Style 13 - Stout

So this weekend, it's time to continue on our brewing adventure, and we'll be playing double duty. We'll be tackling style 13 with one of our favorites - Russian Imperial Stout (RIS). This beer is a staple in our home keg rotation, and we are dangerously low. With the fermentation and aging time required for this beer to mature, it's high time we get started. To keep things interesting, we're going to make a porter off the second runnings of the same mash used for the RIS. We've experimented with this once before, and it actually turned out pretty well.

We've been graciously asked to provide brew for a charity event at the end of July. There will be a nominal minimum donation requested for each quaff, with all funds going to a local charity that supports victims of domestic violence. Who can argue with that cause? We're thrilled to be asked, and looking forward to the opportunity, but it tasks us with brewing for not only our quest to conquer the BJCP guidelines, but also increase our stash for this worthy cause.

We've never turned down a brewing challenge, so bring it on! I love it when our house smells of malted barley and I trip over fermentation buckets in the middle of the night!

Brewing details, recipes, and pics to follow later. BTW, a 'Happy Birthday' shout-out to our dear friend "Natedog" as he joins us for this particular brew day! Everyone raise their glass and wish him happiness as we create the black satin liquid that is Russian Imperial Stout!