More Beer!

So, a couple of nights ago, I helped my niece, Emily, bottle her second-ever beer. I had given her an assist in putting together the recipe, and brewing the beer.

What we made (we hope) was a Russian Imperial Stout. Emily really likes dark ales, and we wanted to push the envelope just a little bit.

We soaked the labels of some Sam Adams bottles, I brought over some caps, and my old wing capper.

Altogether, we got 8 bottles of beer. Not bad. The ninth bottle had about an inch and a half of beer, so we decided to just taste it. Obviously, it'll change after conditioning and aging. But, if first impressions are any indication at all, this is going to be one of the finest beers I've ever tasted.

It wasn't a fancy recipe. Here it is:

: Imperial Stout

Batch: 1.00 galExtract

Characteristics

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Recipe Gravity: 1.087 OG

Recipe Bitterness: 49 IBU

Recipe Color: 76° SRM

Estimated FG: 1.022

Alcohol by Volume: 8.4%

Alcohol by Weight: 6.6%

Ingredients

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American black patent 0.50 lb, Grain, Steeped

Crystal 120L 0.50 lb, Grain, Steeped

Dark malt extract 2.00 lb, Extract, Extract

Willamette 0.50 oz, Pellet, 0 minutes

Willamette 0.50 oz, Pellet, 60 minutes

British Ale yeast 1.00 unit, Yeast,