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Rose's Russian Imperial Stout With Mayo

First Place, Club-Only Competition, Imperial Stout, 1995

Dick Van Dyke, Park Forest, Illinois

(Extract/Grain)

 

Ingredients for 5 gallons

6.67 pounds Northwestern dark malt extract
5 pounds six-row malt
2 pounds 90 ºL crystal malt
1 pound black patent malt
1 pound chocolate malt
1 pound Munich malt
.25 pound wheat malt
5.5 ounces Eroica hops, 10.6% AA (60 minutes)
1 ounce Chinook hops, 11.3% AA (60 minutes)
1 ounce Kent Goldings hops, 4.7% AA (45 minutes)
1 ounce Cascade hops, 4.9% AA (45 minutes)
1 ounce Fuggles hops, 4.5% AA (45 minutes)
1 ounce Chinook hops, 10.8% AA (45 minutes)
1 ounce Kent Goldings hops, 4.8% AA (30 minutes)
.75 ounce Cascade hops, 4.9% AA (30 minutes)
1 ounce Kent Goldings hops, 4.7% AA (10 minutes)
1 ounce Fuggles hops, 3.4% AA (10 minutes)
1 cup molasses
1 inch licorice stick
2 packages Red Star champagne yeast
.67 cup corn sugar (to prime)

Original gravity: 1.107
Final gravity: 1.047
Boiling time: 60 minutes
Primary fermentation: 3 days at 65 ºF in plastic
Secondary fermentation: 6 days at 63 ºF in glass
Tertiary fermentation: 28 days at 63 ºF in glass
Age when judged: 6 months

Notes

Mash all grainss at 130 ºF for 30 minutes.  Raise temperature to 150 ºF for 60 minutes and then 156 ºF for 30 minutes.

 

Judges Comments

"Molasses, licorice, roasted malt.  Very nice beer.  Well-made imperial stout."