Oatmeal Stout

Batch #3 of Beer - Oatmeal Stout
Last time November 2013 it was Smoked Wheat Ale (just OK), the first time(January 2013) it was Maple Porter see here, I was going to make Chestnut Brown Ale, but I didn't realize I had to buy and roast chestnuts.

I opted for the Oatmeal Cookie version, a cinnamon stick, brown sugar and raisins are added during the boil along with the hops. I also added star anise. Started 6AM and was done cleaning up by 10AM.

looks like granola

The liquid from the mash was sweet and you could taste the star anise just enough.

After the boil, the sweetness was cut a bit by the bitterness of the hops.

Oatmeal Stout

November's Smoked Wheat

Wait 2 weeks and bottle

Enough already

Winter
The snow is too damn high!
But it can still produce beautiful things

Red Twig Dogwood encased in Ice

Beers in the Fridge

English Ale/Munich glass

The Saranac Caramel(3 syllables) Porter actually tastes like Caramel(2 syllables). That's how I said it in my head. It is good, not too hoppy not too sweet, though it is on the sweet side. The Hofbrau Dunkel goes well with wursts in winter and the Hoegaarden is becoming a standard, they have a Brewery Tour which is now on my list of things to do when I visit Belgium, as is a big bowl of Moules frites.

Keep an eye out for my new Youtube Series, "Boys on bicycles with Beers"

Saw this done in a Christmas Market a few years back, I tried it for myself, it dried out too quickly and it died.