Imperial Stout Dark Night of the Soul Russian Imperial Stout

[stefan646]

Are you going to bottle carb, or bottle from a keg?

Bottle carb

 

[TxBigHops]

Bottle carb

I also have some 3-4 year old bottle carbed beers with only caps, and carbonation loss has never been a problem. Other problems, yes, but not carbonation. If anything, they often become over carbonated with time.

 

[eulipion2]

After 4 years do you have any carbonation left? I don't mind a little (or more) oxidation as I will mind if I loose carbonation.

Absolutely! Had a nice med-low persistent head. I bottled from a keg via a growler filler, but still had plenty of carb.

 

[stefan646]

Great news, then I will stick with the classic crown cap. A 2.0 CO2 volume will be ok ?

 

[TxBigHops]

Great news, then I will stick with the classic crown cap. A 2.0 CO2 volume will be ok ?

This may be just me, but last time I bottle carbed an imperial stout to 2.0, I was not happy. I got very little head. I'll do my next one about 2.3. YMMV.

 

[olotti]

Great news, then I will stick with the classic crown cap. A 2.0 CO2 volume will be ok ?

I carb my big bba ris to 2.3-2.6 and use the crown caps and I then wax the tops. Gives a nice carbonation but I also use cbc-1 in the bottling bucket to make sure I get some carbonation. So far it’s worked great on both using the bottling yeast and priming to that range.

 

[LudicrousLush]

So this looks like an EpIc stout. I am slowly building a 15 gallon Spike+ HERMS system right now and wondering if I’ll have enough room in the Mash tun to do the full 10 gallon recipe. I have already bought the HLT and BK, so want to know - should I go with 20 gallon MT? I bought the 15 gallon stuff because I want to be able to do 10 gallon batches. Also wondering if anybody has put this on nitro? I am thinking to age it add some whiskey chips and then serve on nitro from keg.

 

[TxBigHops]

So this looks like an EpIc stout. I am slowly building a 15 gallon Spike+ HERMS system right now and wondering if I’ll have enough room in the Mash tun to do the full 10 gallon recipe. I have already bought the HLT and BK, so want to know - should I go with 20 gallon MT? I bought the 15 gallon stuff because I want to be able to do 10 gallon batches. Also wondering if anybody has put this on nitro? I am thinking to age it add some whiskey chips and then serve on nitro from keg.

If you want to do 10 gallon batches of BIG beers, I would get the 20. Honestly, you may not be happy with the 15 gallon BK either. I do 10 gallon batches in a keggle, which is supposed to 15.5 gallons, and it gets a little tight at the beginning of the boil. I like to put a full 12 gallons into my fermenter if possible.

 

[LudicrousLush]

If you want to do 10 gallon batches of BIG beers, I would get the 20. Honestly, you may not be happy with the 15 gallon BK either. I do 10 gallon batches in a keggle, which is supposed to 15.5 gallons, and it gets a little tight at the beginning of the boil. I like to put a full 12 gallons into my fermenter if possible.

Thank you for the feedback and advice, TxBigHops! Reading between the lines I was thinking that would be the case. Bummer on the BK since I already bought that with all of the custom TC ports...
I think I’ll have to buy another keg just for this stout. A year or two aging will tie one up for some time.

 

[SirHC_]

Now's about the time year I brew big beers for next winter, and I'm running low on my last RIS. This may be on the short list.
Thanx op for the recipe.