Imperial Stout Recipe and Tasting - Homebrew Jar Of Destiny

We finally dive into Mike's American Imperial Stout from the Jar of Destiny series.
This big beer clocks in at over 9%ABV and delivers a ton of malt and hop flavors. The malt backbone is huge. There's ton of roast but its pleasantly restrained and not acrid or ashy tasting. Its mostly deep toast and bakers chocolate in its presence. There is a sweet maltiness holding the whole beer up. The carastan malt and Munich malts aren't super identifiable but these components seem to all come together to support the beer as a harmony.
Age will likely give this beer some dark fruit character as it picks up a little oxidative staling. Time will tell. Recipe below.
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Recipe:
6.5 gallons post. boil
OG 1.096
FG 1.032
Fermentables:
15lbs/6.8kg Golden Promise
2.5lb/1133g Munich I (7L)
2lb/907g Flaked Barley
1lb/453g Carastan Malt (35L)
1lb/453g Roasted Barley (550L)
12oz/340g Chocolate Malt (500L)
1lb/453g Dark Brown Sugar (cheap, large market stuff)
Hops:
1oz/28g Cryo Columbus Hops 20.5AA FWH
1oz/28g Cascade 5.6AA 20min
1oz/28g Willamette 4.9AA 20min
1oz/28g Cascade 5.6AA 0min
1oz/28g Willamette 4.9AA 0min
Cellar Science Cali
Cellar Science English
Yeast Cake from prior 1.045 beer used as starter
Mash
147F/64C 50min
158F/70C 20min
168F/76C 15min
Water
Ca 68ppm, Mg 4ppm, Na 17ppm, SO 66ppm, Cl 111ppm
Fermentation 3 weeks at 68F
Cold crash for 4 days then moved off yeast
Carbonated with 20PSI CO2 for 5 days
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