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Author:

thehaze44

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/28/2018 12:36 PM

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Author:

rolandblais

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: 1.7

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/5/2024 5:08 PM

Notes: Ingredients
We used a ton of dark malt for this beer - like, almost 20% of the grain bill is dark malt. We've never gone over 8%! So, a word of caution: this beer will need a bit of time to condition and age after fermentation. Otherwise it's going to be a bit rough around the edges.

Water
7.56 gallons of good ol' Asheville city water.
Grain
The key to making any beer dark is dark malt. Though, what most experienced brewers will tell you is that a little bit goes a long way. For example, a stout can be made to look convincingly dark with a grain bill comprised of only 4% dark malt. A Dry Irish Stout might be made with such a ratio and nobody will bat an eye at the finished product. The beer will, for all intents and purposes, look "black." So, if we're trying to make the darkest beer, how can we tell if it's really darker than a competing shade of "black!?"

The trained eye will be able to tell a really dark beer almost immediately. And it isn't determined by looking at the liquid in the bottom of the glass. The easiest way to tell how dark a beer really is is by looking at the "head." The head is the foam on top of the beer. The head on a glass of Guiness, for example, is almost white! So it's a dark stout, but it's not a really dark stout. Look at the head on the beer we've brewed. It's a very deep shade of brown.

world's darkest beer
Another way to determine the darkness of a beer is to test it with a flashlight. Light is easily shone through semi-dark beers. When we turned off all of the lights and tried to shine light through our beer, absolutely nothing passed through. That's how you can tell a beer is very, very dark.

Also, technically, there is a scale for judging beer darkness, called the Standard Reference Method (SRM) which can be calculated by brewing software. Without the cocoa powder, the SRM of our beer is 104. However, we added special Dutch "black cocoa" powder, which is heavily roasted and highly alkalized. Adding just a bit of this to cookie dough, for example, is enough to turn them black. With the addition of this the SRM is likely quite a bit higher, but we don't know how much.

So, exactly how did we brew the darkest beer in the world? As we mentioned, dark malts! Here's exactly what we used

6 lbs Vienna Malt
1 lb 4 oz Caramunich Malt
1 lb 4 oz Victory Malt
1 lb Black Malt
1 lb Chocoloate Malt
1 lb Chocolate Wheat Malt
1 lb Riverbend Base Camp Malt
9 oz Black Patent Malt
8 oz Carafa III Malt
Hops and Adjuncts
4 oz Saaz Hops
4 oz BlackCocoa Powder
Yeast
1 pkg Czech Budejovice Lager (White Labs #802)
Process
To make this beer we tried our best to follow the steps below. However, admittedly, we aren't great brewers. Heck, we might not even be good brewers. What we're trying to say is that you can probably do this better than we can, even with a minimal amount of effort. Good luck!

world's darkest beer
Fill the kettle with water and begin heating to mash temp (152F).
Grind the malt finely in a mill (.025 inches).
Add a basket and stir the grain into the water once mash temp is met.
Allow grain to steep for 1 hour.
After steeping pull the basket (and the grain) from the liquid and heat to a boil.
Once boiling, set a timer for 60 minutes and add 2 oz. of Saaz hops.
With 10 minutes left in the boil, add 4 oz. of black cocoa powder.
At the end of the boil, turn off the heat and add 2 oz. of Saaz hops.
Chill to room temperature
Transfer to a keg or a fermenter or a keg fermenter.
Aerate with an O2 tank or by shaking for 120 seconds.
Add yeast
Add an air lock or a spunding valve
Allow to ferment for 2 weeks.
Chill and carbonate if kegging, or add to cans or bottles.
Allow to age and condition for 3-4 weeks
Serve and enjoy!

https://www.clawhammersupply.com/blogs/brewing/the-worlds-darkest-beer

Author:

Bay Brewing

Boil Size: 6.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/16/2022 4:15 AM

Notes: 60 minutes at 151. Pitched at 77 and put into refrigerator to drop temp down to 58. After active signs of fermenting then day 1, 59 day 2, 60 day 3, 62 day 4, 65 day 5 68 day 6, 70 to finish.

Author:

프로이니

Boil Size: 25.82 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: 3.14

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: sucrose

Priming Amount: 120.7 g

Creation Date: 7/16/2020 3:41 AM

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Author:

Final Boss

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/14/2020 2:51 AM

Notes: Added Lactose late in boil final few minutes.

Frozen Berries were thawed and squished before putting into primary after beer completely fermented.

Author:

Barney BB

Boil Size: 29 Litres

Boil Time: 45

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/22/2020 11:40 AM

Notes:

Author:

ILFCB

Boil Size: 2347 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 13.9

Efficiency: 95

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/13/2019 5:42 PM

Notes:

Author:

Barter & Trade

Boil Size: 6.8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 79

Mash Thickness: 1.45

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 52 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/7/2019 3:20 PM

Notes:

Author:

BilltownBrewingCo

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/24/2019 9:55 PM

Notes: 3rd Place in American Pale Ale category at the Lawrence Brewer's Guild Big Brew Day Brew Off. Style 18 in the URL Attached.

Author:

Jan Erik Johansen

Boil Size: 30 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/29/2018 9:05 AM

Notes: Chop two habanero chilies and put in a hop bag. Use gloves. Add to the boil with 15 minutes left. Transfer to fermentor before cooling, and leave there for the entire fermentation.

Author:

zillano9

Boil Size: 6.75 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.056

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/2/2015 4:30 PM

Notes:

Author:

bdubs84

Boil Size: 6.9 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 78

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/17/2017 9:47 PM

Notes: Batch Size6.00Gallons
Boil Size6.90Gallons @ 60 min
OG1.054
FG1.010
Color4.5° SRM
Efficiency78%
Bitterness39.5 IBU (tinseth)
BG:GU0.73
Alcohol5.7% ABV
Calories180 per 12oz

Author:

Brewery ARS

Boil Size: 378 Gallons

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 72 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/18/2016 11:59 PM

Notes:

Author:

ksols

Boil Size: 4 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/11/2016 2:57 PM

Notes:

Author:

Nick C

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/29/2016 3:39 PM

Notes:

Author:

Eastern Christiania Brewery

Boil Size: 55 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 16 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/9/2015 1:16 PM

Notes: Brygge notater:
Store problemer med meske temp.Temp måler i 60 ltr + termometer hadde store variasjoner.7
16:12- Korn oppi i 72,1 grad.
16:19 - korn blandet men for lav temp. Varme på.
16:29 68,1
16:37 65,5
16:52 66,5
17:30 70 grader.
Være litt forsiktig med å skru på apperatet - Ved mesking av alene - høyrere vann temp før mesk tas oppi.

Det bør også vurdere å kjøpe inn termostat.
Termostat og effektbryter på bryggebøtta virker ikke slik det skal.

Classic brygg Pale Ale. 3 Forskjellige humler. Ny type gjær.

13.5kg x 3 liter. Tot 40.5 liter.

Ved 70% effektivtet estimert OG på 1058 og ca 2 bøtter med 24 liter. 48 liter.

Oppskrift:
90 min Mesk
1. Meskes på 68C i 60 min
2. Meskes på 72c i 20 min
3. Meskes på 75c i 10 min

Koketid 60 min. Pre BOIL skal være på 1053.

Totalt 55 liter vørter til koking. Kokes ned til 50 liter.

3 stk humle. NB Maks koketid på humle er 60 min.
Humleplan må følges da den er litt over typer bestemmelsen for IBU. Estimert IBU er 50.55

Gjærtype NEW WORLD STRONG ALE M42. M42 is a rebranded M07.

Alt for lav FG. 1022 og 1023. Luft og mer gjær?

Author:

Marc ook

Boil Size: 16 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 73

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/3/2015 5:50 PM

Notes:

Author:

Reeder

Boil Size: 5.75 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.058

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: Sugar

Priming Amount: 3oz / 2 Cups beer

Creation Date: 9/28/2015 8:24 PM

Notes: Mash Schedule

Strike grains with 4.41 gal of water at 166.6 °F.
Mash at 154 °F for 60 min.
Vorlauf and lauter 2.66 gal in your first runnings.
Add 3.09 gal of sparge water at 168 °F.
Vorlauf and lauter 3.09 gal in your second runnings.
Your combined runnings should be 5.75 gal.

Day before bottling cold steep 2 quarts coffee at a ratio of 3oz ground coffee / 1 quart cold water. Filter grounds out and mix in with beer in bottling bucket.

Author:

Palme

Boil Size: 9 Litres

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 1.065

Efficiency: 62

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/16/2015 8:22 AM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.095

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/31/2015 11:20 PM

Notes: