An imperial version of one of our favourite beers to date.
Stronger. Darker. Milkier…?
MALT:
Crisp Finest Maris Otter Pale – 3kg (first mash)
Crisp Finest Maris Otter Pale – 4kg
Carafa Special Type 1 Malt – 700g
Crisp Dark Crystal (EBC 380-435) – 500g
Torrefied Oats – 500g
Lactose – 500g / 10 minutes
Brown Sugar – 500g / 10 minutes
HOPS:
Fuggles – 60g / 60 minutes
Fuggles – 40g / 5 minutes
ADJUNCTS: 50g Bolivia La Linda Longberry dried coffee flowers added 10 minutes before the end of the boil, 1x Campden tablet, 9.4g Calcium Sulphate, 500g cold steeped Carafa Special Type 3 Malt, 2x split Madagascan Bourbon vanilla pods after primary.
YEAST: Mangrove Jack’s M42
FERMENTER TEMP: 18°C
OG: 1.100
FG: 1.032
ABV: 9%
MASH: 65°C / 30 minutes for first mash, 65°C / 60 minutes for second mash, raise to 80°C mashout and hold for 10 minutes
BOIL: 60 minutes
CARBONATION: 1.8 units