Lining up for Friday 7th - Mad Boris Imperial Stout

[coatesg]

This Friday (having just managed to get rid of the last early morning brew - bottled at 1008), I'm lining up a brew for this Friday night - I've got a mate who's very interested in finding out and having a go at brewing, so I've an assistant for the evening

Based a bit on adm's Crazy Ivan Yum!
EDIT - needed to make this a bit smaller to fit in the tun!
6kg Maris Otter
0.375g Amber
0.375kg Crystal
0.375kg Chocolate
0.375kg Roast Barley
0.375kg Wheat malt
0.25kg Soft Dark Brown Sugar (in boil)

Hops:
EKG: 100g (5.7%) at 90min
Target: 20g (9%) at 90min

Yeast: S-04 x 2
OG about 1080 if it all goes swimmingly. No idea what the FG will be - about 1020-25 I guess.

And, I hope it'll fit in my mash tun - could be a porridgey mash I think to avoid overflow (could be a tight one...). I reckon if it works out this will be just about right for Christmas drinking next year then

[adm]

Good luck with it Graeme!

My tip from brewing my version would be to pitch a LOT of yeast at the start. Mr. Suggests 2 x 11g packs, but I'd probably up it to 3 packs of S04 just to be on the safe side and to allow complete peace of mind. I had some issues with fermentation stopping too early and had to repitch......

[coatesg]

Cheers - I may have solved the possibility of underpitching by looking at the recipe and size of mashtun - I'm gonna have to reduce the size of the batch as I can't fit it all in the tun!