Cú Chulainn's Revenge Imperial stout

[oblivious]

Brewed this up to day another Imperial stout

Cú Chulainn's Revenge

Batch Size (L): 24.00
Total Grain (kg): 14.30
Anticipated OG: 1.095
Anticipated SRM: 67.8
Anticipated IBU: 105.5
Brewhouse Efficiency: 50 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name
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19.1 2.73 kg. Munich Malt
9.5 1.36 kg. Vienna Malt
40.1 5.74 kg. Pale Malt(2-row)
10.9 1.55 kg. Brown Malt
2.3 0.33 kg. Crystal 55L
3.5 0.50 kg. Amber Malt
6.3 0.90 kg. Black Patent Malt
8.3 1.18 kg. Dark candi syrup


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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125.00 g. Wye Challenger Whole 8.00 101.7 60 min.
40.00 g. Goldings - E.K. Whole 4.75 3.9 10 min.


Yeast

2 us-05 and one Nottingham

[arturobandini]

US-05 and Nottingham...greedy. What sort of flavour profile does this yeast combo ad Oblivious? Also how would you phonetically pronounce the title? Looks a good recipe as always.

[oblivious]

There is not really a whole lot of flavor form either, but they do have good alcohol tolerance and the roasted grain will provide all the flavor thats needed

[Parp]

According to the legendary Shane MacGowan, it would be pronounced Coo-Cull-Inn ;

At the sick bed of Cuchulainn we'll kneel and say a prayer
And the ghosts are rattling at the door and the devil's in the chair

Excellent song! Dunno much about th Irish history bit though.

[196osh]

A noob question I know... but why is your efficency set at such a low level?

[subsub]

Cú Chulainn is a mythological hero of ours and I too was wondering about the low efficiency Ob.

[mixbrewery]

Forward planning! Brewing for crimbo already.

Interesting grist makeup there, is the recipe based on anything you have sampled?

[oblivious]

Hi lads, the low efficiency is because I was doing a no sparge brew. I have a lot of munch and Vienna lying around and want to something a little different to my last imperial stout

[oblivious]

Forward planning! Brewing for crimbo already.

Interesting grist makeup there, is the recipe based on anything you have sampled?

I had the Munich hanging around and was doing an imperial stout anyway

[FlourPower]

According to the legendary Shane MacGowan, it would be pronounced Coo-Cull-Inn ;

At the sick bed of Cuchulainn we'll kneel and say a prayer
And the ghosts are rattling at the door and the devil's in the chair

Excellent song! Dunno much about th Irish history bit though.

Cúchulainn was Ulster's champion. He performed many great feats and eventually saved Ulster from the combined army of the other provinces led by Maeve of Connaught. The only possible vengeance I could imagine would be towards Scathach, the Warrior-Queen of Skye. More on him here: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/cuch/index.htm

(Sorry Cú is a bit of a personal hero for me.)

[FlourPower]

According to the legendary Shane MacGowan, it would be pronounced Coo-Cull-Inn ;

At the sick bed of Cuchulainn we'll kneel and say a prayer
And the ghosts are rattling at the door and the devil's in the chair

Excellent song! Dunno much about th Irish history bit though.

Either Coo-cull-in or coo-hull-in. Cúchulainn was Ulster's champion. He performed many great feats and eventually saved Ulster from the combined army of the other provinces led by Maeve of Connaught. The only possible vengeance I could imagine would be towards Scathach, the Warrior-Queen of Skye. More on him here: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/cuch/index.htm

But aye a great song.

(Sorry Cú is a bit of a personal hero for me.)

[196osh]

Does the no sparge method have any other implications?

[oblivious]

Does the no sparge method have any other implications?

Some say it produce a richer beer, but I have never qualified that my self. I just did it because I could hit my target volume,gravity and I did not have room for a second beer

[196osh]

Does the no sparge method have any other implications?

Some say it produce a richer beer, but I have never qualified that my self. I just did it because I could hit my target volume,gravity and I did not have room for a second beer

Cheers

It would be intresting if you did the same recipe with different methods of sparging to see if there was any difference in the final product.

[subsub]

No sparge. Your a brave one Ob, good luck with it