Solar Eclipse 80

Recipe Solar Eclipse 80 Style Imperial Stout
Brewer HOKLK Batch 9.50 L
All Grain

Recipe Characteristics
Recipe Gravity 1.092 OG Estimated FG 1.023 FG
Recipe Bitterness 98 IBU Alcohol by Volume 8.9%
Recipe Color 42° SRM Alcohol by Weight 7.0%

Ingredients
Quantity Grain Type Use
0.10 kg Blackprinz Grain Mashed
0.10 kg Chocolate Malt Grain Mashed
0.10 kg Crystal 100 Grain Mashed
3.50 kg Maris Otter Pale Ale Grain Mashed
0.30 kg Oat Flakes Grain Mashed
0.15 kg Roasted Barley Grain Mashed
0.10 kg Special B Grain Mashed
0.20 kg Wheat malt Grain Mashed
Quantity Hop Type Time
20.00 g Chinook Pellet 60 minutes
20.00 g Chinook Pellet 20 minutes
10.00 g Chinook Pellet 5 minutes
Quantity Misc Notes
1.00 unit WLP-090 Yeast

Recipe Notes

Mashing:
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60min @ 65C
target OG=1.092
Efficiency = 68%

Boil:
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90min

Batch Notes

Mashing:
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10L 72 C water
4.55kg malts => 64C
Added <1 L 80 C water
T = 64C

Boil 90min
OG(T=40 C) = 1.088 => OG(20 C)=1.093

9.2L to fermentor with 3dl starter (originally 1.1L)

FG(21.3.2015) = 1.022 @ 20C
Tasting notes:
Aroma: Some oak and coffee and a hint of liquirice. Also alcohol but not too much.
Taste: Quite rich, nuts, wood and plenty of roastiness and the end. Some alcohol also towards the end.

Moved to secondary on 29.3.2015.
FG = 1.021 @ 23C => FG = 1.022
Still tastes awesome!

Bottling 11.4.2015
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FG @ 28C = 1.020 => 1.022 @ 20C
"Speisen": OG = 1.110 with 76% AA FG = 1.026
Used 0.28L to get 2.2 vols
21x33cl + 3x25cl bottles
Capped with black caps
Still tastes awesome!