Fat Boy Deluxe

03.19.06 - Dry Hopped Imperial Stout (Reparation Stout)
Info:

• Type: Extract w/grain
• Size: 5 gallons
• Bitterness: 87 IBU
• OG: 1.095
• FG: 1.028
• Alcohol: 8.7% v/v (6.8% w/w)

Ingredients:

• 2 lb. American Crystal 60L
• 1 lb. American Crystal 120L
• 1 lb. British Chocolate Malt
• 1 lb. Roasted Barley
• 9.9 lb. Light malt extract (Northwestern Gold Malt Extract)
• 1 lb. Light dry malt extract (Northwestern Gold Dry Malt)
• 2 oz. Galena (12.0% AA)
• 1 oz. Centennial (9.9% AA)
• 1.0 oz. Columbus (14.2% AA)
• 1.0 oz. Columbus Whole Hop (dry hop)
• 2 packets of Safale US-56 Dry Ale Yeast

Description:

Bring water temperature up to 160° and steep grains for 30 minutes. Remove grains and bring water to a boil. Start 60 minute clock and add 2 oz. Galena hops. With 15 minutes left on the boil, cut the heat and add 9.9 lb. of malt extract and 1 lb. of dry malt extract while stirring. Start heat again and bring wort back to a boil. Once wort is boiling, start 15 minute clock and add 0.5 oz. of Columbus hops and 0.5 oz. of Centennial hops. At the end of the 15 minute boil, add 0.5 oz. of Columbus hops and 0.5 oz. of Centennial hops. Bring wort temperature down to 70° and add 2 packets of Safale US-56 Dry Ale Yeast to wort and aerate. Pour wort into primary fermentation bucket with lid and airlock and let sit at 68° for one week (or until fermentation slows). Syphon beer into secondary glass carboy to continue fermentation, to filter the beer, and to start dry hopping. Add 1 oz. of Columbus whole hops in a mesh bag to secondary glass carboy (this time I added marbles in the hop bag to help it sink farther into the carboy). Leave in secondary for up to 2 weeks (I’m only doing one week). Remove hop bag. Disolve priming sugar into 2 cups of water and pour in bottling bucket. Syphon beer into bottling bucket (this allows the beer to properly mix with the priming sugar, but keeps it from getting air bubbles). Bottle beer. While you can probably drink this beer a week after bottling, it probably won’t be ready for primetime for a few months.

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