It's been nearly a year since I made this post and I still haven't brewed...but I'm getting myself psyched to make something next week since I'll be off from work. My wife has taken a liking to stout (which I never would have imagined!) so I think this will be my 1st brew. They can be pretty simple and forgiving of mistakes which I'll undoubtedly make. I mentioned in the initial post that I have a bunch of leftover grains from 10 years ago. I think I'm going to buy new ingredients for this batch (I'd hate to invest 6 hours of time for something that turns out bad) and just spread out the old stuff here and there. Would love some advice on a low alcohol (4.5-5.5%) oatmeal coffee stout. How does this look?
80% pale ale malt
10% instant oats
5% Crystal (30-60L?)
5% Roasted Barley
30-40 IBUs, all @60 minutes
Would also like to use some lactose but would that be too much residual sweetness with the crystal? I was thinking single-infusion, 152-155F batch sparge. I'd like to use a dry yeast for simplicity but have no idea which one...looks like a lot has changed over the past decade!
Thanks!