Any good recipe for Chocolate/Sweet Imperial Stout?

[user 214470]

My oak barrel is now emptied so I need to fill it again with something..

This time I want something really strong - 9% ABV or above and I'm going to age it in the oak barrel for at least 12 months.

I don't really want typical Russian Imperial Stout, I want the fullness and richness of it, but I'd like it to be similar to sweet stout with pretty strong chocolate/coffee flavour, creaminess, sweetness. IBUs probably around 20-40.

Anyone has a good proven recipe to share?


Thanks a million

 

[Queequeg]

Look for imperial porter recipes, they will have that sweetness you are after. As a general guide you want lots of malt body builders like Munich and a good amount of darker crystal. Oats will enhance silky qualities.

 

[Christopher808]

I was looking for something like this too!!

 

[user 214470]

Still haven't done that "Imperial Porter"... Finally came up with a recipe and bought the ingredients for brewing this week.
Not sure what style this would fall into - Oatmeal Stout? Also, please let me know if something is horribly wrong in my recipe..


GRIST:
Munich malt: 46.4%
Oats: 15.5%
Special B: 10.3%
CaraCrystal: 10.3%
Roasted Chocolate malt: 6.2%
Roasted Barley: 6.2%
Lactose 5.2%

OG: 1.075
FG: 1.024
ABV: 6.8%
IBU: 28 (Nugget for bittering)
US-05 or S-04 yeast (undecided yet, my garage is 65'F)


Still not sure if I should lower the FG... I kinda want it to have some sweetness but don't want to overdo it either. I'm hoping the sweetness would oppose the 12.5% roasted malts nicely

 

[V-Fib]

This is a recipe posted by Brewpastor:

Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: WLP001
Yeast Starter: huge
Batch Size (Gallons): 5
Original Gravity: 1.106
Final Gravity: 1.024
IBU: 95
Boiling Time (Minutes): 90
Color: 18.2 srm
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 1 week @ 70 F
Additional Fermentation: cold conditioning
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 1 month @ 70 F

Water Into Barleywine

A ProMash Recipe Report
Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.00 Wort Size (Gal): 5.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 19.00
Anticipated OG: 1.10628 Plato: 25.119
Anticipated SRM: 18.2
Anticipated IBU: 95.1
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
52.6 10.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.03800 3
21.1 4.00 lbs. Munich Malt Germany 1.03700 8
13.2 2.50 lbs. Flaked Rye America 1.03400 2
7.9 1.50 lbs. Maple Syrup Generic 1.03100 35
2.6 0.50 lbs. Crystal 55L Great Britian 1.03400 55
2.6 0.50 lbs. Crystal 90L America 1.03300 90

Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.00 oz. Chinook Pellet 13.00 74.3 60 min.
1.33 oz. Northern Brewer Pellet 9.00 20.8 20 min.
1.00 oz. Northern Brewer Pellet 9.00 0.0 0 min.
1.00 oz. Northern Brewer Pellet 9.00 0.0 Dry Hop

Yeast
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White Labs WLP001 California Ale

Mash Schedule
-------------
Mash Type: Single Step
Grain Lbs: 17.50

Saccharification Rest Temp : 148 Time: 60

Link: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=26724

It looks good and 13 pages of discussion about it. I plan on making it at somepoint