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For my Oatmeal Stout I was thinking of adding a little Cinnamon to my boil. Question is how much? 1oz. 1/2oz?

ArtCox wrote:For my Oatmeal Stout I was thinking of adding a little Cinnamon to my boil. Question is how much? 1oz. 1/2oz?

The only time I added cinnamon was in my winter warmer. I added 1/2tsp and wish I had added double that. BUT that was for a big beer, close to my old ale.
And it might depend what you are trying to do.

I use cinnamon sticks instead of ground cinnamon. Seems easier to measure and gives a more supporting flavor . Read not overpowering.
I put 3 sticks (about 9" total length) in at 30 min boil for my pumpkin, sweet potato, and Christmas beers.

Don wrote:

ArtCox wrote:For my Oatmeal Stout I was thinking of adding a little Cinnamon to my boil. Question is how much? 1oz. 1/2oz?

The only time I added cinnamon was in my winter warmer. I added 1/2tsp and wish I had added double that. BUT that was for a big beer, close to my old ale.
And it might depend what you are trying to do.

I'm trying to get a Oatmeal Cookie flavor/aroma out of this stout. Hints of Brown Sugar and Cinnamon.

So your making a oatmeal cookie stout.

Don wrote:So your making a oatmeal cookie stout.

Yeah, If Elizabeth liked raisins I'd throw some in the secondary just for the "FULL EFFECT".

.5 oz for 5 min.
I always have to be different.

sirgiovanni wrote:.5 oz for 5 min.
I always have to be different.

100%

Art, I did an oatmeal raisin cookie amber last year, tasted very much like the cookie. Not a stout, but maybe there's some ideas here you can use. With a stout, of course, you've also got to contend with the bitterness of the roasted malts.

The special ingredients were:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
0.25 tsp Cloves (Bottling 0.0 days) Misc
0.25 tsp Nutmeg, ground (Bottling 0.0 days) Misc
0.50 tsp Cinnamon, ground (Bottling 0.0 days) Misc
1.00 items Vanilla Bean (Bottling 0.0 days) Misc
0.45 kg Turbinado (10.0 SRM) Sugar 11.03 %

First of all, I toast the oats in my grain bill at 325° F in an oven for about an hour to achieve a light brown toast before using them in the mash.

Turbinado you can buy at the grocery, it's in the baking aisle, in a 2lb dark brown box, named "Sugar in the Raw." Invert 1lb of that in water with a bit of lemon juice, then add after primary fermentation.

The same day as your brew, split and scrape the vanilla bean, then take the ground cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and vanilla and steep them in 6 ounces of bourbon until time to keg. Strain bourbon and add the bourbon (not the spices) to the keg.

Michael Erwin wrote:Art, I did an oatmeal raisin cookie amber last year, tasted very much like the cookie.

+1 on a tasty beer. Nailed the oatmeal cookie flavor Michael.

I did 2 TABLESPOONS of cinnamon last year on my pumpkin ale along with some vanilla, nutmeg, and brownsugar and it turned out pretty well.

I use cinnamon chips from Atlantic spice in our Pumpkin Ale. Chips are crushed sticks. Equal additions at the beginning of boil, the last 20 minutes & at the end of boil. About 212 grams total for 7 barrels.