(Everything but the)Kitchen sink stout II
Russian Imperial Stout • Partial Mash • 5.5 gal
3rd revision, some calculations are off, but very close. This was split into 2.5 gallon batches 1 plain and 1 w/ coffee, Madagascar bourbon vanilla and dry hopped w/ 1/2 oz of Vanguard
July 20, 2008 am 11:19am
Ingredients (Partial Mash, 5.5 gal)
- 2.93 lbs
American 2-row
American 2-row
Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt
- 0.51 lbs
American Chocolate Malt
American Chocolate Malt
Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.
- 0.25 lbs
American Caramel 120°L
American Caramel 120°L
Provides color, a unique flavor, body, and contribures to foam retention and beer stability. Gives a pronounced to sharp caramel flavor and a deep red color.
- 0.25 lbs
Crystal Malt 40°L
Crystal Malt 40°L
Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.
- 0.25 lbs
Roasted Barley
Roasted Barley
Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.
- 0.12 lbs
Honey Malt
Honey Malt
Nutty honey flavor. For brown ales, Belgian wheats, bocks and many other styles.
- 0.26 lbs
American Black Patent
American Black Patent
Provides color and sharp flavor in stouts and porters.
- 0.26 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.
- 3 lbs
Dry Light; Muntons
Dry Light; Muntons
Used as the base for a wide variety of styles of beers, including lager, pale ales, bitters, and export bitters. Contains no colored malts.
- 3.33 lbs
Liquid Dark Extract
Liquid Dark Extract
Used predominantly in the production of dark beers such as milds, browns, porters, and stouts.
- 3.33 lbs
Dark; John Bull
Dark; John Bull
Colored using roasted malt to give a rich mocha flavor and aroma bringing individuality to mild, porter, and stout brews.
- 1 lbs
Oats Raw
Oats Raw
Adds body, mouth feel and head retention to the beer Creates chill haze in lighter beers, so is primarily used in dark ones.
- 1 oz
Phoenix - 10.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Phoenix
Attractive English aroma with high alpha-acid. excellent.
- 1.0 oz
Mt. Hood - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 40 min
Mt. Hood
Used mainly for aroma and flavor in American and German style ales and lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant, light, and clean.
- 1.00 oz
Mt. Hood - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min
Mt. Hood
Used mainly for aroma and flavor in American and German style ales and lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant, light, and clean.
- 1.00 oz
Vanguard - 5.8 AA% whole; boiled 5 min
Vanguard
Still being tested and looked at by micro & craft breweries.
- .5 oz
Warrior® - 5.8 AA% pellets; added dry to secondary fermenter
Warrior®
New hop with much potential. Very stable.
- 8 oz
coffee - (omitted from calculations)
coffee
- 2 g
vanilla bean - (omitted from calculations)
vanilla bean
-
White Labs WLP013 London Ale
White Labs WLP013 London Ale
Dry, malty ale yeast. Provides a complex, oakey ester character to your beer. Hop bitterness comes through well. This yeast is well suited for classic British pale ales, bitters, and stouts. Does not flocculate as much as WLP002 and WLP005.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 13 - Stout
Subcategory: F - Russian Imperial Stout
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.093 | 1.075 - 1.115 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.025 | 1.018 - 1.030 | |
| Color: | 52.3 SRM | 30 - 40 | |
| Alcohol: | 9.1% ABV | 8% - 12% | |
| Bitterness: | 60.2 IBU | 50 - 90 |
Discussion
this beer was great tasting and needs another attempt
2008-10-19 11:11am
The stout became infected during transfer and smells rotten, but the taste isn't bad. I will be blending the sour half that I didn't bottle w/ a sweet stout
