Russian Imperial Stout Recipe Poll

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by firstthenlast, May 30, 2014.

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Target OG should be….

Poll closed Jun 1, 2014.

  1. 1.070

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  2. 1.080

    1 vote(s)
    4.2%

  3. 1.090

    6 vote(s)
    25.0%

  4. 1.100

    14 vote(s)
    58.3%

  5. 1.110

    1 vote(s)
    4.2%

  6. 1.120

    2 vote(s)
    8.3%
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  1. firstthenlast

    firstthenlast Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2013 Massachusetts

    So I was a little disappointed that @VikeMan 's stout poll did not elect to create an RIS. So I have decided to perform a similar poll myself. First thing I will poll is target OG. Open for 48 hours.
     
    #1 firstthenlast, May 30, 2014
  2. koopa

    koopa Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2008 New Jersey

    Well the BJCP specifiies 1.075 - 1.115 and I tend to like somewhere in the 1.090 - 1.098 range myself.
     
    #2 koopa, May 30, 2014
  3. cmmcdonn

    cmmcdonn Initiate (0) Jun 21, 2009 Virginia

    Good luck, sir. I hope you are as thorough as @VikeMan. With 2 fantastic threads already completed, you will be judged to that standard.

    I voted for 1.100. It's enough to get that "non standard" abv and mouthfeel, but not so much that you need to do anything special with the yeast to ferment normally .
     
    #3 cmmcdonn, May 30, 2014
  4. AlCaponeJunior

    AlCaponeJunior Grand Pooh-Bah (3,452) May 21, 2010 Texas
    Society Pooh-Bah

    I went with 1.090 because it seems like a number that would be reasonable for those of us who haven't brewed a RIS yet, but still be big enough to be in range of what RIS's should be all about.
     
    #4 AlCaponeJunior, May 30, 2014
  5. flagmantho

    flagmantho Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,674) Feb 19, 2009 Washington
    BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah

    Went with 1.100 ... my two RISs ended up at 1.086 and 1.126, and were both a little too thin and way too sweet, respectively. 1.100 splits the difference nicely.
     
    #5 flagmantho, May 30, 2014
  6. firstthenlast

    firstthenlast Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2013 Massachusetts

    You all have until tonight to vote, around midnight
     
    #6 firstthenlast, May 31, 2014
  7. firstthenlast

    firstthenlast Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2013 Massachusetts

    Okay so I took the weighted average and we get 1.099, pretty darn close to the majority of 1.100. Thus I feel comfortable accepting the majority choice of 1.100. I found taking a weighted average important in the event that people we were split between numbers that are further apart, i.e. 55% liked 1.120 and 45% liked 1.080, it wouldn't be right to simply pick 1.120 and call it quits. In our case however the data was clean, and I have no reservations about accepting the majority opinion of 1.100.

    1.100 it is.
     
    #7 firstthenlast, Jun 4, 2014
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