BrotherBock
Well-Known Member
This is what I've come up with after looking at various RIS recipes, including the Great Divide Yeti Imperial. I want it complex, with a lot of body and a heavy roast/coffee flavor and some chocolate notes. I'm also contemplating making it a bourbon/coffee and/or chocolate imperial, hence the oak smoked wheat. I'd add cocao nibs, cold steeped coffee and/or bourbon soaked oak chips/cubes during secondary at some point. My thought was that the oaked smoke will give it a little extra push in the oak department. I'm also assuming that smoke flavor (as little as it will be anyway) will greatly subside after 6+ months in the bottle. I know there's a lot going on in terms of the grain bill and often simplicity is best, but I'm operating from some info from this byo article as well (http://byo.com/blended-beers/item/1337-russian-imperial-stout-tips-from-the-pros). Any thoughts on the recipe or secondary advice? I may split it and do some coffee, some cocoa and some bourbon then maybe mixing some at bottling. Or just do one for the whole thing. Ideas?
Batch Size: 3 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 4.25 gallons
Original Gravity: 1.100
IBU (rager): 85.67
6.9 lb Maris Otter Pale - 57.5%
1.2 lb Oak Smoked Wheat - 10%
1.02 lb Rye - 8.5%
0.36 lb Roasted Barley (300L) - 3%
0.6 lb Brown Sugar - 5%
0.6 lb Chocolate Rye- 5%
0.6 lb De-Husked Carafa III- 5%
0.36 lb Special B -3%
0.36 lb CaraMunich (60L) 3%
some rice hulls as well
1.3 oz Northern Brewer 7.8% @ 60 min- 70.71 ibus
1 oz East Kent Goldings 5% @ 15 min - 9.31 ibus
1 oz East Kent Goldings 5% @ 5 min - 5.66 ibus
Mash @ 152-54?
Wyeast - British Ale 1098
Batch Size: 3 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 4.25 gallons
Original Gravity: 1.100
IBU (rager): 85.67
6.9 lb Maris Otter Pale - 57.5%
1.2 lb Oak Smoked Wheat - 10%
1.02 lb Rye - 8.5%
0.36 lb Roasted Barley (300L) - 3%
0.6 lb Brown Sugar - 5%
0.6 lb Chocolate Rye- 5%
0.6 lb De-Husked Carafa III- 5%
0.36 lb Special B -3%
0.36 lb CaraMunich (60L) 3%
some rice hulls as well
1.3 oz Northern Brewer 7.8% @ 60 min- 70.71 ibus
1 oz East Kent Goldings 5% @ 15 min - 9.31 ibus
1 oz East Kent Goldings 5% @ 5 min - 5.66 ibus
Mash @ 152-54?
Wyeast - British Ale 1098