brew #012: disintegrator imperial stout

This was what I’ve wanted to brew since I started. More importantly, this is what all of my friends wanted me to brew since I started. 3 gallons are going into straight into bottles. One gallon will age on oak chips soaked in whiskey [disintegrator blue]. One will age on vanilla bean [disintegrator gold]. Why the fuck not. ‘Fly the banner blue and gold.’


Ingredients
Fermentables
‘Enough base grain’
2.00 lb Roasted Barley (Briess) (300.0 SRM) 8.2 %
1.00 lb Caramel Malt – 20L (Briess) (20.0 SRM) 4.1 %
0.50 lb Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) 2.1 %
0.50 lb Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) 2.1 %
0.50 lb Chocolate (Briess) (350.0 SRM) 2.1 %
0.50 lb Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) 2.1 %
1.00 lb Molasses (80.0 SRM) 4.1 % [into primary when fermentation subdued]

Hops
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.40%] (60 min) Hops 33.8 IBU
1.00 oz Chinook [11.40%] (60 min) Hops 26.7 IBU
0.45 oz Warrior [15.50%] (60 min) Hops 16.4 IBU
2.00 oz Chinook [11.40%] (10 min) Hops 19.4 IBU
1.00 oz Chinook [11.40%] (5 min) Hops 5.3 IBU

Yeast
2 Pkgs Safale US-05 (Fermentis #US-05) Yeast


The Brew
Soundtrack: The Ghost Inside
Brew Beer: Every Time I Rye, others?


Stats
Batch Size: 5.25 gal
Mash: Single Infusion, ~0.33 gal/lb (6.2 gal), 156F, 80min
Water adjustment: 2.25 tsp Baking soda, 0.25 tsp Salt
Sparge: ~3.4 gal, 170F, 15 min
Mash pH: 5.4 (?)
Boil Duration: 80min
Original Gravity: 1.099 w/o molasses (Est. 1.105 w/ molasses)
Final Gravity: 1.028 (need to double check)
Est. ABV: ~10%
IBU: 101 [Tinseth]
Color: 60 SRM
Fermentation: ~7 at 68, 13 at 72F in secondary [plastic bucket primary was leaking!]
Brewed: 11/1/09
Bottled: 11/22/09 (regular disintegrator)

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