Recirculating the RIS
The Czar’s Pride Russian Imperial Stout brew day was uneventful and went well. We got a bit of a late start because Stephen dreamed solutions to problem that didn’t exist. He was trying to figure out how to sparge our no-sparge, first runnings RIS and then forgot to bring his mash tun (and carboy:) and had to head home to pick it up. What a maroon!
Mashing out the RIS
We did have a bit of trouble collecting enough of the first runnings, but in the end, we each walked away with 5 gallons of wort – really big wort. We each mashed in our own mash tuns, and ended with an original gravity of 1.088. The Northern Brewer and Perle hops gave off a truly wonder aroma during the different phases of the boil, so I have no doubt that this wll be a wonderful ale in 9-12 months. My carboy took off, with help from the big yeast starter, within four hours.
Stephen's SEG 
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