Hi, I've brewed a lot of extracts, but just started creating my own partial mash recipes. I brewed this one and it came out with a pretty strong oak flavor, but very tasty. I was wondering about the soundness of the base recipe. In the future I may leave out the oak to really taste what lies below...
2lbs Maris Otter Pale Malt
.5lbs Simpsons Golden Naked Oats
1lb Simpsons Caramalt
1lb Munich Malt
Mashed with 5 quarts of bottled water @ 164
1 hour Mash rest @152
Raise temp to 170 and hold 10 minutes
Sparge with 5 quarts of water at 170
Add in additional water to = 5.5gal boil volume
Add in FWH 1oz Warrior 15% and bring to boil
30 min - Add 2oz East Kent Goldings
15 min - Add 1oz East Kent Goldings and Irish Moss
15 min - Add 6lbs Maris Otter LME
0 min - Add in 1oz East Kent Goldings
Fermented with Neobritannia Ale yeast w/ starter at 68 degrees
Added 6in med toast american oak spiral to secondary 12 days prior to bottling
Added 1oz East Kent Goldings 7 days prior to bottling
OG=1.065 FG=1.018 6.16%ABV (actual) 85.38 IBUs (theoretical)