schadelh
Active Member
Just took the gravity on a brew i made a week ago:
Russian Imperial Stout recipe (modified slightly)
5 Gallon batch
5# Amber LME
3# Dark DME
2.5# Honey
1# roasted barley
1/4# Chocolate malt
1/2# Black malt
4 Oz Chinook whole hops (90 min Bittering)
2 Oz Goldings whole hops (10min)
2 packets Safale US-05
OG = 1.113
Current Gravity = 1.016
ABV: (OG-CG)*131 = 12.7% (wow!)
Took the gravity today and drank from the thief. DAMN this is tasty stuff deliciously malty and mellow, coats my tongue like cream, hint of sweetness, and not overly alcohol flavored. Really dark too! has a slightly sour/astringent aroma/taste that will probably resolve with aging, after all its only 1 week old.
Planning on racking to secondary next week sometime, dry hopping, and letting it bulk age for about 3 or 4 weeks. then into bottles.
Does anyone think the US-05 will have any problems bottle conditioning at this ABV, or should it have a high enough alcohol tolerance to finish the deed?
Patience is hard... so hard...
Russian Imperial Stout recipe (modified slightly)
5 Gallon batch
5# Amber LME
3# Dark DME
2.5# Honey
1# roasted barley
1/4# Chocolate malt
1/2# Black malt
4 Oz Chinook whole hops (90 min Bittering)
2 Oz Goldings whole hops (10min)
2 packets Safale US-05
OG = 1.113
Current Gravity = 1.016
ABV: (OG-CG)*131 = 12.7% (wow!)
Took the gravity today and drank from the thief. DAMN this is tasty stuff deliciously malty and mellow, coats my tongue like cream, hint of sweetness, and not overly alcohol flavored. Really dark too! has a slightly sour/astringent aroma/taste that will probably resolve with aging, after all its only 1 week old.
Planning on racking to secondary next week sometime, dry hopping, and letting it bulk age for about 3 or 4 weeks. then into bottles.
Does anyone think the US-05 will have any problems bottle conditioning at this ABV, or should it have a high enough alcohol tolerance to finish the deed?
Patience is hard... so hard...