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In honor of National Homebrew Day, I'm brewing 5g of this RIS tomorrow:
17 lb Maris Otter
1 lb Flaked Oats
1 lb Roasted Barley
.75 lb Special B
.75lb Chocolate Malt
1oz Target @ 60 min
2oz Challenger @ 30 min
Not sure on the yeast, but I plan on splitting the batch with chipotle, tamarindo, and cacao nibs, so I wanted something that won't die out at about 10% and would be relatively neutral. I plan to age it at least until November.
Here's the recipe for the Russian Imperial Stout that won Silver last weekend at Labor of Love. LHBS didn't have Target, so I believe I used Warrior. I ended up going with US-04 for more of an English-malty influence. I only brought a few bottles of this to the event because I figured no one wanted to drink stout in 100 degree weather, but those bottles were gone within the first hour.
I left the beer in primary for about 4 weeks at 65F, then racked to secondary where it sat for about 5 months between 65-70F. I still have a few bottles of the base recipe that I'm saving for Christmas presents, but I pulled 2 one gallon carboys off of the main batch for special treatment. One has a little bit of roasted chipotle powder and the other has some Mexican vanilla in it. I need to go ahead and bottle those guys pretty soon. Kyle, if we set up a brew day soon, I'll save you a bottle of each.
Cool, sounds good. I'll email you about setting up a brew day. I've only got a handful of free weekends between now and Thanksgiving, but I bet we can work something out!
Here's the saison that took Gold:
11lbs Belgian Pilsner
1oz Cascade @ 60
1oz Cascade @ 10
1oz Cascade @ 5
Wyeast 3711, 3 days at 65F then let it free-rise to ~75F and held it there for about 2 weeks. Had to move it inside after that to make room in the fermentation chamber, so it stayed in the pantry around 78F for another week or so (I'll have to check my notes at home to be sure on the exact timings). Dry hopped for the last 5 days with another 1oz of Cascade. FG was 1.004 if I remember right.
Very simple recipe, really, and very very tasty as WorkBoots can attest to. I hope I can repeat it! Might try a double batch next time, and split it up and do one normal and experiment with the other.