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I used 2/3 cup of corn sugar dissolved in boiling water and then cooled, and 5 grams of rehydrated Lalvin EC-1118. I agree that a big head and high carbonation are not necessarily goals for an imperial stout. I just wanted to provide the details so that others knew the results. I loved the...

Original poster here: I rehydrated some Lalvin EC-1118 and added it with priming sugar and bottled on 03/12/24. I tried it 7 weeks later on 04/30/24. There was a slight hiss when I uncapped it, but very minimal carbonation, and no head. Despite that, the beer tasted great. My beer has been at a...

Located in Milwaukee metro area for local pickup. In box, never been used. It was a gift from my better half to encourage me to move my brewing activities out of the kitchen. I ended up going with an induction plate and moved my brew area to the basement (with an exhaust hood and fan) rather...

Thanks for the feedback. Would something like Lalvin EC-1118 work?

G_robertus, thanks for the feedback. I guess I'll add the oak chips and bourbon now, skip racking to secondary, and in a week or two bottle the batch. I have never added yeast at the bottling stage before, but I don't usually make such high ABV beers. Should I rehydrate and pitch the US-05...

I brewed an imperial stout from an extract clone recipe that had an OG of 1.120 I used two packs of dry Safale US-05 and made a 1 liter yeast starter 24 hours in advance of pitching. After 4 weeks the SG had only gone down to 1.036 My LHBS advised pitching Imperial Yeast Ale Darkness A10...