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This recipe was given to us by Matt Dainty, head brewer at Boneface, a good neighbour and all-round good character

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION

"The Darkness is no ordinary stout. It still has the good old coffee and chocolate roast flavours you're looking for, with a big citrus hit....and we've hopped the crap out of it!"

This recipe assumes a brewhouse efficiency of 66%

 

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23L Recipe

OG – 1.055 FG – 1.011

ABV: 5.8%

Grains:

4.7Kg Gladfield American Ale

0.28 Weyermann's Carafa II

0.28 Gladfield's Dark Crystal

0.28 Gladfield's Medium Crystal

0.28 Gladfield's Light Chocolate

0.14 Gladfield's Roast Barley

 

Mash in at 75.7C with 11.31L water, rest for 45 min at 69C.

Sparge with 18.85L water at 75.6C

Preboil size should be 26L.

60 minute Boil

 

 

Hops:

15g Pacific Jade at 60

35g Columbus at flame out

 

35g Columbus dry hop for 5 days

35g Centennial dry hop for 5 days

 

Yeast:

1x US05