So a few months ago I brewed, IMO, a fantastic Imperial Oatmeal Stout. It ended up being 8.4%. Now, I'd like to scale it to a 6% beer, it was so freakin good, I just wanted to keep drinking it, but my wife probably wouldn't like that!! My question is, do I need to scale the hops or anything else, besides the base malt, down so it doesn't get overpowering? Or would just scaling the base malt down make it even more flavorful?
Imperial Oatmeal Stout (5.5 gal)
0.25 lb Rice Hulls (0.0 SRM) Adjunct 1.47 %
11.20 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 66.08 %
2.00 lb Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 11.80 %
1.00 lb Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 5.90 %
1.00 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 5.90 %
1.00 lb Special Roast (50.0 SRM) Grain 5.90 %
0.50 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 2.95 %
3.28 oz Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] (60 min) Hops 53.9 IBU
1.50 oz Chinook [13.00 %] (10 min) Hops 21.5 IBU
0.11 tsp Fermcap -use 2-3 drops (Boil 60.0 min) Misc
1.10 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1.10 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1.10 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Primary 3.0 days) Misc
1 Pkgs SafBrew - US 05 (Fermentis)
OG 1.082
FG 1.018
ABV 8.38%