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(Everything but the)Kitchen sink stout II

(Everything but the)Kitchen sink stout II

Russian Imperial Stout • Partial Mash • 5.5 gal

Slatetank

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

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Ingredients (Partial Mash5.5 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

Slatetank

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

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