Since this sugar and volume of liquid would be present in the oat milk batch, I did a little finagling in BeerSmith and found that adding the entire gallon of oat milk to a 4 gallon batch with a grist of 100% Maris Otter would result in 5 gallons of wort that’s the same gravity as the one made with flaked oats.Ī couple days ahead of time, I made a starter of Wyeast 1318 London Ale III yeast large enough to split between 2 batches.
I picked up 1 gallon/3.8 liters of oat milk and noted the nutrition label listed the sugar content as 304 grams. Was it a function of the unconventional ingredient? Only one way to find out! However, my bemoaning was disrupted immediately after taking the first sip, the beer was delicious, possessing a unique smoothness I’d yet to experience in this hazy style. It’s for this reason I initially rolled my eyes when, during his talk with fellow contributor Malcolm Frazer at Homebrew Con 2017, Brian Hall shared a NEIPA he brewed with oat milk in place of the more traditionally used flaked oats. When stylistically appropriate, I’ll branch out and use some other grain adjunct, maybe toss in a dusting of spice or orange peel, but for the most part, I keep it pretty simple. I like beer flavored beer and tend to stick to the standard ingredients– barley, hops, water, and yeast. You name it, someone has probably tried it, and I love that about homebrewing!īut I’m not one of those people. From various fruits, spices, and grains to odd-ball items like boxed cereal and, umm, unconventionally sourced microbes. Browse any homebrew forum and you’re bound to run across questions about whether or not certain edible items might have a place in beer, in fact magazines like Zymurgy and Brew Your Own regularly publish articles about the use of less traditional brewing ingredients. Mosaic Of Change IPA by House Of Pendragonįor many, homebrewing is as much about making a tasty beverage as it is exploring and experimenting with interesting ingredients in the hopes of creating flavors not commonly found in commercial beer.
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