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Black Velvet Stout

Geoff Daly (Victoria) Black Velvet Stout

(5.8 gallons/22 L, all-grain)
Score: 42/50 OG = 1.058 FG = 1.020 IBU = 28 SRM = 55 ABV = 5.1%
“I’d like to dedicate this beer to my wife Samantha for putting up with all the brew gear in the bedroom.”

Ingredients

10 lb. 4 oz. (4.7 kg) Joe White pale malt
2 lb. 3 oz. (1.0 kg) Joe White dark Munich malt
1 lb. 1.5 oz. (0.50 kg) Joe White roasted barley
10.5 oz. (0.30 kg) Joe White chocolate malt
9 oz. (0.25 kg) flaked barley
9.1 AAU Target hops (60 mins) (0.91 oz./26 g of 10% alpha acids)
Fermentis Safale US-05 dried yeast

Step by Step

Single step infusion mash at 154 °F (68 °C) for 90 minutes, then 171 °F (77 °C) for 5 minutes. Boil for 90 minutes, adding hops for 60 minutes at indicated time. Cool, aerate and add yeast. Ferment at 68 °F (20 °C) for 13 days.  

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