Stout Heart 2
Russian Imperial Stout • All Grain • 17 gal
Time to make a cellar beer to be enjoyed a year or two from now, provided you have the willpower.
January 15, 2010 pm 07:16pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 17 gal)
- 36 lbs
Maris Otter Pale
Maris Otter Pale
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.
- 3.5 lbs
Crystal Malt 90°L
Crystal Malt 90°L
Body and Richness. Distictive Nutty flavor and or sweet, smooth caramel flavor and a red to deep red color. For porters, old ales.
- 2.5 lbs
Crystal Malt 60°L
Crystal Malt 60°L
Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.
- 2.5 lbs
English Chocolate Malt
English Chocolate Malt
Dark malt that gives a rich red or brown color and nutty flavor. Use for: Brown ales, porters, some stouts Maintains some malty flavor, not as dark as roasted malt.
- 1 lbs
English Black Roast
English Black Roast
Adds a heavy roast flavor and dark color.
- 1 lbs
Roasted Barley
Roasted Barley
Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.
- 4 lbs
Light Brown Sugar
Light Brown Sugar
Imparts rich, sweet flavor. Use in Scottish ales, old ales and holiday beers.
- 2 lbs
Molasses
Molasses
Imparts strong sweet flavor. Use in stouts and porters.
- 3 oz
Magnum - 16.0 AA% whole; boiled 90 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.
- 7 oz
Fuggle - 4.8 AA% whole; boiled 20 min
Fuggle
Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.
- 7 oz
East Kent Goldings - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 1 min
East Kent Goldings
Mild, slightly flowery.
- 1 tbsp
Irish Moss - Irish Moss (omitted from calculations)
Irish Moss
A dried red-brown marine algae. Fining agent to remove large proteins. Negatively charged polymer attracts positively charged protein-tannin complexes (extracted from grain husks and hops) during the boil. This action is aided by the clumping of proteins in the boiling process. Irish moss settles to the bottom of the brew kettle with spent hops and hot break material at the end of the boil.
- 1 oz
Oak Wood Chips - Oak Chips added to secondary (omitted from calculations)
Oak Wood Chips
Adds a pungent woody flavor. Adding oak chips (which is done in the fermenter, not the mash tun) can add some interesting flavors to your homebrew as well as acting as a surface area to accelerate aging. To provide aged-in-oak flavor. Used in some IPA to simulate flavors from ocean passage to India.
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Wyeast 1728 Scottish Ale™
Wyeast 1728 Scottish Ale™
Ideally suited for Scottish-style ales, and high gravity ales of all types.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 13 - Stout
Subcategory: F - Russian Imperial Stout
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.091 | 1.075 - 1.115 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.021 | 1.018 - 1.030 | |
| Color: | 34.7 SRM | 30 - 40 | |
| Alcohol: | 9.2% ABV | 8% - 12% | |
| Bitterness: | 73.5 IBU | 50 - 90 |
