coopers stout tips please

[KevP]

Well, my Dark Ale is still only three days in the keg on its 'warm week' but had to draw a sample just now
Its blooming lovely, got a wonderful smell and although its dark its clear, great head and cant wait to taste it again in 4 weeks (ok 2)

[Ditch]

I had a follow up exchange with Paul Burge at Coopers who revealed that the Coopers Brewmaster Irish Stout Kit was specifically developed to be somewhere between Guinness and Murphy's...thought ye might be interested.

That's sacrileges!!! I can only hope that Murphy's must be astronomically good ~ because I'd hate to imagine Any Coopers Stout being anything like Guinness

[Trough Lolly]

Heh, heh, methinks you're not a Guinness fan...!

By the by, the 560IBU apparently isn't a typo - Paul assured me that that's the IBU's in the canned concentrate and it's up to us to water it down to the desired level, based on volume. It's all good in theory, but what happens when we add 1kg of spray malt???

They talk about it on their website. http://coopers.com.au/homebrew/hbrew.php?pid=4

Cheers,
TL

[tadbrewer]

well played chaps!

just tried my first coopers stout, (a.k.a "ditchs stout") after only 5 days in barrel. The taste was very pleasent, and through my limited experiance this should turn into a true cracker!

much much better than the edme irish stout already!

[THE EMBALMER]

its all gone tipped the keg to get a bit more out but it tasted rank so down the sink it went ,but at least the keg is ready for the second batch . tried my york brewery thats been maturing in the loft...that went down the sink as well think i cocked that one up (1st brew)
ah well will have to wait until next week to taste the black gold

[KevP]

its all gone tipped the keg to get a bit more out but it tasted rank so down the sink it went ,but at least the keg is ready for the second batch . tried my york brewery thats been maturing in the loft...that went down the sink as well think i cocked that one up (1st brew)
ah well will have to wait until next week to taste the black gold

Thats some crap luck mate
But it free's up FV space for more brews if nothing else

[Ditch]

its all gone tipped the keg to get a bit more out but it tasted rank so down the sink it went, but at least the keg is ready for the second batch ~ black gold

It genuinely hurts, to think of a man trying for that last drop of his, beloved Coopers Stout ..... and finding it not only 'gone', but ' gone over'. Never happened to me yet. Because I use a crafty - and very careful - system of propping the back of the keg, as the level reaches critical. I ease her up onto 1/2" thick pieces of wood. Always putting the last under before I give it up for the night. This, I find, leaves that last bit to settle out. Thus the very last bit I drain from my (Basic) kegs tastes great.

Strikes me ye need more kegs?! Basic's are cheap .....

[THE EMBALMER]

good tips ditch when it gets down to a few litres will find a sheltered spot for the keg and give a wee slanting towards the tap then i can get the last glass full out
my second batch with the dark lme smell goood. been in the fv 6 days ,getting very itchy kegging fingers but will be patient and check fg on sunday and if same monday ...bish bash bosh in the keg it goes.
there was plenty of kanka at the bottom of the keg i am guessing normal after the secondary ferment?!
just bought some coopers ipa for my mate to do ,well i will go and do it at his house and some real ale for me with extra hops will bottle this one then get some more stout on the go for the kegging .i think more kegs is the order of the day. might have to work away in wales soon so need to get a few kegs on the go to take with me and brew in my digs of course.
i guess this coopers stout is like a dog or a baby did not know what you where missing but now ...cant see your self not with it ,if you get my meaning.. i think its the landlord talking had a few down the workies this aft . laters stout lovers glyn

[THE EMBALMER]

kegged my second batch with the dark lme tonight after 10 days in the fv
the fg was 1020 thought it might have gone lower than that but not to worry not too worried about strength as long as it tastes good and i think it will.
it as as black as t"fire back!!
will leave to the weekend before having a taste
only because i have picked up some sort of bug and off food and obviously beer wont help...bugger

[KevP]

only because i have picked up some sort of bug and off food and obviously beer wont help...bugger

Nonsense! I wont hear such words of heresy!

[Operator]

Mine has been conditioning in the loft since the 25th of jan, I've been steadily working my way through it and Ive found that the flavours are less complex now. It's still very nice but it has lost some of it's chocolate hints and some of it's richness. It is in a king keg top tap, when I topped up the co2 it gave it a bit more life but I still prefer how it tasted when it was very young. Has anyone else found this? Any ideas? Someone metioned that theirs was much better after a month.


On the plus side this means I don't have to wait too long for more!

[THE EMBALMER]

sorry guys being a wuss but filling the sink up at 2 in the morning is not my idea of fun, and all the sympathy i got from the bedroom was"i hope thats not my toothbrush your using to clear the plug hole"

back to things going down and staying down:
i thought that after a week in the keg when it had nicely cleared ,how could it get any better , then there was very subtle changes in flavour until the last mouth full about a week later.
i think it is very nice young , cant comment on the taste when matured ,i doubt i will ever know
i drank a lot of it flat as i filled 2 litre bottles up to transport to various places and it still tasted fantastic only one comment about needing a bit of life in it,but that was a woman
all i can say is roll on sat when i can taste this new batch ,might even have a sneaky peak on the morrow

[THE EMBALMER]

having a little sample and its very chocolatey to say the least. when you smell it its like when your a kid and you have eaten all you chocs and sit sniffing the box for an hour or two!!
has a strong burnt iron like after taste that lingers but i reckon that will calm down a bit ,its only been in the keg 2 days since wed night!! very dark but not cloudy .
i think its a definite winner this one will leave to mature a bit longer i reckon ,well at least until tomorrow ha

[hailtotheale]

hi are you lot talking abut coopers basic stout or the brewmaster selection?

[Ditch]

Just the basic Coopers Stout, mate. People dealing with the Brewmaster version tend to mention that and use other threads for their discussions. Quite a different thing, apparently. I've no personal experience of CBMS myself so I don't get involved