Lehigh Valley Homebrewers
Find out more about the Black is Beautiful Brewing Collaboration by visiting the official site: BlackisBeautiful.Beer
Lehigh Valley Homebrewers will be joining the Black is Beautiful brewing initiative aimed at raising awareness to the injustices that many people of color face daily. As homebrewers, our craft creations may not have the audience size that commercial breweries have, but we can still make a contribution to our community which is not immune to this plight. Additionally, it gives us an opportunity to stretch our homebrewing skills by brewing one of the more difficult styles, an Imperial Stout. Our club will be sponsoring a brewing contest to support this initiative and raise money for the cause of racial injustice awareness.
Making a Difference
We have selected a charity. Please read more on the donation page.
The Contest
Rules:
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Brew the official (or a derivation of) Black is Beautiful Imperial Stout Recipe.
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Request bottle labels from a Club Officer
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Figure out how many you would like to share with the Lehigh Valley Beer Fellowship group for purposes of judging and raising funds for our charity. Add tasting notes and ABV% to the form at the bottom of this page. The "Batch Code" will be a unique identifier for your shared beers - Think of a single word that will identify your beer.
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Share your homebrew with friends and family, encouraging them to donate to our selected charity via our donation page or on their own.
All participating brewers will receive a prize for participating (in sharing your beer) in appreciation from the club. Additional prizes will be awarded based the feedback from the LVBF group. The total amount donated will be shared via the donation page.
The Recipe
Below is the recipe provided by Weathered Souls.
Tip: Adjust to fit your system's efficiency, recognizing that as you dial up the ABV, your system efficiency may be reduced.
Title: Weathered Souls Black is Beautiful
Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: Oatmeal Stout
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 7 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.069
Efficiency: 72% (brew house)
Hop Utilization Multiplier: 1
STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.081
Final Gravity: 1.016
ABV (standard): 8.5%
IBU (tinseth): 75.84
SRM (morey): 50
Mash pH: 5.47
FERMENTABLES:
10 lb - American - Pale 2-Row (58.8%)
2 lb - Flaked Oats (11.8%)
1 lb - Chocolate Malt (5.9%)
12 oz - Flaked Barley (4.4%)
12 oz - Caramel / Crystal 120L (4.4%)
12 oz - Roasted Barley (4.4%)
8 oz - Chocolate Rye (2.9%)
4 oz - Black Malt (1.5%)
1 lb - Corn Sugar - Dextrose (5.9%)
HOPS:
1 oz - CTZ, Type: Pellet, AA: 15.5, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 44.95
2 oz - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 5.5, Use: Boil for 20 min, IBU: 19.32
2 oz - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 5.5, Use: Boil for 10 min, IBU: 11.57
MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Strike, Temp: 154 F, Time: 60 min, Amount: 5 gal
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
YEAST:
White Labs - California Ale Yeast WLP001
Starter: No
Form: Liquid
Attenuation (avg): 76.5%
Flocculation: Medium
Optimum Temp: 68 - 73 F
Pitch Rate: 0.35 (M cells / ml / deg P)
PRIMING:
CO2 Level: 2.75 Volumes
TARGET WATER PROFILE:
Profile Name: London (Porter, dark ales)
Ca2: 100
Mg2: 5
Na: 35
Cl: 60
SO4: 50
HCO3: 265
Labels for Sharing Your Beer
Labels are available! Contact a club officer for yours (they're free!)
