Coopers Stout

Best Stout yet by Alan - Email Reviewer @ 06, Sep 2010
Steeped 150 grams of chocolate malt for 30mins and added to the barrel with 1 can of coopers stout and 1kg of copper nut brew enhancer. Filled barrel up to 19L. OG reading was 1032 but this was because I hadnt mixed the can in enough, 24hrs into fermentation realised it wasnt mixed properly and gave it a stir. Brewed at 24C for 8 days. Bottling SG was 1011, at bottling tasted great, surprisingly similar to Guinness and chocolate flavour came through brilliantly. Afetr a week in the bottle its good but I wish I had left it flat to be honest.

You Can't Go Wrong by Doug - Email Reviewer @ 20, Aug 2010
Excellent beer! I've made this several times, straight, with DME, and with different sugars. All were delicious. A refreshing flavourful beer with a hint of bitterness at the end. Great beer. This kit always has an active fermentation, so a larger pail might be a good investment. This kit won't let you down. It does improve with age, but it will be drunk quickly once your friends try it.

Not bad by Michelle - Email Reviewer @ 22, May 2010
4+ weeks in in the bottle and it keeps getting better. My husband says there is too much carbonation. I think it is too light, but we are both drinking it and enjoying it. Friends and family have said, "I don't like stout, but this is really good." Brewed as directed by Coopers, but used 750 g. dextrose rather than a kilo. I would like to try is again but with the two can method.

coffee stout by Bad Lee - Email Reviewer @ 20, Apr 2010
I got the idea from an American bloke.Where as he was going to use instant coffee,i used filter coffee.First I brewed a pot at double strength,the poured the brewed coffee back into the machine and re-brewed with double amount of coffee again.Then added priming sugar with 5ml of rocket fuel coffee .OUT OF THIS WORLD!I will do this again every time I brew coopers stout!

Stoutish by Voskar - Email Reviewer @ 21, Feb 2010
Not a stout person but I though I'll give it a go. Kit plus BE2 23litres. After one month flat and very bitter, burn taste. After 6 months need creamy head and mellow taste. Nice to have on a Sunday lunch time drink. Just bottled version 2 with 1.5kg can of plain malt extract. This one has a less burnt taste. Still young in the bottle. More to come.

stout indeed by brian oc - Email Reviewer @ 29, Jan 2010
Made this twice with 1 kg dme. Left primary for 3 weeks and bottle for 2 months. Fantastic result. as good as you could hope for and then some....well worth a try. Nicer than most commercially available bottled stouts in ireland anyway.

Top Brew! by MegaByte - Email Reviewer @ 02, Sep 2009
I mixed a can with 1kg of white sugar and 500g of golden syrup and fermented around 21degrees. This one tasted great! It was a smash hit with the friends and it ran out pretty quick. Now I'm fermenting a pantry raid version with left overs from other beers.

My first homebrew by Steve - Email Reviewer @ 24, Jun 2009
Just finished bottling this and I'm drinking a glass straight from the fermenter. It surprisingly tastes just like coopers best extra stout, just warm and with no bubbles. Mild burnt and bitter tastes with a very clean aftertaste. It smells a bit fruity though. I made it with 20l water and 1kg of regular white sugar in a plastic water cooler thing with a brigalow airlock and an aquarium heater I got from the pet shop. I let it ferment at 23c for four days as the instructions said. It volcanoed out of the airlock on the second day and made a big mess. I'm keen to know what this will be like after it has sat in the bottles for a few weeks. Good introduction to home brewing I think.

2 Can by Wisey - Email Reviewer @ 28, Apr 2009
On special for 8 bucks a can so had a go at this: Two Cans, 15grams Fuggles, Safale yeast. 18 litres of water. At three months old a bit too bitter but nice flavour. Would do again.

top stout by nick - Email Reviewer @ 12, May 2008
did this one with stout booster (250 ddme, 250 dex, 500 black sugar) & an extra kilo of ddme. never heard of black sugar but thats what it said on the label. used brewers choice ale yeast & kept at around 22 deg for 7 days. 5 weeks in the bottle and this is a fantastic stout, nice bitterness, not overly burnt & great fine head which stays the hole glass. will make this one again.