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archthered

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I'm creating my first stout recipe. I'm going for a complex Russian Imperial Stout, I'm not necessarily trying to stick to style strictly. I'm looking for a lot of complexity and a light smoky and peaty finish. I'd really appreciate it if I could get some feedback on my recipe since this is my first personal stout recipe and it is quite a bit different from other recipe's I've seen. Thanks, here it is.

5 gallon batch starting with 7 gallons of water to start with

Fermentables: 3.15lbs Maris Otter LME (113.4ppg), 6lbs Rye LME (220ppg) 3lbs Light DME (132ppg)
90 Minute boil with the Maris Otter and DME going in at the beginning and the Rye being added in the last 15 minutes.

Hops: 1oz Warrior at 90 minutes; 1oz Chinook at 60 minutes; 1oz Chinook at30 minutes; 1oz Galena at 15minutes.

Specialty grains: English Roasted Barley- 1lbs; Crystal 120- 8oz; English dark crystal- 8oz; Cherrywood- 1lbs; Special B- 6oz; Black malt- 8oz; Chocolate malt- 8oz; Chocolate OR Crystal rye- 8oz; Peated malt- 4oz
Should add 125ish points (best guess)

Yeast: Wyeast 1028 London Ale with a massive starter but I am thinking about Safale US-05 to save money

OG: 1.118
FG: 1.030- though with the long boil this is likely to go up a bit due to unfermentables

IBU's: 98-103:Brew365; 182: Brewersfriend

I'm most concerned with my specialty grain bill and my hop additions, the one site says it is going to be quite hoppy but it looks on par to other stout recipes given its high gravity.

I will appreciate any comments
Thank you
 
Hops: 1oz Warrior at 90 minutes; 1oz Chinook at 60 minutes; 1oz Chinook at30 minutes; 1oz Galena at 15minutes.

Specialty grains: English Roasted Barley- 1lbs; Crystal 120- 8oz; English dark crystal- 8oz; Cherrywood- 1lbs; Special B- 6oz; Black malt- 8oz; Chocolate malt- 8oz; Chocolate OR Crystal rye- 8oz; Peated malt- 4oz
Should add 125ish points (best guess)

You will get about 40 points with those grains. The cherrywood and peated will give you nothing, and dark crystals and roasted grains give little. Now if you want to add a couple of lbs of 2-row and try mashing, the above grains can give you about 130 points, and the 2 lbs of 2- row a further 55 points; in total, roughly eqiivalent to 4.5 lbs of extract.

No need to boil for 60 minutes. I'd add the Warrior at 60, and forget about the Chinook at 60 minutes.
 
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