Beer Style: Imperial Stout
Includes both Russian imperial stouts and American-style imperial stouts including several barrel-aged recipes and dessert (pastry) style stouts.
Victory Brewing Co.’s Storm King Imperial Stout clone
A 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
I 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
A high-gravity stout with a blast of maple.
Candy Cap Mushroom Imperial Stout
Candy 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
Imperial 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
Avery Brewing Co.’s 20th Anniversary Mephistopheles’ Stout clone
Avery 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
Oskar Blues Brewery’s Ten FIDY clone
This 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)
A high-gravity stout that gets its oak character from cubes that were soaked in Bourbon or rye.
Against the Grain Kamen Knuddeln clone
Against 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)
The BISness Belgian Imperial Stout
Kyle Larson, Brewer at Double Mountain Brewery in Hood River, Oregon provides a recipe to BYO from his homebrew collection.
Rastaman Stout
Loosely based on Miles Davis Bitches’ Brew by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Rastaman Stout is part imperial stout, part Ethiopian T’ej. A fun recipe for those looking to trying something unique.
Russian Imperial Stout: Style Profile
Russian imperial stout was one of the first beer styles that caught my interest. I remember tasting North Coast Old Rasputin as I read and reread the BJCP style guidelines for the
