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Hops
|
Amount
|
Variety
|
Cost
|
Type
|
AA
|
Use
|
Time
|
IBU
|
Bill %
|
|
2 oz |
Magnum2 oz Magnum Hops |
|
Pellet |
12.4 |
Boil
|
90 min |
70.92 |
100% |
|
2 oz
/ $ 0.00
|
Hops Summary
|
Amount
|
Variety
|
Cost
|
IBU
|
Bill %
|
|
2 oz |
Magnum (Pellet) 1.9999999954251 oz Magnum (Pellet) Hops |
|
70.92 |
100% |
|
2 oz
/ $ 0.00
|
Mash Guidelines
|
Amount
|
Description
|
Type
|
Start Temp
|
Target Temp
|
Time
|
|
30 qt |
|
Infusion |
-- |
155 °F |
60 min |
Starting Mash Thickness:
1.25 qt/lb
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Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Notes
The goal is to brew an imperial stout that will improve with age so I can brew it every year and start piling up a few years worth.
Things I've tried to far:
- 2# roasted barley and 2# of chocolate malt: this ended up being a little too roasty. Like badly burnt coffee. I decided to drop it down to 1.5# each.
- Vanilla: this was good, took the edge off of the aggressive roastiness.
- Tanka Beans: interesting flavor, but not great in an imperial stout. I'm thinking it would be good in a nut brown ale. It just seemed out of place with the roastiness.
- Cocoa nibs: good but I did not use enough.
- Malted oats as part of the base: did not come through in the flavor at all. going to skip this moving forward.
- Add enough corn sugar to get it up to 13% abv: doesn't seem to have improved it. going to skip this moving forward.
Next time:
- otter base malt, 1.5# each roasted barley and chocolate malt, special b instead of normal crystal malt, vanilla and cocoa nibs in half of it.
random ideas of stuff to try:
-I'd like to try a mexican chocolate version where I use some kind of chili pepper, some cinnamon, anise etc...
-A beligan version might be good. Back the roasted malt off some, add some candi syrup and use belgian yeast. maybe throw in some plums or berries etc... for good measure.
-It would be interesting to see what happens with like a year on oak. I might brew this twice in a row and stick one of them in the back of my closet with some oak cubes for a year.
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Cost $ |
Cost % |
| Fermentables |
$ |
|
Steeping Grains
(Extract Only) |
$ |
|
| Hops |
$ |
|
| Yeast |
$ |
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| Other |
$ |
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| Cost Per Barrel |
$ 0.00 |
|
| Cost Per Pint |
$ 0.00 |
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| Total Cost |
$ 0.00 |
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