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Brew Session: Black is Beautiful Imperial Stout
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7/4/2020 12:00:00 AM
- Water Infusion
- Mash/Boil
- Fermentation
2020.07.04: Used brita filtered water. Mashed 16 lb grain bill in 2 goes of 8 lb each. Really quite easy. Did a thin mash of 4.5 gallons water to 8 lb grain. First mash fell from 155 to 150 in the hour. Second mash fell from 155 to 152 in the hour.Added 7 g chalk, 2 g calcium chloride, and 1 g gypsum to each mash to adjust ph. The Ca/Cl/SO4 profile should be ~140/60/45 with 260 ppm HCO. This should get me a mash pH right at 5.2. Collected lots of sweet wort. Probably a bit more than 8 gallons. ...
Recipe Facts
Black is Beautiful Imperial Stout
Imperial Stout
- 6.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
- 8.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
- 180 min Boil Time
- 1.079 OG
- 1.020 FG
- 55.7 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
- 0.71 BG:GU
- 48.3° SRM Color
- 75% Efficiency
- 7.6% ABV Alcohol
- 271 per 12oz Calories
