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Oatmeal Stout

Break Stuff

This post wasn’t meant to be about oatmeal stout, it was meant to be about making the Landlord clone, Grenadier. Unfortunately, however, that brew was afflicted by the same issue as the last batch of La Marmotte d’Or so there’s no post about either brew! Pouring away two batches of 35 litres of beer is pretty heart breaking. Annoyingly the Marmotte d’Or was the first brew I had made to go through the beer engine (did I not mention that I’d invested in a beer engine?), and whilst it looked amazing it tasted revolting. I’d originally thought it was caused by an issue with the tap on the fermenter, but as I changed that for the Grenadier I am more inclined to believe it was sanitiser related.

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Imperial Oatmeal Stout

KGB Black

I’ve still got over 120 bottles of home brew in the garage and with half an eye on it being in a reasonable state to drink at Christmas I’ve decided that it was about time I got around to having a go at making an imperial oatmeal stout.

Whilst I’ve got a reasonable idea what I’m doing when it comes to brewing sensible strength beer, this is my first attempt at a strong number. There’s a huge amount of conflicting advice on the web, so I decided to trust my gut and go with it.