Metric Oatmeal Stout

First time brewing this type of beer. might be too warm to ferment at this weather, but not much i can do about that.

Brewer:	Noam - Modiin		Email:	-
Beer:	Metric Oatmeal Stout		Style:	Oatmeal Stout
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	19 liters
Color:	99 HCU (~35 SRM)		Bitterness:	14 IBU
OG:	1.063		FG:	1.015
Alcohol:	6.2% v/v (4.9% w/w)
Water:	no water treatment
Grain:	224g CARAAROMA 50g Belgian chocolate 224g Roasted barley 336g Rolled oats
Steep:	bring 6 Liters of water to 65-70°C. steep in grain bag for 30 minutes. rinse with another 2L warm water.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.121	10 liters
	3kg Light malt extract 0.50kg Dark dry malt extract
	First Batch: added the DME at 30 minutes. Second batch: added DME & LME at 20 min to flame out (this explains high bitterness)
Hops:	56g Fuggles (3.9% AA, 60 min.)
Yeast:	dry "English Ale Yeast" (Notingham)
Log:	Brewed Aug. 12th. between rinsing the grain and rinsing the extract jug I ended up with a boil of around 10L. Had two small boil overs. bummer. Reached target OG of 1.063!!! pitched yeast at 33°C after adding 3L of ice water, a block of 3L ice and another 3L of tap water. bottled August 23rd. tasted superb even as green beer. total volume is 47 bottles, 330 ml each = 15.5 Liters. Lots of cake left at the bottom of the fermenter. will attempt to wash yeast and reuse it. Second Batch: Bottled on October 24th. 50 330ml bottles (16.5 L) OG=1052/FG=1015 ABV=6.2% IBU=a little more bitter that first batch. Hopefully on the spot.
Carbonation:	125gr corn suger for priming.
Tasting:	must get a new capper. broke one bottle while capping it. presented to Homeberewers meet and received positive reviews. comments: needs more hop aroma. maybe also more bitterness. maybe also less ABV next time Second batch: Got new capper! Achieved lower ABV and higher IBU.

Recipe posted 08/05/09.