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Trotsky's Bane(Final)

Trotsky's Bane(Final)

Russian Imperial Stout • Extract • 5 gal

VonLizard

I just made this one about 2 days ago.....the wort was like boiling crude oil. We'll see how this turns out. If you have any questions or comments just e-mail me at SpottedCuttlephish@hotmail.com

November 10, 2003 am 10:57am

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 1.0 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.

  • .50 lbs Belgian Chocolate Malt

    Belgian Chocolate Malt

    Adds a nutty flavor, Brown Ales

  • .50 lbs Crystal Malt 80°L

    Crystal Malt 80°L

    Body and Richness. Distictive Nutty flavor and or sweet, smooth caramel flavor and a red to deep red color. For porters, old ales.

  • 8.0 lbs Dry Light Extract

    Dry Light Extract

    White color, mild flavor. Will produce lagers and Pilseners and can also be used to produce darker beers when used in conjunction with colored malts. Made of pale malt.

  • 3.0 lbs Honey

    Honey

    Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.

  • 2.0 oz Chinook - 13.0 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    Chinook

    Spicy, Medium to Heavy.Very strong bittering ability used in all American ales and lagers. Aroma is very floral.

  • 1.0 oz Czech Saaz - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 10 min

    Czech Saaz

    Very mild. 'Noble'.

  • 6 tbsp Cocoa - (omitted from calculations)

    Cocoa

  • White Labs WLP500 Trappist Ale

    White Labs WLP500 Trappist Ale

    From one of the six Trappist breweries remaining in the world, this yeast produces the distinctive fruitiness and plum characteristics. Excellent yeast for high gravity beers, Belgian ales, dubbels and trippels.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 13 - Stout

Subcategory: F - Russian Imperial Stout

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.097 1.075 - 1.115
Terminal Gravity: 1.026 1.018 - 1.030
Color: 34.3 SRM 30 - 40
Alcohol: 9.5% ABV 8% - 12%
Bitterness: 77.3 IBU 50 - 90

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