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Zaytsev Russian Sniper Stout

Zaytsev Russian Sniper Stout

Russian Imperial Stout • All Grain • 5.5 gal

parenta

1st all grain brew for 2013. This is a small 5 gallon scale that I will increase to 30 gallons.

January 26, 2013 am 10:38am

5.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • 13.7 lbs Maris Otter; Crisp

    Maris Otter; Crisp

    An English thoroughbred and a favored choice of malt for many brewers. Simpsons' Maris Otter has a rich and nutty flavor and despite its small, berry size has a strong husk. This malt delivers predictable brewhouse performance with modest, yet consistent extracts. Brewers can expect good runoffs with clear wort.

  • 1.5 lbs Black Roasted Barley

    Black Roasted Barley

    Unmalted roasted grain, it is the backbone of many stouts. Imparts a sharp acrid flavor characteristic of dry stouts. Gives "dryness" to a stout or porter ,more so than regular Roasted Barley.

  • 1.0 lbs Special B Malt; Castle Malting

    Special B Malt; Castle Malting

    Features: Very special Belgian dark malt, obtained through specific double drying process. Usage: Abbey ales, Trappist ales, dubbels, porters, brown ales, doppelbocks. Recommended proportion: 10%. Characteristics: Is used to produce a deep red to dark brown-black colour and fuller body. Unique flavour and aroma. Gives much colour and raisin-like flavour. Imparts a rich malty taste and a hint of nut and plum flavour. May substitute Chocolate and Black malt if bitterness is not desired.

  • .5 lbs Weyermann CaraMunich® III; Weyermann

    Weyermann CaraMunich® III; Weyermann

    Provides body. For Oktoberfest, bock, porter, stout, red, amber and brown ales.

  • .5 lbs Chocolate Malt; Breiss

    Chocolate Malt; Breiss

    Rich roasted coffee flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Chocolate Malt is used in all beer styles for color adjustment with minor or no flavor contribution. • Use 1-10% for desired color in Porter and Stout Beer. • The chocolate flavor is very complementary when used in higher percentages in Brown Ales, Porters, Stouts and other Dark Beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • .5 lbs Pale Chocolate; Crisp

    Pale Chocolate; Crisp

    Roasted coffee flavor.

  • .5 lbs Oats Flaked

    Oats Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • 1.5 oz Magnum - 14.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Magnum

    Bred in 1980 at Germany’s Hüll Hop Research Center, this high-alpha variety is renowned for its exceptionally large, heavy cones. Hallertauer Magnum delivers excellent yields and, like many Hüll-developed hops, boasts a strong resistance to disease.

  • 2.0 oz East Kent Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 2.0 oz East Kent Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 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

Notes

Steep dark grains in cold water overnight and add prior to pitching yeast. Repitch of 1 liter yeast.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 13 - Stout

Subcategory: F - Russian Imperial Stout

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.083 1.075 - 1.115
Terminal Gravity: 1.020 1.018 - 1.030
Color: 39.1 SRM 30 - 40
Alcohol: 8.3% ABV 8% - 12%
Bitterness: 95.5 IBU 50 - 90

Discussion

parenta

Very good beer!

2015-01-26 1:22pm

First tasting was a bit bitter. Adjusted and rebrewed on 11/1/2014. Has now slightly mellowed out. Perfect beer to put bottles down and age 1 years. Very smooth off-white head that lasts. Caramel and chocolate flavors compliment the bitterness for a full flavored beer.

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