Imperial Milk Stout
Russian Imperial Stout • Extract • 5.5 gal
My first beer, modification of a white out stout kit I brought by adding lactose, brown sugar, chocolate malt and dry dark extract
May 26, 2011 pm 07:44pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5.5 gal)
- .5 lbs
Crystal Malt 90°L
Crystal Malt 90°L
Body and Richness. Distictive Nutty flavor and or sweet, smooth caramel flavor and a red to deep red color. For porters, old ales.
- 1.25 lbs
American Chocolate Malt
American Chocolate Malt
Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.
- .25 lbs
Roasted Barley
Roasted Barley
Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.
- .25 lbs
British Black Patent
British Black Patent
Dry, burnt, chalky character. Use in porters, stouts, brown ales and dark lagers.
- 6 lbs
Pale Liquid; Alexanders
Pale Liquid; Alexanders
Reportedly lightest colored malt extract available.
- 3 lbs
Dry Dark Extract
Dry Dark Extract
Used predominantly in the production of dark beers such as milds, browns, porters, and stouts.
- .5 lbs
Lactose
Lactose
Adds sweetness and body. Use in sweet or milk stouts.
- 2 lbs
Dark Brown Sugar
Dark Brown Sugar
Imparts rich, sweet flavor. Use in Scottish ales, old ales and holiday beers.
- 1 oz
Nugget - 13.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Nugget
This is very bitter and often used in medium to dark ales and lagers. Aroma is quite heavy and herbal.
- 1 oz
Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% whole; boiled 15 min
Tettnanger
Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.
-
White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale
White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale
Clean, highly flocculant, and highly attenuative yeast. This yeast is similar to WLP002 in flavor profile, but is 10% more attenuative. This eliminates the residual sweetness, and makes the yeast well suited for high gravity ales. It is also reaches termi
Style (BJCP)
Category: 13 - Stout
Subcategory: F - Russian Imperial Stout
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.090 | 1.075 - 1.115 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.024 | 1.018 - 1.030 | |
| Color: | 34.5 SRM | 30 - 40 | |
| Alcohol: | 8.7% ABV | 8% - 12% | |
| Bitterness: | 54.1 IBU | 50 - 90 |
Discussion
Smooth with a hint of Banana
2011-06-25 11:39pm
Served up this beer for the first time today, 1 week after bottling. This stout went down smooth with a hint of banana. My stout loving and non-stout loving friends alike were asking for seconds. This recipe is a keeper.
