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Brewing coffee beer isn’t hard—which isn’t to say that it’s as simple as throwing beans into the mash! Pick a good bean, incorporate it conscientiously, and you can turn almost any beer into a coffee beer. Here's a recipe for a coffee stout.
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Batch Size: 5 gallons (19 liters)
Brewhouse efficiency: 72%
OG: 1.051
FG: 1.013
IBUs: 27
ABV: 5.1%
5 lb (2.3 kg) Maris Otter
2 lb (907 g) Munich malt
1 lb (454 g) Chocolate malt
1 lb (454 g) Victory malt
8 oz (227 g) British Crystal 45L
8 oz (227 g) Midnight Wheat
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