Summer is here so it's....

[Dirty25]

Russian imperial stout time...In 6 months or so it's time to drink some RIS. What is everyone's wants/needs to make a RIS.

I have a 5g carboy for all summer aging and want to make a RIS and the recipes are so varied. What is the perfect amount of roasted barley, crystal, or other specialty grains in your perfect RIS?

 

[RyeGuy]

I'm going to try a sweetwater happy ending RIS clone. To give you some numbers I'm using:
84% 2-rOW
8% Crystal 80
3% Chocolate
3% Roasted Barley
2% Black Malt
Total grain bill is around 20 lb.

 

[Dirty25]

Your recipe uses only around .6lbs of roasted barley. That seems kinda normal, some seem to use around 1.5lbs which seems high.

I don't like the RIS that seem to be to soy sauce like. Any more input?

 

[SpentGrains]

Haven't brewed a RIS yet but I like me some Old Rasputin, will probably start with the BYO clone:

http://byo.com/mead/item/1182-north-coasts-old-rasputin-the-replicator