Recipes: Imperial Stout

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Style Profile based on 2,358 recipes

OG

1.097

FG

1.024

IBU

58

ABV

9.8%

BU:GU

0.60

Hops

5.7 g/L

Grain Bill Composition

  • 81% Base
  • 10% Toast
  • 9% Roast
  • 7% Crystal
  • 2% Acid

Median % of grist by malt category

Common Hops

  • 19% East Kent Goldings
  • 17% Magnum (GR)
  • 12% Columbus
  • 11% Chinook
  • 11% Willamette
  • 11% Nugget
  • 11% Cascade
  • 10% Centennial
  • 10% Southern Brewer
  • 9% Fuggles

% of Imperial Stout recipes using each hop

Common Fermentables

  • 37% Chocolate Malt
  • 32% Roasted Barley
  • 25% Oats, Flaked
  • 20% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
  • 16% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
  • 16% Black (Patent) Malt
  • 16% Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L
  • 12% Flaked Oats
  • 11% Special B Malt
  • 11% American - Chocolate

Colour = malt category ยท bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

  • 18% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
  • 8% California Ale Yeast (WLP001) White Labs
  • 8% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
  • 7% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
  • 4% Dry English Ale Yeast (WLP007) White Labs
  • 3% LalBrew Nottingham Lallemand
  • 2% London Ale Yeast (1028) Wyeast Labs
  • 2% Irish Ale (1084) Wyeast Labs
  • 2% Darkness (A10) Imperial Yeast
  • 2% English Ale Yeast (WLP002) White Labs

% of Imperial Stout recipes using each strain