Need a good RIS Recipe.

[eager_brewer]

Good morning all. Looking to brew a nice big RIS in the coming weeks. Does anyone have a recipe they'd like to share? I'm a huge fan of The Darkness by Surly or the always good Stone Brewing RIS.Thanks in advance.

 

[specharka]

1.100 OG, 90 IBU, 40 SRM

82% Pale ale malt
7% Roasted barley
4% Flaked oats
4% Chocolate malt
2% Special B
1% Debittered black malt

Mash for 90 min @ 154 F

28 AAU Cluster, Northern Brewer or Magnum @ 90 min
14 AAU Cluster, Northern Brewer or Magnum @ 30 min

Massive starter of dry English ale yeast or 4 satchets of S-04

Ferment @ 62F for 3 days, 66F for 7 days, 70F for 2-3 weeks (or until finished).

 

[Omahawk]

Here is a thread with a recipe for Darkness

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/surly-darkness-recipe.273322/#10 gallon igloo cooler mash tunpost-5232934

 

[BrewMan13]

This is sorta based on Bells expedition stout; I like it quite a bit:

80.9% 2-row
6.7% roasted barley
4.5% crystal 80L
4.5% flaked barley
2.2% chocolate malt
1.1% black patent

55 IBU northern brewer 60min
25 IBU northern brewer 20min
5 IBU northern brewer 5min

WL007 dry English ale

Using your efficiency, target an OG in the high 1.090's.

 

[cegan09]

The Kate the Great clone is excellent. I'm making it for the third time soon.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/...he-great-russian-imperial-stout-clone.217674/

 

[specharka]

The Kate the Great clone is excellent. I'm making it for the third time soon.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/...he-great-russian-imperial-stout-clone.217674/

I made a version of that and entered it into a local comp. the biggest complaint was that it wasn’t roasty enough — which I can totally agree with. It was a delicious stout and ended up getting 2nd in its category, but it didn’t have the assertively roasty character you expect from an imp.

I think I read a review from The Mad Fermentationist that echoed the same assessment. Double the roast malt and it’s gonna be much better.