St Petersburg Clone

[donnchadhc]

Brewed this up yesterday, first brew after our new arrival (where's the eyes hanging out of the head tired emoticon?!). Was trying to get something like Thornbridges St Petersburg. Hit all my numbers, but am definitely getting a hop spider 'cause two hour run offs are a pain!

Style: Imperial Stout
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 30 l
Post Boil Volume: 26 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 24.50 l   
Bottling Volume: 23.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.072 SG
Estimated Color: 62.9 EBC
Estimated IBU: 61.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 79.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 87.4 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                                                                 Type          #        %/IBU         

Grain
6.50 kg               Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC)                     Grain         1        80.3 %       
0.50 kg               Barley, Torrefied (3.3 EBC)                             Grain         2        6.2 %         
0.30 kg               Chocolate Malt (1200.0 EBC)                         Grain         3        3.7 %         
0.25 kg               Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (236.4 EBC)       Grain         4        3.1 %         
0.25 kg               Roasted Barley (591.0 EBC)                           Grain         5        3.1 %         
0.13 kg               Peat Smoked Malt (5.5 EBC)                          Grain         6        1.6 %         

Adjunct
0.16 kg               Dark Muscavado (100.0 EBC)                        Sugar         7        2.0 %         

Hops
10.00 g               Perle [8.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min                       Hop           8        8.2 IBUs     
33.00 g              Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 60.  Hop           9        43.0 IBUs     
1.00 Items            Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins)                  Fining        10       -             
22.00 g               Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min               Hop           11       6.3 IBUs     
7.00 g                Sorachi Ace [12.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min           Hop           12       1.7 IBUs     
22.00 g               Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00 %] - Boil 10 Min Hop           13       1.8 IBUs     
12.00 g               Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min                 Hop           14       0.0 IBUs     
3.00 g                Sorachi Ace [12.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min            Hop           15       0.0 IBUs     
12.00 g               Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00 %] - Boil  0Min Hop           16       0.0 IBUs     

Yeast
1.0 pkg             US05             

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 8.09 kg
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Name              Description                             Step Temperat Step Time     
Mash In           Add 17.45 l of water at 74.7 C          67.0 C        60 min       

Sparge: Batch sparge with 3 steps (Drain mash tun , 10l, 10l) of 75.6 C water

[Garry]

Congrats Mrs and Mr C  Boy or girl?

A spoon of the above should help it sleep

[donnchadhc]

Thanks Gary, little girl Neasa. Trying to teach her to hold a syphon, put she's not at the grasping stage yet

[johnrm]

Congrats Donnchadh, on the babba and getting a beer done!
Defected to Dublin too I hear, tsk, tsk.

[donnchadhc]

Thanks John, yeah up in the big smoke. Beer in Clonmel though, major brownie points being burnt on this one!

[molc]

Thanks John, yeah up in the big smoke. Beer in Clonmel though, major brownie points being burnt on this one!

Need to get you out to the south dublin meets for a wee Clonmel reunion brew off next

[johnrm]

Beer in Clonmel though

I thought you were renting space from Garry.
He does hourly as well as a per inch rates I hear.

[donnchadhc]

Paid in beer john!!!! I reckon 20 litres gets me another year at least!

Defo head to a south dublin meet Colm, bit of a Clonmel derby!