Blackwine IV
This thick, rich, and stupidly potent beer carries clear lines of influence both to Dogfish Head's World Wide Stout and San Diego's Alesmith Speedway Stout, an espresso-infused 12-percent ABV stout.
Style: Mega Beer
Brew Type: All Grain
For 5.5 gallons at 1.162, 80 SRM, 117 IBUs, 18.0 percent ABV
180-minute boil
Directions
Follow the Single-Infusion Brew Process.
Take the first gallon of runoff and mix in one pound of sugar. Boil until the total volume is approximately a half gallon. Add back to the runoff. Mix the remaining pound of sugar into the runoff before the boil begins.
12.00 pounds Domestic Two-Row Pale Malt
12.00 pounds Maris Otter Pale Malt
25 pounds Roasted Barley
1.00 pound Flaked Barley
1.00 pound Flaked Oats
0.75 pound Chocolate Malt
0.75 pound Crystal 90L Malt
0.25 pound Acidulated Malt
2.00 pounds Muscovado Sugar (see instructions for use)
0.50 ounce Northern Brewer (6.2 percent AA) Pellet — First Wort Hopped
0.50 ounce Mt Hood (5.4 percent AA) Pellet — First Wort Hopped
1.00 ounce Eroica (12.00 percent AA) Pellet for 90 minutes
1.00 ounce Chinook (15.90 percent AA) Pellet for 90 minutes
0.50 ounce Northern Brewer (6.2 percent AA) Pellet for 30 minutes
0.50 ounce Eroica (12.00 percent AA) Pellet for 5 minutes
0.50 ounce Mt Hood (5.4 percent AA) Pellet for 5 minutes
0 ounces Mt Hood (4.3 percent AA) Whole for 0 minutes
1 tablet Whirlfloc
1 tablespoon Yeast Nutrient
2 cups Organic Ground Coffee (added to the mash)
Wyeast 1272 American Ale II — 1 gallon+ Starter or Yeast Cake
Saccharification Rest 152°F 60 minutes
