Wow, nice! Never thought of the vanilla beans. How many beans? I just did a 5 gallon batch. You just rack on to secondary?
Will I go to hell if I ask for a Semi extract of this recipe.
I only need something to replace the 17lb of Pale Malt (2 Row) UK Grain.
If all you're replacing is the 2-row, you could substitute that with 12.75 pounds of light liquid extract, or 10.2 pounds of dry extract.
marubozo... brewed this recipe about a month ago and got it off the yeast just last weekend. Used your exact recipe, just a little more 2 row because I didn't think I could reach your numbers. I did. Calc'd out at 12.2%. There was a little left over, so I enjoyed a pint of this delicious brew. Like a chocolate milk shake. Don't know if I can wait 6 months for the rest. Starting another asap. Thanks!!
Maru: When using 12.75lbs of LME, because it's not an even number, do you think it would be advantageous to use 6lbs light/gold, 6lbs amber, and the difference in sugar? My thought process is that LME doesn't usually ferment out as dry as AG does, so the sugar would help in that aspect and the amber would be there to add back a little more sweetness and body which would be lost by the sugar.
Thoughts?
Just kegged this up last week, its been conditioning since August, and I have to say, I'm a beleiver.
Thanks once again for sharing this awesome recipe, I wouldnt change a thing
i have a couple packages of S-04 and S-05.
instead of a WL002 yeast starter, how do you think two packs of S-04 would do in this guy?
I was thinking the same thing. (a partigle type beer) Just brewed this last night. Followed the origingal recipe to yield 5 gallons to primary at 1.094. The second runnings yielded 5 gallons at 1.035.
For the second beer, I approximated color by inputing 1/4 of the original grain bill into a calculator. My goal for gravity was 1.040. I estimated that 1 pound of DME will increase gravity in 5 gallons by about .009.
Since my gravity was at 1.035 I added one pound DME to the end up with a gravity of 1.044.
The second boil would not need nearly as much hop flavor or bitterness. I went with a 60 minute addition with 1 oz of Serebrianka and a 30 min addition with 2 ounces serebrianka. This would be added to a 1 Liter starter.
I will post the two beers side by side... eventually. I can also give a flavor report on the second beer in a couple months as I predict it will mature more quickly.
I just wanted to know where most of you guys are finishing? OG 1.092. A week in and I'm at 1.030. I used wyeast London ale and made a large starter. This one took off in 2 hours.
Just wanted to say thank you for this recipe. Brewed this about 6 weeks ago and it is already absolutely delicious. This is everything I love about an imperial stout. Thick, chocolatey, roasty, some raisin, perfect balance of hops. This is seriously one of the best RIS's I have ever had. I can't wait for 6 months to be up when it's already this incredible.
Seriously, a big thanks for sharing.
Tony
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