Has anyone made a good Courage (now Wells & Young's) RIS clone? I just had a bottle of that and I love the flavor. I'd love to make something approaching that. Very smooth, not a lot of bitterness. Very flavorful, though!
I'm brewing this one on Sunday:
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2012/02/lets-brew-wednesday-1914-courage.html
My notes say I mashed with 6 gallons at 145, and sparged with 5, but your setup may vary. Remember that big beers like this generally lose a few points of mash efficiency. MrMalty.com indicates you could go with 1.5packs of dry yeast, or make a hefty starter. Personally, I'd make a 4%-ish beer first, and use about 3/4 cup of the yeast cake to ferment this monster. Almost any attenuative English ale yeast should work fine; the nuances will be pretty well concealed by the 1.75lbs of black malt.
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