Russian Imperial Stout with Peanut Butter and Coffee

[acarter5251]

A buddy and I are talking about getting together to brew a RIS that we plan to add peanut butter and coffee to. We are currently working on formulating a base for this beer and are thinking we want to make a RIS base that is more on the sweet side to complement the peanut butter.

This is what we are currently thinking for the base:

OG~1.110
FG~1.030
Mash at 156 F
IBU= 50?

Maris Otter - 60% - 14.7 #
Roasted Barley - 10% - 2.4 #
Crystal 60L(or darker/lighter?) - 10% - 2.4#
German Dark Munich - 10% - 2.4 #
Chocolate Malt - 5% - 1.2 #
Flaked Oats - 5% - 1.2 #

Hop addition of Warrior for bittering at the start of the boil

Ferment with an English Ale Yeast of some sort

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

 

[acarter5251]

As far as peanut butter goes, we were thinking of adding a couple jars of PB2 in secondary, along with some light roast coffee beans to try and get more coffee flavor and less of the bitterness of the coffee.

 

[toddo97]

I have not read any positive results when using PB2--I haven't tried making one yet, but most people seem to like the outcome using PB extract.

 

[Queequeg]

Yep extract for PB