Brad's Oatmeal Stout If you care to comment, I'll make it work one of these days... If you don't get satire you should probably stop reading right now.

- Sanitize & rinse all supplies: Carboy, pot, bucket, little pieces that let out the air. - Heat 1-2 gallons water in pot. Grain List: 1 lb Weyermann Munich (light) grain ½ lb Briess Crystal grain (90L) ½ lb Briess Carapils (Dextrine) grain ¾ lb Muntons Chocolate grain ¼ lb Muntons Roasted Barley 1½ lbs Flaked Oats - Put grains in muslin bag (1 ft X 3 ft) and steep in water at approzimately 160°F for ½ hour. - The liquid in now called a wort! - Hang bag above pot and pour a small pot of boiling water over it. Then squish as much liquid as possible out of the bag. Malt Extract List: 6 lbs Muntons Dark Dried Malt Extract - Raise the temperature of the malt up to 180°F before adding the malt extract and continue to raise it until the wort boils, stirring until the extract is completely dissolved. Hop List: 1 oz LD Carlson Northern Brewer Pellet Hops (bittering) 1 oz Mt. Hood Hop Pellets (flavoring) 1 oz Kent Goldings (aroma) - When the wort reaches boiling, add the bittering hops and boil 30 minutes. - Then add the flavoring hops and one Crosby & Baker Whirlfloc tablet and boil a further 10 minutes. - Finally add the aroma hops and boil just 5 minutes more. - Add ice to chill the wort and stir. - When the ice is melted, pour the wort into a 6.5 gallon carboy using a large funnel and then fill the carboy up to the 5 gallon mark with water. - Put the carboy in an ice bath and monitor the temperature. - When the temperature is down to 75°F add 1 vial Irish Ale Yeast (WLP004). During fermentation the temperture should remain >70°F. - Primary fermentation for 4 weeks in the carboy. - Before bottling add 4 oz priming sugar to the beer for carbonation/bottle conditioning. - Let beer condition in the bottle at about 75°F for two weeks before chilling and consumption. This stout will get even better after a few months in the fridge! I brewed this one last October with my dad and didn't get a chance to drink any until last week. Wow, a really great beer.