Course Reviews

Hugo Leonardo

“The course teaches not only how to brew stunning Imperial Stouts, but also tells us how inclusive beer should be to everyone! Loving it!”

“The course teaches not only how to brew stunning Imperial Stouts, but also tells us how inclusive beer should be to everyone! Loving it!”

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John Charvat

“Very thorough explanation of the process and great ideas on things that will help me brew better stouts. My first one after watching just a portion of this class turned out amazing!”

“Very thorough explanation of the process and great ideas on things that will help me brew better stouts. My first one after watching just a portion of this class turned out amazing!”

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rrebold@yahoo.com .

“Seems like a really solid approach to brewing big high gravity stouts. I even liked the main narrator's repetition, it helped lock in the points that he was talking about. I think I picked up a couple of techniques I'd like to try.”

“Seems like a really solid approach to brewing big high gravity stouts. I even liked the main narrator's repetition, it helped lock in the points that he was talking about. I think I picked up a couple of techniques I'd like to try.”

→Read Less

Hugo Leonardo

“The course teaches not only how to brew stunning Imperial Stouts, but also tells us how inclusive beer should be to everyone! Loving it!”

“The course teaches not only how to brew stunning Imperial Stouts, but also tells us how inclusive beer should be to everyone! Loving it!”

→Read Less

John Charvat

“Very thorough explanation of the process and great ideas on things that will help me brew better stouts. My first one after watching just a portion of this class turned out amazing!”

“Very thorough explanation of the process and great ideas on things that will help me brew better stouts. My first one after watching just a portion of this class turned out amazing!”

→Read Less

rrebold@yahoo.com .

“Seems like a really solid approach to brewing big high gravity stouts. I even liked the main narrator's repetition, it helped lock in the points that he was talking about. I think I picked up a couple of techniques I'd like to try.”

“Seems like a really solid approach to brewing big high gravity stouts. I even liked the main narrator's repetition, it helped lock in the points that he was talking about. I think I picked up a couple of techniques I'd like to try.”

→Read Less

Hugo Leonardo

“The course teaches not only how to brew stunning Imperial Stouts, but also tells us how inclusive beer should be to everyone! Loving it!”

“The course teaches not only how to brew stunning Imperial Stouts, but also tells us how inclusive beer should be to everyone! Loving it!”

→Read Less

John Charvat

“Very thorough explanation of the process and great ideas on things that will help me brew better stouts. My first one after watching just a portion of this class turned out amazing!”

“Very thorough explanation of the process and great ideas on things that will help me brew better stouts. My first one after watching just a portion of this class turned out amazing!”

→Read Less

rrebold@yahoo.com .

“Seems like a really solid approach to brewing big high gravity stouts. I even liked the main narrator's repetition, it helped lock in the points that he was talking about. I think I picked up a couple of techniques I'd like to try.”

“Seems like a really solid approach to brewing big high gravity stouts. I even liked the main narrator's repetition, it helped lock in the points that he was talking about. I think I picked up a couple of techniques I'd like to try.”

→Read Less

Hugo Leonardo

“The course teaches not only how to brew stunning Imperial Stouts, but also tells us how inclusive beer should be to everyone! Loving it!”

“The course teaches not only how to brew stunning Imperial Stouts, but also tells us how inclusive beer should be to everyone! Loving it!”

→Read Less

John Charvat

“Very thorough explanation of the process and great ideas on things that will help me brew better stouts. My first one after watching just a portion of this class turned out amazing!”

“Very thorough explanation of the process and great ideas on things that will help me brew better stouts. My first one after watching just a portion of this class turned out amazing!”

→Read Less

rrebold@yahoo.com .

“Seems like a really solid approach to brewing big high gravity stouts. I even liked the main narrator's repetition, it helped lock in the points that he was talking about. I think I picked up a couple of techniques I'd like to try.”

“Seems like a really solid approach to brewing big high gravity stouts. I even liked the main narrator's repetition, it helped lock in the points that he was talking about. I think I picked up a couple of techniques I'd like to try.”

→Read Less

Hugo Leonardo

“The course teaches not only how to brew stunning Imperial Stouts, but also tells us how inclusive beer should be to everyone! Loving it!”

“The course teaches not only how to brew stunning Imperial Stouts, but also tells us how inclusive beer should be to everyone! Loving it!”

→Read Less

John Charvat

“Very thorough explanation of the process and great ideas on things that will help me brew better stouts. My first one after watching just a portion of this class turned out amazing!”

“Very thorough explanation of the process and great ideas on things that will help me brew better stouts. My first one after watching just a portion of this class turned out amazing!”

→Read Less

rrebold@yahoo.com .

“Seems like a really solid approach to brewing big high gravity stouts. I even liked the main narrator's repetition, it helped lock in the points that he was talking about. I think I picked up a couple of techniques I'd like to try.”

“Seems like a really solid approach to brewing big high gravity stouts. I even liked the main narrator's repetition, it helped lock in the points that he was talking about. I think I picked up a couple of techniques I'd like to try.”

→Read Less

About This Course

This course includes 68+ minutes of video

The Black Is Beautiful initiative has made a difference. In 2020, more than 1,200 breweries in all 50 states and 22 countries participated in the open-source collaboration to raise funds and awareness for diversity and racial justice—a cooperative effort without any known precedent. However, even before that project took on a life of its own, Weathered Souls cofounder and head brewer Baskerville already had a strong reputation among fellow brewers and Texas drinkers for his characterful imperial stouts and other beers. 

In this 68-minute video course—which we at Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine® have made freely available to all—Baskerville breaks down his approach to brewing Black Is Beautiful and other imperial stouts, including: 

  • Designing imperial stouts with balance in mind
  • Constructing a grain bill for complexity and body
  • Tips on mashing in, lautering, and sparging heavy stout mashes
  • Kettle caramelization, long boils, and hop additions
  • Managing high-gravity fermentations with oxygen, yeast, and nutrients
  • Choosing your flavor adjuncts, and how and when to add them
  • Barrel-aging imperial stouts

And much more, including recipes from Baskerville himself.

Instructor

At Weathered Souls Brewing, Marcus Baskerville is on a mission to earn San Antonio beer a national reputation—and to help change the industry’s relationship with Black brewers and drinkers.

Marcus Baskerville

Cofounder/Head Brewer, Weathered Souls

Instructor

At Weathered Souls Brewing, Marcus Baskerville is on a mission to earn San Antonio beer a national reputation—and to help change the industry’s relationship with Black brewers and drinkers.

Marcus Baskerville

Cofounder/Head Brewer, Weathered Souls

Instructor

At Weathered Souls Brewing, Marcus Baskerville is on a mission to earn San Antonio beer a national reputation—and to help change the industry’s relationship with Black brewers and drinkers.

Marcus Baskerville

Cofounder/Head Brewer, Weathered Souls

Instructor

At Weathered Souls Brewing, Marcus Baskerville is on a mission to earn San Antonio beer a national reputation—and to help change the industry’s relationship with Black brewers and drinkers.

Marcus Baskerville

Cofounder/Head Brewer, Weathered Souls

Instructor

At Weathered Souls Brewing, Marcus Baskerville is on a mission to earn San Antonio beer a national reputation—and to help change the industry’s relationship with Black brewers and drinkers.

Marcus Baskerville

Cofounder/Head Brewer, Weathered Souls

Course curriculum

  • 01

    Welcome

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    • Welcome!

    • Breakout Brewer: Weathered Souls
  • 02

    Brewing Black is Beautiful (and Other Imperial Stouts)

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  • 03

    Fermentation + Making it Your Own

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  • 04

    Last Words & Thanks

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  • 05

    Appendix: Supplementary Materials

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