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Bugeater's Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Ale

Method: BIAB
Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.033 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: See Notes
Rating:

3.00 (1 Review)

Calories: 139 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 15.5 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Friday October 5th 2018

Original Gravity:

1.042

Final Gravity:

1.012

ABV (standard):

3.9%

IBU (tinseth):

18.1

SRM (morey):

13.9

Mash pH

5.5

Cost $

n/a

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
1.50 lb	American - Munich - Light 10L1.5 lb Munich - Light 10L	33	10	16.7%
4.50 lb	American - Pale 2-Row4.5 lb Pale 2-Row	37	1.8	50%
1 lb	Flaked Oats1 lb Flaked Oats	33	2.2	11.1%
0.50 lb	American - Caramel / Crystal 120L0.5 lb Caramel / Crystal 120L	33	120	5.6%
1 lb	Candi Syrup - Belgian Candi Syrup - D-451 lb Belgian Candi Syrup - D-45	32	45	11.1%
0.50 lb	Belgian - Biscuit0.5 lb Biscuit	35	23	5.6%
9 lbs / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Goldings1 oz Goldings Hops		Pellet	4.5	Boil	60 min	18.14	100%
1 oz / $ 0.00

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Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Goldings (Pellet)		18.14	100%
1 oz / $ 0.00

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
7 gal	Full volume mash/boil	Temperature	--	154 °F	60 min

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Type	Use
0.50 tsp	Ground Cinnamon	Spice	Bottling
0.25 tsp	Ground Nutmeg	Spice	Bottling
0.25 tsp	Whole Clove	Spice	Bottling
1 each	Vanilla Bean (Split and scrapped, add all)	Spice	Bottling
6 oz	Bourbon	Spice	Bottling
1.50 oz	Tawny Port (Graham's 10 year)	Flavor	Bottling

Yeast

White Labs - English Ale Yeast WLP002

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	66.5%	Flocculation:	Very High
Optimum Temp:	65 - 68 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	66 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 76 B cells required

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Target Water Profile

London (Porter, dark ales)

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
100	5	35	60	50	265
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Notes

Forum Thread here: http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=16493

Toast rolled oats in 325ºF/163ºC oven for approximately 1 hour. Some notes in thread about leaving them in a bag to cool down overnight, but some that skipped the cooling step in main forum thread.
Other threads suggest it's required: https://www.reddit.com/r/Homebrewing/comments/1s6qdi/can_i_get_help_converting_my_oatmeal_stout_recipe/

After starting fermentation, make up spice and raisin tincture. Split and scrap the vanilla bean and put all of it into the bourbon. Let soak for at least a week. Filter with coffee filter and pour into bottling bucket or keg.

Add tincture to taste. Some report that 4-5 oz is enough, others say not enough.

Added raisins to the tincture for more of a raisin kick. Cut raisins coarsely and add to bourbon with spices.

Substituted the inverted turbinado sugar for Belgian Candi Syrup D45 according to a comment that inverting didn't make a difference and someone else saying they made this sub. I think the point here is "brown" sugar that isn't molasses.

Yeast recommended WLP002, but WY1968, A09 Pub, Safale S-04, and Danstar Nottingham are all decent subs.

Don't usually pay attention to water

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Gallons

Cost by

Final Yield

	Cost $	Cost %
Fermentables	$
Steeping Grains (Extract Only)	$
Hops	$
Yeast	$
Other	$
Cost Per Barrel	$ 0.00
Cost Per Pint	$ 0.00
Total Cost	$ 0.00

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bhive01 • 12/27/2018 at 09:16pm

3 of 5

I didn't adjust water, but it came out really thin. We used Port for "raisin" flavor, but this was not nearly raisin-y enough. You couldn't taste it (at least I couldn't). Vanilla was weak too. I would probably not waste my money on vanilla beans and just use extract. I would also do what those people said in the thread where they cooked raisins in a hot pan and deglazed with rum or similar. This would give a more intense and distinct raisin flavor. When I roasted the oatmeal it smelled perfect; just like when cookies cook, but I didn't get much of that in the final beer.
I added some CaCl2 to a few of these and it thickened up the beer a lot and gave it much improved mouthfeel.
I will make this again, but will make some changes to intensify those flavors. The spices were at the right level though. I like the fact that this is an easy drinker at 4%, but wonder if it would improve as the winter warmer version.

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