Do a big'ol RIS and let it age 9mos. Drink it on your child's birthday
RIS is an acronym for Russian Imperial Stout, a beer that needs to age to come into its own.
A "big ol' " beer is just one with a high ABV. In my limited experience, generally the bigger the beer, the longer it needs to age out.
Here's 3 extract kits for example, assuming you're an extract brewer. The morebeer kit says in the description, needs to age at least 6 months. And I always primary ferment for about 3 weeks, so there's nearly 7 months of the pregnancy right there.
http://morebeer.com/view_product/18344//Imperial_Stout_-_Extract_Beer_Kit
http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?products_id=13334
http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/imperial-stout-extract-kit.html
Jrbetz said:So my wife and I just found out that we she is pregnant with our first child. I want to brew a beer for it but honestly don't know what I want... Anyone have any good ideas to help me?!
To be quite honest, i've never done a beer that big.
I Just started brewing last Year, and don't have the patience yet. I would think as long as you get it off the yeast cake (And you do, by racking to secondary) it would be OK to age it in the secondary. But then, I would worry about having to add yeast for bottling-- and i have no idea if you'd need to or not.
I wonder if it'd be OK to just age it after bottling?
someone else chime in
To be quite honest, i've never done a beer that big.
I Just started brewing last Year, and don't have the patience yet. I would think as long as you get it off the yeast cake (And you do, by racking to secondary) it would be OK to age it in the secondary. But then, I would worry about having to add yeast for bottling-- and i have no idea if you'd need to or not.
I wonder if it'd be OK to just age it after bottling?
someone else chime in
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