Today I brewed up the Black Lodge Imperial Stout mentioned in the previous post. Everything went quite well, and even hit my target original gravity of 1.100, so this should end up around 9.0-9.5%, depending on how dry it ferments. Might have to add some more coffee, cherry juice concentrate and chili before bulk aging, if the flavors aren’t strong enough. Fingers crossed this turns out good. Recipe and brewday pictures below.

The ‘special’ ingredients. From left to right: The resiny and piney Chinook hops (douglas firs of the Northwestern woods), the candi syrup (the dark soul of Windom Earle), the coffee beans (damn fine coffee), the chili (something that will really light your fire), and the cherry juice concentrate (the best cherry pie in town).

Cutting up the Cheyenne chili.

Weighing up the coffee beans.

The four hop additions.

The mash. Thick and smelling good!

Lautering into the kettle. The beer is very dark and thick as you can see.

Boiling. I needed to boil off lots of water to hit the high gravity.

Enjoying a damn fine cup of joe during the boil.

Adding the juice after flameout.
Recipe: Twin Peaks - Black Lodge
Style: Imperial Stout
TYPE: All Grain
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 20.14 l
Post Boil Volume: 16.64 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 12.00 l
Bottling Volume: 10.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.101 SG
Estimated Color: 146.5 EBC
Estimated IBU: 66.6 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 50.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 68.8 %
Boil Time: 105 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
5.000 kg Pale Ale (2-row) (6.0 EBC) Grain 1 66.4 %
0.450 kg Crystal Malt - 60L (Thomas Fawcett) (118 Grain 2 6.0 %
0.450 kg Munich (20.0 EBC) Grain 3 6.0 %
0.450 kg Rye, Flaked (3.9 EBC) Grain 4 6.0 %
0.250 kg Carafa Special III (Weyermann) (925.9 EB Grain 5 3.3 %
0.250 kg Chocolate Malt (Thomas Fawcett) (1000.8 Grain 6 3.3 %
0.250 kg Roasted Barley (1500.0 EBC) Grain 7 3.3 %
0.325 kg Candi Sugar, Dark (541.8 EBC) Sugar 8 4.3 %
0.100 kg Sugar from Cherry Juice (2.0 EBC) Sugar 9 1.3 %
25.00 g Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 10 39.3 IBUs
25.00 g Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 11 19.5 IBUs
25.00 g Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 12 7.8 IBUs
0.20 l Cherry Juice (Boil 0.0 mins) Flavor 13 -
25.00 g Chinook [13.00 %] - Aroma Steep 15.0 min Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
15.00 g Ground Coffee (Boil 0.0 mins) Spice 15 -
1.00 Items Chili (Boil 0.0 mins) Spice 16 -
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 17 -
August 15, 2012 at 3:15 pm
I’m a huge Twin Peaks fan myself, really looking forward to the progress of this brew! The thought behind the ingredients really hits the nails head.
Is there any way one bottle could be traded away once the project is finished? Let me know.
August 15, 2012 at 5:09 pm
Thanks for the comment! I’m sure a trade can be arranged! I guess it will be until December until I bottle though, so you’ll have to wait until then 🙂
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September 26, 2012 at 6:06 pm
Sounds promising!
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