Sunday is for brewing beer!
Jun. 12th, 2011 04:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spiderplanetToday, we make another Imperial Stout.
Russian Imperial Stout was originally brewed in London and imported to the Czars and Czarinas. It has a higher alcohol content than most beers, a feature which kept it from freezing during transport through icy Baltic waters. Most commercial beer is between 3-5% ABV. Most of the beer that we brew is between 4-7%ABV. Imperial Stout is about 11%ABV.
It's a really thick, rich and flavorful beer. Some people add twice the normal amount of yeast when brewing Imperial Stout because of the high alcohol content. This process is called double pitching. It is my opinion that such a thing would only be necessary if the brew was started in the Winter. Here's a consequence of double pitching in the summer.
Russian Imperial Stout was originally brewed in London and imported to the Czars and Czarinas. It has a higher alcohol content than most beers, a feature which kept it from freezing during transport through icy Baltic waters. Most commercial beer is between 3-5% ABV. Most of the beer that we brew is between 4-7%ABV. Imperial Stout is about 11%ABV.
It's a really thick, rich and flavorful beer. Some people add twice the normal amount of yeast when brewing Imperial Stout because of the high alcohol content. This process is called double pitching. It is my opinion that such a thing would only be necessary if the brew was started in the Winter. Here's a consequence of double pitching in the summer.
