Comment by Madelyn G on Wednesday 02 June, 2010
As many have noted, the longer you wait, the better it gets. It's about 5 months since I brewed the beer (mini mash)...it tastes excellent. Great head retention. It has a sturdy stout flavor and the oatmeal gives the nice mouthfeel and silkiness. Earlier on, the beer was good but a bit sharper than I prefer...I tend towards the malty side of the spectrum. Now, after 5 months, I'd characterize it as "assertive with curves." A delicious balance. | Comment by Christopher G on Wednesday 03 February, 2010
Really great recipe. I added wildflower honey and cinnamon during the one hour boil. Sat in primary for 10 days then xfrd to secondary and let it bulk condition for 4wks. I bottled it and let it condition in the bottle for 3wks. Good carbonation and a nice dark foamy head with great retention. Well balanced with a smooth malty aftertaste. With the amount of honey that I added it turned out to be ~9.2% ABV. Nice and stout just like I like 'em! Definitely will do well with even more time on the shelf. I'll be making this one again next winter. | Comment by Christopher B on Friday 04 December, 2009
Brewed the extract version. I was a little worried about extract twang from Dark LME and a lack of oatmeal flavor since I was not mashing. I used White Labs British Ale WLP005 and followed the recipe exactly and it turned out great! 14 days in primary, no secondary fermentation. Bottled with 4 oz. corn sugar. Tasted at 1 week and it was partially carbonated but still green and a bit yeasty. At two weeks it has a nice persistent head and the flavor is great. Likely it will be even better next week.
I will probably do the partial mash for the next batch, to have a bit more oatmeal flavor and mouthfeel, but I am VERY happy with this recipe and it will be a standard. | Comment by Ryan M on Friday 23 October, 2009
Just brewed this up... it's delicious. I'd highly recommend it. | Comment by Joachim S on Friday 18 September, 2009
I've been brewing a few years now, and this is the only stout I've tried. I really enjoyed it and keep this "on the rotation". One small change I made was I added a tablespoon of unsweet coco powder. that seems to add a nice, non-hoppy bitter taste which goes well with the smoothness of the oatmeal. I think I'm going to continue to add 1 tbl - 1.5 tbl to this recipe... but I really prefer my beer bitter. | Comment by James S on Wednesday 19 March, 2008
This is an excellent beer! Everyone that's tried it loves it. It's an excellent stout with a great oatmeal flavor. It was decent after three weeks, but after six it was outstanding! | Comment by Bret E on Friday 01 February, 2008
My favorite homebrew to date! I brew mini-mash and this was the 2nd recipe I tried. It is very smooth, not bitter at all, definite roasted/coffee/chocolate tones...Love it! I made this late last summer/early fall. We are making it again this weekend. | Comment by sean g on Friday 11 January, 2008
I brewed the mini mash kit.I tried it at 2 weeks and 6 days and it tasted pretty good to me(my second batch) Im gonna wait till a couple months to try the rest.The head is awesome,nice mouthful and looks like a stout I would buy a pint of. | Comment by Bob F on Wednesday 27 June, 2007
Definitely a crowd pleaser. As everyone else has said, let it sit for a couple of months in the bottle and you won't be disappointed. I would reorder this kit again. | Comment by Zachary M on Tuesday 03 April, 2007
You have to let this one age a good 4-5 weeks or longer if you can, it makes a world of difference. I tried one bottle at 3 weeks and thought I had done something wrong, and 5 weeks it was superb! I will buy this kit again, probably a double batch even. | Comment by Jake H on Thursday 22 March, 2007
Outstanding beer, very accurate for the style too! I made this one on Christmas day and it turned out to be a whopping good beer. I used the alcohol boost and it put this thing up to nearly 9%!!!! Needless to say, I dont think you really need the booster... I didnt find a single person who didnt love this one, it disappeared so quickly that I had none left over to cellar! I'll be putting this one in my regular winter rotation. | Comment by Sam S on Sunday 18 June, 2006
At a week after bottling I was a bit unimpressed by this stout. Happily I just shelved it and didn't pick it back up for about another month. By then it was excellent and only got better the longer it rested. At about 2 1/2 to 3 months after bottling it was superb! I highly recommend that you brew this one around September or October so that it is ready by winter. | Comment by Ronnie R on Thursday 15 June, 2006
Good head, malty oatmeal flavor. It is definately stout, too strong for my wife but I like. | Comment by Kevin H
Great beer. Make sure to wait three weeks before consuming... It makes a world of difference. | Comment by Garrett L
Outstanding recipe. My neighbors came over and drank the keg dry in one weekend. Nice head with a very smooth lite oatmeal finish. This will be the first repeat recipe that I will brew!!! If you are a fan of oatmeal stouts, give this recipe a try. | | |
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