Old World Russian Imperial Stout
Russian Imperial Stout.
This Old World Stout perfectly recreates the export stouts of years gone by; brewed to imperial strength to avoid freezing during its journey across the Baltic Sea to snowy Moscow. Full bodied with huge chocolate, coffee and roast flavours, this imperial stout employs a variety of hops to add enough bitterness and hop complexity to balance the huge malt sweetness and rich mocha and molasses flavours.
Malt: Extra Pale (6.56 kilograms) Malt: Dark Crystal 350 (0.66 kilograms) Malt: Carafa Special Malt Type 3 (0.31 kilograms) Malt: Caramalt (0.31 kilograms) Malt: Chocolate (0.07 kilograms) Hops: Magnum (12.5 grams) - start bitter Hops: Galena (12.5 grams) - start bitter Hops: Hercules (12.5 grams) - start bitter Hops: Magnum (6.25 grams) - start bitter Hops: Galena (6.25 grams) - start bitter Hops: Cascade (25 grams) - end flavour Hops: Galena (25 grams) - end flavour Yeast: Wyeast 1272 - American Ale II™
- Seared steak with a peppercorn sauce - Strong blue cheese and oatcakes - Chocolate cheesecake
Add the chocolate malt after the mash is complete, at the start of sparging. This will extract flavour and colour, but will prevent the extraction of harsh tannins into the wort.