Smoked Scotch Ale = Stout??

[PDX Angler]

I recently bought the Smoked Scotch Ale Kit from morebeer and I have little interest in actually brewing it. I would prefer to make some sort of big stout out of it but would like some feedback.

The soaking grains consist of:

1lbs Crystal 40L
8 oz Aromatic
4 oz Special B
4 oz Peated
2 oz Black Roasted

I would obviously add some roasted barley or black patent to make it a stout but I'm nervous about the Aromatic Malt and the Peated Malt. I have a ton of malt extract (both dry and liquid) so after I figured out my grains I'd concentrate more on how much extract to hit a nice big OG. So there you go, any feedback is welcome and thanks in advance.

[noremorse1]

AKA you purchased today's deal off the day.

[PDX Angler]

Well sort of, I purchased the same deal of the day a couple of weeks ago (estimate). I wonder if they are trying to get rid of the smoked peat malt or something along those lines.

[noremorse1]

Are the grains already cracked?

[PDX Angler]

Yeah the grains are cracked. I meant to make use of them earlier but I came into a ton of fresh hops unexpectedly and have brewed two fresh hop beers the past two weeks (I still have 7+ lbs of willamette hops in the freezer). I'm on the verge of getting rid of the grains, the cost to get more precise about what I want to do isn't that much and that peat smoked malt makes me too nervous.

[Sent From My iPhone]

What ever you decide to make, don't use the peated malt.

[gruntingfrog]

Agreed. If you intend to make anything other than a peat smoked ale don't use the peated malt. If you want to make that grain bill a stout, replace the smoked malt with chocolate malt.

[Thirsty Mallard]

Why don't you want to make the scotch ale? They're tasty...

And he said the grain was already cracked... so I would assume that means it's mixed as well and getting the peat malt out would be impossible.

I say that the ingredients there just don't lend themselves to making a good stout. Make the Scotch Ale and be done with it. You may be pleasantly suprised and really enjoy it...