g oats for a 5gallon batch?