Ozzy's All Grain on deck

[Ozzy2001]

Drink!

 

[tctenten]

Is it automated or hand crank?

 

[grantmichaels]

Usually can use crank or (plugged) driver ...

 

[Ozzy2001]

Going to use a drill for sure

 

[Ozzy2001]

Love this. Whole grain bill for 2.5 gallon Oatmeal Coffee Stout 2.0 in the hopper at once.


Also love seeing all the intact husk. My old grinder shredded everything as opposed to crushing. This is way better.


Another new small toy. Much more accurate for smaller weights like hops.

 

[grantmichaels]

Nice ...
 

 

[Ozzy2001]

Used this coffee my sister in law got me from Costa Rica. Super smooth. Should be great mixed with some Sumatra cold press in the secondary.

 

[grantmichaels]

Most CR coffee I've ordered has been milder than I like for morning cuppa ... should be good for beer ...
 

 

[Ozzy2001]

Coffee Oatmeal Stout all done


Added some cold brewed Sumatra. Sample taste great.

 

[tctenten]

Sounds tasty!

 

[grantmichaels]

How can you tell? There's no recipe!
 
 

 

[Ozzy2001]

lol didn't realize I never posted it the last time.

 

[tctenten]

I have had oatmeal stout…I like coffee…sounds tasty.   

 

[grantmichaels]

It's all good ... so long as you don't mind "nice" in reply to everything, LOL ...
 
Hard to say much else without it, is all ...
 

 

[Ozzy2001]

How can you tell? There's no recipe!
 
 

 
 
5 lbs 12.8 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 80.0 % 
5.8 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2 5.0 % 
5.8 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 3 5.0 % 
5.8 oz Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 4 5.0 % 
5.8 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 5 5.0 % 
0.40 oz Northern Brewer [9.60 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 22.7 IBUs 
1.0 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) [23.66 ml] Yeast 7 - 

 

[grantmichaels]

Sounds good ...
 

 

[grantmichaels]

S-04 was a dream to work with ...
 
Gangbusters 36-48 hour ferm and then dropped/flocc'd out like a wet dream ...
 
I had some ester-y flavors, but I'm not going to discount the likelihood that was from ... uhm ... sub-optimal probing for the temp-controller for most of my batches back then ...
 

 

[grantmichaels]

I basically think every beer I brewed back then was ferming 5F higher than I thought it was ...
 
Making all of those 67F batches, 72F batches OR HIGHER ...
 
That just isn't going to work ... fully in the "you need to do better" zone ...
 
 

 

[Ozzy2001]

Yeah I like S04. I prefer its flavor over 05 quite a bit.

 

[grantmichaels]

I'm trying to ignore/purge my memories of the old batches and approaching things with a clean slate since starting to use the Z in terms of flavors etc ...
 
Between the yeast starter fiasco AND the ferm temp not being liquid-temp driven, together, I'm pretty sure any conclusions I'd drawn were likely 'off' ...