Homebrew Oatmeal Stout, pt. I

In this video I brew up a batch of oatmeal stout at my homebrewery, Rigid Rotor Brewing. It's getting colder outside and Christmas is coming up so it's time to brew something hearty. In this video I go from raw ingredients to chilled wort.

Music by The Warlocks from their latest album, "The Mirror Explodes".

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Howto & Style

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• Homebrewing
• brew
• beer
• oatmeal
• stout
• ale
• DIY
• brewing
• homebrew
• mash

[drawdy10]

Nice sparging idea! I was told that the braided hose was not a candidate for continuous sparging since it should get stuck but you must be going slow enough to make it work. (How to Brew by John Palmer is where i read that) looking good, nice video

[chemicalcraig69]

@drawdy10 Thanks! I've since switched to a cylindrical cooler with a false bottom so that I can fly sparge with no channeling. John Palmer did some really nice experiments using a fish tank, I think, so that he could actually observe the channeling with the braided hose. I heard about it on an old episode of Brew Strong.

[djdevelope32]

I just made a Double Chocolate Oatmeal Stout. Can't wait to try it.

[chemicalcraig69]

@djdevelope32 Mmm, sounds great. Did you use any actual chocolate? If so, which method did you use?

[DenisLD]

Great video. Is that the oatmeal stout you sent to Barry (Tsalts)?

[chemicalcraig69]

Thanks. Yes it's the very same. It still needs to carbonate a little bit but it should be pretty tasty.

[rawimpact]

where is part ii?

[sfiorentino]

good video, i could do without the music though lol. its just white noise in the background its sort of irritating. no offense to your film making abilities haha. i love the sparge arm though i think i may make my own just like that

[IceFrog98]

Looks yummy

[chemicalcraig69]

Thanks!

The Gott coolers are nice, but this is what I had available. My brother makes a fantastic altbier and I have an award winning ESB. I live in the NW so awesome IPA's are a dime a dozen, I don't really feel the need to brew my own. I agree about the marris otter.  I love the stuff. I used 8.5 lbs in this recipe.