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Mordor

Mordor

Russian Imperial Stout • All Grain • 5 gal

The Inebriati

Beer number five in the 2016 Tolkien series. Roasty with a deep charred grain note. Hops are big early on.

November 2, 2016  07:45pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 14 lbs Maris Otter Pale

    Maris Otter Pale

    An English thoroughbred and a favored choice of malt for many brewers. Simpsons' Maris Otter has a rich and nutty flavor and despite its small, berry size has a strong husk. This malt delivers predictable brewhouse performance with modest, yet consistent extracts. Brewers can expect good runoffs with clear wort.

  • 1.5 lbs Black Malt;Thomas Fawcett

    Black Malt;Thomas Fawcett

    Black Malt is used in stouts to improve flavor and color.

  • 1.5 lbs Roasted Barley;Thomas Fawcett

    Roasted Barley;Thomas Fawcett

    Intensely bitter coffee flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Use 3-7% for coffee flavor in Porter and Stout • Use 2-5% in Nut Brown Ales. • Use Chocolate Malt or Black Malt in combination with Roasted Barley to obtain desired color. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • 1.0 lbs Wheat Malt;Castle Malting

    Wheat Malt;Castle Malting

    Features: Belgian wheat malt. Kilned at up to 80- 85°C. Usage: Wheat beers, white, light beers, beers with low or no alcohol. Recommended proportion: 40%. Characteristics: Enhances the peculiar taste of wheat beers. Wheat malt is essential in making wheat beers, but is also used in malt-based beers (3–5%) thanks to its protein that gives the beer a fuller mouth feel and enhanced beer head stability.

  • 1.0 lbs American Caramel 60°L

    American Caramel 60°L

    Mild caramel,nutty flavor, sweet. adds color

  • 1 lbs Golden Naked Oats

    Golden Naked Oats

    Huskless oat crystal malt. Exotic ingredient for subtle nutty difference. This malt lends a sweet berry-nut flavor. Use at a rate of 4-15% of the total grist to deliver a deep golden hue with light caramel flavors as well as a creamy, satin finish.

  • 1.0 lbs Oats Flaked

    Oats Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • 1.0 lbs Rice Hulls

    Rice Hulls

    Rice Hulls are used as a filter medium, mostly used in all grain wheat beers to help prevent a stuck mash.

  • 1.0 oz Northern Brewer -8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Northern Brewer

    Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.

  • 1.0 oz Brewers Gold -9.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Brewers Gold

    Sibling of and similar to Bullion only maturing earlier and more disease resistant. English/wild Canadian cross. Pungent English character. very poor

  • 1.0 oz Brambling Cross -6.0 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

    Brambling Cross

    Grandparent of Saxon and Viking, they have a unique toasty, buttery, slighly resiny aroma with some woody notes.

  • 1.0 oz Brambling Cross -6.0 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min

    Brambling Cross

    Grandparent of Saxon and Viking, they have a unique toasty, buttery, slighly resiny aroma with some woody notes.

  • 1.0 oz East Kent Goldings -5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 2oz Cocoa Powder -5 min before end of boil (omitted from calculations)

    Cocoa Powder

    Cocoa powder is made when chocolate liquor is pressed to remove three quarters of its cocoa butter. The remaining cocoa solids are processed to make fine unsweetened cocoa powder.Tastes very bitter and gives a deep chocolate flavor.

  • 1tsp Yeast Energizer -(omitted from calculations)

    Yeast Energizer

    Helps revive stuck or slow fermentation

  • Wyeast1028London Ale™

    Wyeast1028London Ale™

    Rich with a dry finish, minerally profile, bold and crisp, with some fruitiness.

Notes

Pretreat water with 1/2 teaspoon of calcium chloride and 0.5 Tbspn of sodium chloride. Mash water at ratio of 1.25 quarts per lb of grain = 6.25 gallons or 100 cups Mash in at 130 degrees and bring back up to 120 degrees - hold for 10 minutes Increase to 145 degrees and hold for 15 minutes. Increase to 152 degrees and hold for 45 minutes. Increase to 170 and hold for 5 minutes. Sparge with 170 degree water (pH 5.5) until 6.5 gallons of wort is collected. Use roughly 100 cups of sparge water or 6.25 gallons. Boil for 120 minutes or until 5 gallons remain. Add hops at times shown. Aerate for 1 minute 1 week in primary 3-5 weeks in secondary until TG meets requirements. Pitch new Scottish ale yeast at bottling.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 13 -Stout

Subcategory: F -Russian Imperial Stout

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.105 1.075 -1.115
Terminal Gravity: 1.023 1.018 -1.030
Color: 43.6 SRM 30 -40
Alcohol: 10.9% ABV 8% -12%
Bitterness: 83.9 IBU 50 -90

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