Batch 86, Oatmeal Pale Ale

I wanted to make a batch of Gemutlich, but I didn't have the ingredients, so I made this Gemutlich-inspired oatmeal pale ale instead. Like Gemutlich, the oatmeal will give this a nice mouth feel and body.

10 gallon batch.

Grain:

20 lbs 2 row
1.5 lbs Quaker oats
2 oz Chocolate malt
4 oz honey (add to BK at 30 minutes)
6 oz molasses (add to BK at 30 minutes)

Mash at 153F for 60 minutes. I used my immersion chiller again as a heat exchanger to keep the mash temp even, and that worked very well again. I brought the water in the HLT to 170F, then I adjusted the flow on the output side of the pump to be fairly low, and the temp stayed constant for the entire mash. That's probably the first time ever that has happened.


Hops:

2 oz Fuggles, an experimental variety, 5% AA, FWH
2 oz mixed hops, 60 minutes (a mix of HG Chinook and Willamette)
1 oz Cascade, 30 minutes
1 oz Willamette, 30 minutes
2 oz Fuggles, an experimental variety, 5% AA

60 minute boil. The "mixed" hops is a combination of homegrown Chinook and Willamette. The plants had grown together, and I couldn't tell what was what.


Wyeast 1272 from batch 85, pitched directly on the yeast cake.


OG: 1.068 (actual)
FG:
IBU: 42
SRM: 10
ABV: 6.8%


A few pics of the brew day, it snowed most of the day. I started at about 9 am, and was done around 1:30 pm. Just getting started:


Using the immersion chiller as a heat exchanger:



Hops. The FWH hops are already in the boil kettle. I used 8 ounces total for this batch.


Transferring from mash tun to boil kettle. The bucket is to keep the snow off of the pump.

Tasting Score Sheet

Date	Mar 5, 2010
Batch #	86
Beer Name	Oatmeal Pale Ale
Style	10A, American Pale Ale, more or less
Packaging	Bottle | Draft
APPEARANCE	1 [2] 3
Head	spare | small | average | large | huge | rocky | creamy | frothy | fizzy | white | off-white | light brown | dark lasting | diminishing
Lacing	excellent | good | fair | spare
Body	clear | sparkling | flat | cloudy | hazy | murky | muddy
Particles	None | lightly cloudy | cloudy | heavily particulate | chunky
Color	light | dark | yellow | amber | orange | red | brown | ruby | black | tawny
Comments	This beer is always hazy due to the oatmeal.
AROMA	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 [10] 11 12
Malt	light | average | heavy | harsh | bread | cookie | molasses | caramel | grain | hay straw | cereal | chocolate | coffee | toffee | toasted | roasted | burnt | nutty | meal
Hops	light | medium | strong | heavy | harsh flowers | perfume | herbs | celery | grass pine | spruce | resin citrus | grapefruit | orange | lemon | lime
Yeast/Bacteria	light | average | heavy | harsh dough | sweat | horse blanket | barnyard | leather soap | cheese | meat | broth | earth | musty | leaves
Miscellaneous	alcohol: light | average | heavy banana | bubble gum | clove | grape | raisin | plum | prune | date | apple | pear peach | pineapple | cherry | raspberry | cassis | wine | port | cask wood | toffee butter | butterscotch | smoke | tar | charcoal | soy sauce | licorice | cola | honey brown sugar | maple syrup | vanilla | pepper | allspice | nutmeg | cinnamon coriander | ginger | tobacco | dust | chalk | vegetable | cooked cabbage/corn | cardboard | paper | medicine | solvent | bandage | skunk | sour milk | vinegar | rotten eggs
Comments	Good hops flavor, not overwhelming, lingering hops aftertaste.
MOUTHFEEL	1 2 [3] 4 5
Body	light | medium | full
Texture	thin | oily | creamy | sticky | slick | alcoholic | thick | minerals | gritty| smooth
Carbonation	fizzy | lively | average | soft | flat
Finish	metallic | chalky | astringent | bitter
Comments:	Smooth pale ale.
FLAVOR	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 [16] 17 18 19 20
Duration	short | average | long
Sweet	light | moderate | heavy | harsh
acidic	light | moderate | heavy | harsh
bitter	light | moderate | heavy | harsh
other	vinegar | sour milk | salty | minerals
Comments	Really good hops flavor. Hint of honey and molasses, but maybe that's because I know that both are in this beer.
OVERALL	1 2 3 4 5 6 [7] 8 9 10
Comments	I like this beer. I'd make this again and I'd drink another.
TOTAL	38