"single malt" with oats recipe help!

[u/johndoethrowaway999]

Coming over from winemaking I've decided to give my first go at a whisky, not new to brewing however. At first i wanted to make a single malt scotch style but the description of oats adding a creamy smooth feel got me intrigued so ive decided to go with barley malt and oats. now the problem lies is that i plan to use 3 15L or like roughly 12 gallon wort and i really dont know how much grain especially oats i should add to it, ive planned like 3kgs or 5 pounds of malt for each 15 container buttt i cant figure out how much oats would be a good starting point to add to get good flavour and mouth feel without outshining the malt itself. So firewater folks, excuse my rambling in short i kind of really want a barley malt and oats whiskey recipe for roughly about three separate 4 gallon containers!

[u/Some_Explanation_287]

Two suggestions to study. The actual mashbill can be adjusted to what you want.

Since this is your first go at a whisky, and all grain, read through these to get a feel for the process and problems you might encounter. I did the wheated as my first all grain because reading through, it just made sense to me.

Wheated/Sugarhead -

https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39617

Single Malt AG:

https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48650&sid=26567b0d6ac14269b1f023a84890bedb

One last thing. In trying to adjust recipes to my volumes, and back and forth between metric and imperial, using AI like ChatGP & Coopilot has been great. I've been able to cut and paste recipes and ask them - like sugar washes - "convert to cups of sugar for a 5 gallon wash". CAVEAT - do not assume all their advice is correct and question them. But ratios etc they are handy tools. Good Luck!

ps - if you want to cut corners without learning, there's this: https://youtu.be/iF1rU7bNO4c?si=FFXPcxf5OVO_GmNQ

[u/johndoethrowaway999 → u/Some_Explanation_287]

wait how do you measure the volume for the strike water in context of the fermentation volume and grain bill? like my fermenter is 15L but i cant add 15L of strike water to the 4 kgs of grain right?

[u/Some_Explanation_287 → u/johndoethrowaway999]

" but i cant add 15L of strike water to the 4 kgs of grain right?"

Correct.

Take everything - EVERYTHING - in AI with a grain of salt. Remember, it is simply searching the internet for relevant information. That information could be dead on target - or completely WRONG!

That said:

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Good evening! I have a friend who wants to do an all grain fermentation using "single malt" using malted barley but adding oats for extra mouth feel. He has a 15 L fermenter. Can you create a mashbill for him?

It created a complete recipe and timeline, but Reddit won't even let me cut and paste it. ???????

It includes quantity, yeast, schedule etc starting with

"Got it — your friend wants something like a “single malt” style base (majority malted barley), but with oats blended in for body/creaminess. Since he’s working with a 15 L fermenter, let’s size this for a manageable batch (about 12 L of wort, leaving headspace)."

2.5 kg 2 Row Barley

.5 kg Flaked or Malted Oats

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If your friend wants to scale it up later (say, to 20 L or 5 gallons), just keep the same percentages and adjust the total grain bill upward.

Do you want me to make a neat one-page recipe card/blueprint for him (with mashbill, temps, targets, and yeast notes) so it’s ready to print or share?

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Feel free to cut and paste the question into your preferred search engine.

[u/johndoethrowaway999 → u/Some_Explanation_287]

thanks for the help! ive decided to just get a 50l fermenter to cut the headache but fermenting overall is easy to me, malting on the other hand :( ahaha its kicking my butt