Best Stout kit?

[The Bishop]

Can anyone recommend a Stout kit?

 

[Aleman]

Coopers Stout + Medium DME - Don't go any darker than medium . . . The Kit doesn't need it

 

[The Bishop]

Thanks Aleman,

I;ve only used Kits so far - but for many years.

What do you mean by + medium DME?

Am I missing a trick? Thanks for your help.

 

[Alan Clark]

Dried Malt Extract, you can buy it in varying degrees of colour / roast and use it to replace the sugar that the kit will tell you to add.

I did a Cooper's Stout with Dark DME and it came out well.

 

[Aleman]

The coopers Kit consists on one tin of Malt extract to which you add an additional kilo of fermentables (Either Sugar, Brew Enhancer or dry malt extract). For the stout kit, to make the best of it, I have found that a kilo of Muntons medium Spraymalt gives the best results (Spray malt comes in several grades from Extra Light through to dark) . . . Logic would say that for a stout you would want to use the darkest possible, but I think the results are less than palatable.

One other thing to be aware of when using malt extract is that the finishing gravity will be higher than stated in the instructions (probably around 1.012-1.015 rather than 1.006), as malt extract is not as fermentable as sugar.

 

[Cussword]

I've made several of Brewmakers Irish Velvet, & found it to be very good :thumb: