Nationalist's Fervor Russian Imperial Stout

Source: Mark Henry
Recipe added: 11/05/99
Email: mark@cascadiabrew.com

A very rich, dark, full-bodied, high alcohol stout. 1st Place winner in the 1996 Regionals of the AHA National Homebrew Competition

Specifics

Recipe type: Extract
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Starting Gravity: 1.090
Finishing Gravity: 1.025
Time in Boil: 45 minutes
Primary Fermentation: 1 week @ 68'F
Secondary Fermentation: 2 weeks @ 70'F

Ingredients:

6.6 lbs Coopers light malt extract
4 lbs dark dry malt extract
1 lb 80’L Crystal malt
1 lb DWC Special B malt
1 lb DWC Chocolate malt
1 lb Roasted Barley
1 lb invert sugar (adequate substitute is corn sugar)
2 oz Target or Northern Brewer leaf hops (60 min)
1 oz Cascade leaf hops (60 min)
1 oz Cascade leaf hops (20 min)
Nottingham Ale yeast (preferred) or
White Labs California Ale yeast
1/2 cup dry malt (priming)

Procedure:

1) Steep Crystal, Special B, Chocolate and Roasted Barley in 150’-180’F brewing water (amount of water determined by size of your pot) for 15-20 minutes. Then remove. 2) Mix in Coopers malt syrup and dry malt, bring to boil 3) After hot break add Northern Brewer and 1 oz Cascade hops and boil 45 minutes. With 20 minutes remaining in boil add last ounce of Cascades. 4) Add invert sugar with 5 minutes remaining in boil. 5) Cool wort in pot, then transfer to fermenter, top up if necessary. 6) Pitch yeast when temp is <80’F

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