Imperial Bastard

[Poobah58]

Had to drive home by Bud drinking brother and Coors Lite drinking brother-in-law after a few Imperial Bastards. First off, I can't believe they even liked it. It's 10% ABV and 100+ IBU's for God's sake! A far cry from what their used to. But they actually loved it. So do I. It's fantastic. They had 4 pints and were staggering around like a couple of college kids. Gotta love it.
If you like Arrogant or Double Bastard, you'll love this stuff. Not really meant to be a clone of DB but I tried to make it somewhat similar.

Imperial Bastard
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 7.00 gal
Boil Time: 90 min
Efficiency: 70.00
O.G.: 1.096
F.G.:1.018
SRM: 22.4
IBU: 107.4

15 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) 86.11 %
1 lbs Special B Malt (147.0 SRM) 5.56 %
8.0 oz Caraaroma (130.0 SRM) 2.78 %
8.0 oz Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) 2.78 %
8.0 oz Dememera Sugar (2.0 SRM) 2.78 %
0.50 oz Chinook [12.40 %] (90 min) (Mash Hop) 5.6 IBU
0.50 oz Chinook [12.40 %] (90 min) (First Wort Hop) 20.0 IBU
1.00 oz Nuggett [14.00 %] (60 min) 50.2 IBU
1.00 oz Chinook [12.40 %] (20 min)15.0 IBU
1.00 oz Nugget [14.00 %] (20 min) 16.9 IBU.
0.75 oz Chinook [12.40 %] (At Flameout chill <160°-Steep 30 min)
0.75 oz Nugget [14.00 %] (At Flameout chill <160°-Steep 30 min)
0.75 oz Columbus [15.20 %] (At Flameout chill <160°-Steep 30 min)
1.25 oz Centennial [9.00 %] (Dry Hop 14 days)
0.75 oz Warrior [16.70 %] (Dry Hop 14 days)
2 Pkgs SafAle American Ale (DCL Yeast #S-05) Yeast-Ale

Mash @150F for 75 min.
Ramp to 165F for 10 min
Sparge @ 170F