My first all grain went into secondary today / Midnight Sun Imperial Stout.

Jsin · 03-31-2006, 06:40 AM

So my first all grain went into the secondary to night. This is the best tasting any beer I have ever made tasted at this point. So here is the recipe...
Let me know what you all think...

Midnight Sun Imperial Stout
Russian Imperial Stout

Type: All Grain
Date: 3/23/2006
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer: Jsin
Boil Size: 5.72 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 45.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 64.0
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
10 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 41.7 %
5 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 20.8 %
5 lbs Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 20.8 %
1 lbs Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 4.2 %
1 lbs Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 4.2 %
1 lbs Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 4.2 %
1 lbs Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 4.2 %
3.00 oz Cascade [5.60%] (60 min) Hops 39.0 IBU
0.50 oz Fuggles [4.50%] (10 min) Hops 1.9 IBU
0.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (Dry Hop 8 days) Hops -
1 Pkgs Irish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1084) Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.107 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.106 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.027 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.035 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 10.6 %
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 9.3 %
Bitterness: 40.9 IBU Calories: 508 cal/pint
Est Color: 78.0 SRM Color: Color

weberju · 03-31-2006, 09:59 AM

Thats a s%!@load of grain for a five gallon batch. I thought I used alot.

**budbo** · 03-31-2006, 12:42 PM

Can you really still call it beer at that high Alc?

sonvolt · 03-31-2006, 01:28 PM

Am I missing something here? Although that looks like a lot of grain, the only grain that seems fermentable is the 10 lbs. of 2-Row Pale Malt. How did you get such a high gravity reading only mashing 10 lbs of Pale Malt? I was unaware that Crystal malts could yield fermentable sugars.

Also, is that Irish Ale yeast working well at such high alcoholic levels?

uglygoat · 03-31-2006, 02:01 PM

the irish ale yeast can take that abv...

Jsin · 03-31-2006, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sonvolt

Am I missing something here? Although that looks like a lot of grain, the only grain that seems fermentable is the 10 lbs. of 2-Row Pale Malt. How did you get such a high gravity reading only mashing 10 lbs of Pale Malt? I was unaware that Crystal malts could yield fermentable sugars.

Also, is that Irish Ale yeast working well at such high alcoholic levels?

The gravity booster is the oats. Man, are they hard to work with. 5 1/2 hours to sparge. But it didn't stick once and I got complete conversion.

With a big starter the Irish Ale was more than up for the task.

Jsin · 03-31-2006, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by budbo

Can you really still call it beer at that high Alc?

One word for you on that subject...

Imperial

**Baron von BeeGee** · 03-31-2006, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sonvolt

Am I missing something here? Although that looks like a lot of grain, the only grain that seems fermentable is the 10 lbs. of 2-Row Pale Malt. How did you get such a high gravity reading only mashing 10 lbs of Pale Malt? I was unaware that Crystal malts could yield fermentable sugars.

Gravity readings don't measure fermentable sugars, they just measure the density of the liquid regardless of what's in it, so all of the grains (some yielding fermentable sugars, some not) will end up contributing to the gravity of the wort. Note how high the FG is which indicates the presence of many unfermentable sugars (that, and the yeast may have stopped performing due to the abv).

alemonkey · 04-01-2006, 02:58 AM

That's going to be a chewy beer....sounds good!

Jsin · 04-20-2006, 06:15 PM

So I cracked one open last night and wow that is one strong beer. It is like drinking heavy black velvet. It has a nice balance of flavors and you can't even taste the 10% abv. After a 1-liter grolsh of it I am glad I put most of it in 12 oz. bottles and not on tap or in bigger bottles. This is going to be a nice winter warmer. This is not a beer for the lightweights or the light beer crowds but if you want a dangerous black stout then brew it up.