Black Oak Stout: Our Best DARKEST Dark Beer Recipe

Let's make a super easy but incredibly dark and tasty Black Oak Stout. Derica and I both love dark beers, and this is one of the darkest I have seen. It's still a pretty simple recipe, but wow, what flavor. This one got the highest score I've given in a long time! Check out our new channel: City Steading Tasting Room    / @citysteadingtastingroom   Ingredients: 1/2 Packet SafAle US-05 Yeast: https://amzn.to/4gUS79y 1.5 lbs Traditional Dark Breiss Dry Malt Extract: https://amzn.to/41q7cdB 2 oz Chocolate Malt: https://amzn.to/4h2oh39 2 oz Crystal (Caramel) Malt: https://amzn.to/3QH6Vhf 1/2 oz Cafe Bustello Instant Expresso: https://amzn.to/4kjUfL2 1 US Gallon Water 0.12 oz Tettnang Hops: https://amzn.to/41jP2dr 0.12 oz Tettnang Hops 0.12 oz Tettnang Hops Add Additional Water to raise the total to 1 US Gallon O.G. 1.070 Additions: 1 stave French Oak Medium Plus Toast: https://barrelcharwood.com/ 42 grams (1.5 oz) Sugar "Insurance" Yeast (we used EC-1118): https://amzn.to/43fgGL7 Related Videos: Wood Aging:    • Wood Aging Mead with Barrel Char Products ...   Bottling:    • Bottling Wine Cider and Mead (Basic Bottli...   Bottling Day Chaos:    • BOTTLING DAY CHAOS!  We Bottle Homebrew Wi...   _____________________________________ Star San: https://amzn.to/3SXFoKg The Red Bucket of Sanitization: https://amzn.to/3WROzxD Self Stirring Cup: https://amzn.to/3YNfhI4 Spaddle: https://amzn.to/4bM43IQ 2 Gallon Fermentation Bucket: https://amzn.to/3KuIeBA Brew Bag: https://amzn.to/3D7NHyk Our Favorite Pitcher: https://amzn.to/4dFWNzh Baster: https://amzn.to/3DXs2c8 Graduated Cylinder: https://amzn.to/4dW26dD Hydrometer: https://amzn.to/3x8zsWY Auto Siphon: https://amzn.to/4cz8VRr Amber Beer Bottles: https://amzn.to/3WwbbUN Bottling Wand: https://amzn.to/3Ag9q5w Bench Bottle Capper: https://amzn.to/3VREkcL Beer Tasting Glasses: https://amzn.to/3yPW4fy You may notice we do not have a lot of sponsored products or sponsored ads in our videos! That's intentional. We have found most offered sponsorships are completely not appropriate to you, our audience, so we don't want to waste your time. What we actually do is offer you links to products we USE and BELIEVE in. We use the Amazon Affiliate Program for these links and we DO receive a small commission if you purchase using our links and all this comes at no additional cost to you! _____________________________________ Become a City Steading VIP - Click to learn more http://www.city-steading.com/vip-club _____________________________________ Chapters: 00:00 Hydrating Yeast 01:04 Sanitize! 01:28 Making the Wort 04:47 Hops Additions 05:47 Cooling the Wort 06:04 Straining the Wort 07:53 Adding Water and pitching Yeast 09:23 Original Specific Gravity Reading 10:11 A word about Bucket Seals 11:02 One Week Later... 12:13 Oaking 13:52 Final Gravity Reading and Racking 16:39 Bottling and Natural Carbonation 21:57 Tasting _____________________________________ Want more City Steading? Website: http://www.city-steading.com Instagram:   / citysteading