RIS Marital Bliss

Classification: stout, Russian Imperial stout, imperial stout, all-grain

Source: Michael Wood (qkuporr@netcom.com), r.c.b., 5/23/95

I'm planning on brewing a Russian Imperial Stout for my wedding. The charteristics I'm looking for is a dark, full bodied, somewhat sweet, with light bittering (for an imperial stout), and a hint of esters and complexity. I'll be brewing this thing as a partial mash and figure on doing a single step infusion mash at around 155 degrees for extra body. I was hoping to add 5# of amber extract to get a little more specific gravity. I'd like to get some advice from some brewers out there as to what you might change or suggest.

Ingredients:

20# 2-row britsh
2.5# Wheat
2.5# Belgian Carapils
2# Crystal (60L)
2# Munich 2-row
1# Belgian Special B
1# Oats
1/2# Chocolate Malt
1/4# Black Patent
5# Amber Extract
6oz Northern Brewer (60min)
3oz Fuggles (5min)
1tsp Gypsum
1/2oz Irish moss at end of Boil
Yeast 1214 Belgian Liquid (And definitely make a starter!)

Specifics: (calculated)

OG: 1.101
FG: 1.027
Color: 93 SRM
IBU: 47.5