
Sewing the Oats
Russian Imperial Stout • All Grain • 5 gal
Big beer for the holidays. Second runnings used for Belgian Holiday
December 5, 2014 am 10:05am
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 13 lbs
2-Row Brewers Malt; Briess
2-Row Brewers Malt; Briess
Mild malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Base malt for all beer styles • Smoother, less grainy flavor than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Slightly higher yield than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Slight lower protein than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 1.25 lbs
2-Row Black Malt; Briess
2-Row Black Malt; Briess
Neutral flavor. Characteristics & Applications: Use in all beer styles for color adjustment. Provides the color and sharp, almost acrid, flavor that is characteristic of Stouts and Porters. Use 1-10% for desired color in Porter and Stout. Black Malt has a distinctive malty flavor and is not interchangeable with Roasted Barley. Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 1.5 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.
- 2.5 lbs
Oats Flaked
Oats Flaked
Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.
- .55 oz
Chinook - 11.8 AA% pellets; boiled 90 min
Chinook
Spicy, Medium to Heavy.Very strong bittering ability used in all American ales and lagers. Aroma is very floral.
- 1.3 oz
Cluster - 8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 90 min
Cluster
Used for bittering and flavor qualities in light and dark American lagers. Aroma is very floral.
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White Labs WLP028 Edinburgh Scottish Ale
White Labs WLP028 Edinburgh Scottish Ale
Scotland is famous for its malty, strong ales. This yeast can reproduce complex, flavorful Scottish style ales. This yeast can be an everyday strain, similar to WLP001. Hop character is not muted with this strain, as it is with WLP002.
Notes
Strike at 68 @ I hr First runnings taken for 5 gal.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 13 - Stout
Subcategory: F - Russian Imperial Stout
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.090 | 1.075 - 1.115 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.021 | 1.018 - 1.030 | ![]() |
Color: | 34.1 SRM | 30 - 40 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 9.1% ABV | 8% - 12% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 81.0 IBU | 50 - 90 | ![]() |