Pacman stout?

[pfooti]

Hey BN Army,

I am working on a stout recipe- well not so much "working" as "implementing JZ's award-winning oatmeal stout". Here's my question:

Would that recipe work with Pacman yeast? I have a pitch of Pacman I'm using to hone my harvest / rinse / repitch skills. I could go buy some English yeast, but that would probably end up making me delay making this stout for a few months. 

Meh, unless somebody tells me it'd be a terrible idea, I'll probably just do it. I'm told I need to get a feel for yeast performance.

[Bugeater]

No it's not a terrible idea. I would certainly do it considering you already have the yeast. You won't get some of the esters that the English yeast would give, but in a stout they won't shine through nearly as much as they would in a lighter beer. The thing to watch would be to not overpitch as that would make a clean yeast like pacman ferment even cleaner. Even a "clean" yeast will contribute some esters to a beer that will not be readily apparent. Without those esters, the beer will taste a little lifeless. If you pitch at the right level, you will be fine. The only other thing you will notice is that it may finish out at a slightly lower gravity. For this reason, pacman is my choice for bigger beers.

Good luck with this.

Wayne

[weremichael]

I like Pacman with a stout, I have a year old imperial stout made with Pacman on tap right now. It's not a oatmeal stout but you should drink some Shakespeare Stout so you can taste how Pacman interacts with the high Lovibond grains.

[pfooti]

Just bottled this stuff today. The gravity sample tasted really good. I like it a lot- it's dryer than maybe a normal oatmeal stout, but it's very tasty. I'm loving the big roast flavors in there. Can't wait for it to carb up.