Beer Style: Imperial Stout
Includes both Russian imperial stouts and American-style imperial stouts including several barrel-aged recipes and dessert (pastry) style stouts.
American Imperial Stout
Digital and Plus Members OnlyAmerican Imperial Stout (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.130 FG = 1.040IBU = 60 SRM = 86 ABV = 12% Our imperial oatmeal stout takes big and bold to the next level. This is a double mashed stout using an intricate malt bill with a lower percentage of base malt and the addition of rye malt
Weyerbacher Brewing Co.’s Tiny clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyWeyerbacher Brewing Co.’s Tiny clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.090 (brew day) FG = 1.024 IBU = 50 SRM = 50 ABV = 11.8% Tiny, a Belgian-style imperial stout, embodies Weyerbacher’s philosophy of big, bold beers with a flavorful twist. While the craft beer world has largely gravitated toward stouts fermented with a clean-fermenting
Gordon Strong’s Imperial Stout
Digital and Plus Members OnlyI’m presenting an English-inspired version of an imperial stout with some American hopping.
Victory Brewing Co.’s Storm King Imperial Stout clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA Victory classic that came out of the brewmasters’ love for rich malts and intense hops, the robust malt flavors are complemented and balanced with a huge charge of classic hop types. Storm King is a well-attenuated beer possessing a mouthfeel more reflective of a double IPA rather than a prototypical imperial stout.
Smoked “Imp” Imperial Stout
Digital and Plus Members OnlyI like to make my imperial stouts on the dry/thin side so I mash low, but feel free to raise your mash temperature, or add some rolled oats for more of a “wet” stout with added mouthfeel.
Maple Imperial Stout
FREEMaple Imperial Stout (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.076* FG = 1.021IBUs = ~35 SRM = 45 ABV = 9.6%* Prior to maple syrup addition Ingredients10.5 lbs. (4.8 kg) 2-row pale malt2
Candy Cap Mushroom Imperial Stout
FREECandy Cap Mushroom Imperial Stout (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.084 FG = 1.021IBU = 60 SRM = 41 ABV = 8.2% Candy cap mushrooms impart a distinct flavor and aroma of
Imperial Stout with Dried Mushrooms and Cumaru
Digital and Plus Members OnlyImperial Stout with Dried Mushrooms and Cumaru (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.097 FG = 1.017IBU = 61 SRM = 80 ABV = 10.6% Courtesy of Daniel Ropelato, this imperial stout incorporates dried mushrooms and the unique flavors of cumaru seeds (tonka beans). Ingredients10 lbs. (4.5 kg) pale ale malt3 lbs. (1.4 kg)
Avery Brewing Co.’s 20th Anniversary Mephistopheles’ Stout clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyAvery Brewing Co.’s 20th Anniversary Mephistopheles’ Stout clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.102 FG = 1.020IBU = 45 SRM = 70+ ABV = 11% A “devil” of a beer, this iteration of Mephistopheles’ was made specifically for the 20th anniversary 2020 Big Beers, Belgians, and Barleywines festival. This decadent imperial stout was aged in
Oskar Blues Brewery’s Ten FIDY clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis recipe was developed to be brewed using a parti-gyle technique, producing 3 gal (11 L) of finished Ten FIDY and a second, larger volume, small beer. Ten FIDY is a first runnings beer. Oskar Blues often utilizes second runnings in a different beer.
Abysmal Stout (Bourbon “Barrel” Aged)
FREEAbysmal Stout (Bourbon “Barrel” Aged) (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.096 FG = 1.020 IBU = 40 SRM = 66 ABV = 11.5% Ingredients 15 lbs. (6.8 kg) Golden PromiseTM malt 1.5
Against the Grain Kamen Knuddeln clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyAgainst the Grain Kamen Knuddeln clone Blend 4 parts kettle sour beer with 1 part Russian imperial stout for the clone. Carbonate to approximately 2.5 volumes. Kettle-Soured ale (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.054 FG = 1.013 IBU = 26 SRM = 25 ABV = 5.3% Ingredients 7 lbs. (3.18 kg) Pilsner malt 1