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After five months in the barrel, our (myself, Richie and Kev's) Russian Imperial stout is finally ready to be unleashed. All we need to do is re-seed with a strain capable of handling an ABV of 11.5%! Richie wrote up a few blog posts about it here[/url:fnbdqyjk].

1. TheBeerNut (Brown porter)
2. Saruman (Not too Belgian Dubbel)
3. Halite (Amber Ale)
4. N1mbus (Farmhouse Saison)
5. JamesM (kit bitter)
6. IrishPartyAle (mooching)
7. Dr Jacoby (Saison + Barrel-Aged Russian Imperial Stout)

Argh, looks like a good selection of beer, including that Imperial Stout, sorry to be missing this and the next couple of meetups. Wont have anything ready for this month, but I'll try send on a few bottles in absentia for Feb, I have a stout that should be ready and I'm brewing Mark II of my popular red ale.

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I'm fairly certain I'll be able to make this one.

1. TheBeerNut (Brown porter)
2. Saruman (Not too Belgian Dubbel)
3. Halite (Amber Ale)
4. N1mbus (Farmhouse Saison)
5. JamesM (kit bitter)
6. IrishPartyAle (mooching)
7. Dr Jacoby (Saison + Barrel-Aged Russian Imperial Stout)
8. Biertourist (NZ Golden Ale) Nelson Sauvin + Pacific Gem


I'm definitely looking for some serious feedback on this one. Both the balance of hop flavors between the two hops, the bitterness level, and malt and fermentation-derived flavors and mouthfeel.

It's got quite a bit of Munich malt & Melanoidin malt, and the long, concentrated boil created even more melanoidins. This was the last boil with my unmodified kettle element and I think I missed my IBUs by a long shot and I think it really need more bitterness to be balanced but I'd like to see what everyone else thinks.

-It WAS gorgeously clear before I dry-hopped it in the keg and now it's pretty cloudy again...


Adam

I definitely want to try that barrel conditioned stout. I'm looking forward to making it to my first meeting having had to pull out at the last minute in October.

1. TheBeerNut (Brown porter)
2. Saruman (Not too Belgian Dubbel)
3. Halite (Amber Ale)
4. N1mbus (Farmhouse Saison)
5. JamesM (kit bitter)
6. IrishPartyAle (mooching)
7. Dr Jacoby (Saison + Barrel-Aged Russian Imperial Stout)
8. Biertourist (NZ Golden Ale) Nelson Sauvin + Pacific Gem
9. UpsidedownA (Befuggled single hop bitter)

1. TheBeerNut (Brown porter)
2. Saruman (Not too Belgian Dubbel)
3. Halite (Amber Ale)
4. N1mbus (Farmhouse Saison)
5. JamesM (kit bitter)
6. IrishPartyAle (mooching)
7. Dr Jacoby (Saison + Barrel-Aged Russian Imperial Stout)
8. Biertourist (NZ Golden Ale) Nelson Sauvin + Pacific Gem
9. UpsidedownA (Befuggled single hop bitter)[/quote]
10.DEMPSEY (monkey butt brown ale)

&amp;quot;DEMPSEY&amp;quot;:nb3hfqas wrote: 1. TheBeerNut (Brown porter)
2. Saruman (Not too Belgian Dubbel)
3. Halite (Amber Ale)
4. N1mbus (Farmhouse Saison)
5. JamesM (kit bitter)
6. IrishPartyAle (mooching)
7. Dr Jacoby (Saison + Barrel-Aged Russian Imperial Stout)
8. Biertourist (NZ Golden Ale) Nelson Sauvin + Pacific Gem
9. UpsidedownA (Befuggled single hop bitter)[/quote:nb3hfqas]
10.DEMPSEY (monkey butt brown ale)

Dempsey, How did the monkey butt brown ale turn out? I know you were really happy with all the great comments on the recipe itself; did the beer turn out the way you wanted it?
(My brown ale I made with the extra grains that were in my brewing closet ended up with WAY too much specialty malt (too much aromatic malt really leaves a strong, distinct flavor).)

Adam