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Brewdog’s Rip Tide Imperial Stout clone

Brewbog’s Rip Tide clone

(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)
OG = 1.075 FG = 1.015 IBU = 65 SRM = 58 ABV = 8.0%

Ingredients

10.6 lbs. (4.8 kg) 2-row pale malt
1.5 lbs. (0.68 kg) Caramalt
1.0 lbs (0.45 kg) dark crystal malt (80 °L)
0.50 lb. (0.23 kg) chocolate malt
0.40 lb. (0.18 kg) roasted barley
1.0 lb. (0.45 kg) dark brown sugar
17 AAU Galena pellet hops (90 min.) (1.3 oz./37 g at 13% alpha acids)
5 AAU English Fuggles hop pellets (0 min.)(1 oz./28 g at 5.0% alpha acids)
Wyeast 1028 (London Ale ) yeast (1-qt./~1-L yeast starter)
1 cup corn sugar (for priming)

Step by Step

Mash grains at 150 °F (65 ° C) for 90 minutes, then run off and sparge to collect about 6.0 gallons (23 L) of wort. Boil for 90 minutes with Galena hops at start and Fuggles at knock-out; stir in the sugar 10 minutes before end of boil, taking care that it is properly dissolved. Cool, and add yeast as a 1-quart (1 L) starter prepared 2–3 days earlier. Oxygenate well and let ferment for 3–5 days. Rack into a secondary fermenter and add Amarillo hops in a sterilized muslin bag. Rack after one to two weeks, and bottle or keg as desired.

Brewbog’s Rip Tide clone

(5.0 gallons/19 L, partial mash)
OG = 1.075 FG = 1.015 IBU = 65 SRM = 56 ABV = 8.0%

Ingredients

0.6 lb (0.27 kg) 2-row pale malt
1.5 lb (0.7 kg) Caramalt
1.0 lb (0.45 kg) Dark crystal malt (80 °L)
0.5 lb (0.22 kg) chocolate malt
0.4 lb (0.18 kg) roasted barley
3.0 lbs. (1.4 kg) Briess Light dried malt extract
3.3 lbs. (1.5 kg) Briess Light liquid malt extract (late addition)
1 lb (0.45 kg) dark brown sugar
17 AAU Galena pellet hops (90 min.) (1.3 oz./37 g at 13% alpha acids)
5 AAU English Fuggles hop pellets (0 min.) (1 oz./28 g at 5.0% alpha acids)
Wyeast 1028 (London Ale ) yeast (1-qt./~1-L yeast starter)
1 cup corn sugar (for priming)

Step by Step

Mash grains at 150 °F (65 °C) for 90 minutes, then run off and sparge to collect about 2.0 gallons (7.8 L) of wort. Combine wth 2.0 gallons (7.8 L) of boiling water in kettle. Boil for 90 minutes, adding hops at indicated times; stir in the sugar 10 minutes before end of boil. Follow the remaining instructions in the all-grain recipe.

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