Old Rasty
North Coast Brewing's Old Rasputin drinks dangerously well for a 9 percent ABV beer. It should come with warning labels. The old Toms hashed out the recipe for this beer over a number of sessions and came up with this recipe that tastes the same.
Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Brew Type: All Grain
For 5.5 gallons at 1.095, 54.7 SRM, 96.9IBUs, 8.8 percent ABV
90-minute boil
Directions
Follow the Single-Infusion Brew Process.
TIP
Tom insists on the use of dark candi sugar in the recipe, claiming that anything else tastes wrong. Whether or not this is true for you is all a matter of taste.
15.00 pounds Maris Otter Malt
1.00 pound Crystal 65L
0.80 pound Crystal 55L
0.60 pound Roasted Barley
0.50 pound Black Patent Malt
0.50 pound Victory Malt
1.00 pound Dark Candi Sugar
10.00 pounds Pale Liquid Malt Extract (LME)
3.40 ounces Cluster (6.7 percent AA) Pellet for 90 minutes
0.25 ounce Centennial (9.0 percent AA) Pellet for 15 minutes
0.40 ounce Northern Brewer (7.7 percent AA) Pellet for 15 minutes
1.10 ounces Liberty (5.2 percent AA) Pellet for 0 minutes
1 tablet Whirlfloc
1 tablespoon Yeast Nutrient
Wyeast 1028 London Ale
Saccharification Rest 155°F 90 minutes
