Flaked oats with husks vs oats without husks?

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I’m putting together the ingredients for an IPA recipe, the recipe calls for flaked oats but I’ve mistakenly bought flaked oats with husks.

I’ve not used flaked oats with husks before, can anyone with experience advise what impact it may have on the taste, abv, etc?

I’ve used rice hulls before, to reduce the amount of wort disappearing down the overflow (I brew in a Grainfather), would the oat husks do the same job?

I don’t mind experimenting but there’s a lot of expensive hops going in and I’ll be sobbing if goes wrong asad1

All help is welcome acheers.
 
It will have nominal effect on the taste except for you may have to up the amount as you now have oat husks as well as the oats. Oat husks are used to avert a sticking mash just the same as rice husks but do not alter the taste. So you will have to guestimate how much of the oats are husks and add the extra quantity in to allow for this
 
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