ImpeRYEal Stout - Rye Imperial Stout Brew Session

Brew Session Info

11/3/2019
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

My hydrometer isn't totally accurate, but the OG is waaay under the target. Not sure what might have happened. Maybe it was a stuck fermentation that I couldn't even restart with the addition of some more yeast. For the oak, I grabbed a couple pieces of red oak that's been dead for over a year -- it was dried out and seemed the right consistency. I removed the bark, torched it all over, then baked it at 250F for about 3 hours, and soaked it in rye whiskey for a few days. I stuck the wood (not the whiskey) in a sanitized nylon bag with a sanitized shot glass to weigh it down. Unfortunately, I left the beer on the oak for too long while procrastinating the bottling process. It was on there for about a month, and it's difficult to drink (for many reasons)

Boil

Boil

NaN (estimated)
3.5 gallons liters 0.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)
3.5 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 3.50 gallonsliters at NaN for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 0.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to NaN.

You wanted an OG of 1.082. It looks like it will be over.

Fermentation

5.5 gallons liters 5.50 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.060 (1.082 predicted)
(1.017 predicted)

Conditioning

Tasting Notes (1)

FITZ

Tasted on 2/7/2020 by FITZ

Notes:

Oof. The goal was always to age this, so I still have some hope that this beer comes back, but it's currently undrinkable. There's so much flavor going on that it's hard to know for sure what I'm tasting, but I think part of the problem is that it's way too sweet. I believe it's an overload of tannins. The hops don't seem to come through, as far as I can tell, which is a disappointing sign this early on. We'll see if it's any better in a year.

Recipe Facts

ImpeRYEal Stout - Rye Imperial Stout
Imperial Stout
  • 5.50 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 3.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.082 OG
  • 1.017 FG
  • 77.9 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.95 BG:GU
  • 37.3° SRM Color
  • 30% Efficiency
  • 8.4% ABV Alcohol
  • 282 per 12oz Calories
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