EDME SUPERBREW IRISH STOUT

[corby_brewer]

hiya all. ive just brought a kit of EDME SUPERBREW IRISH STOUT. And was wondering if anyone out there as brewed this kit. acording to what ive read on EDME's website the say "The reviewers at "yobrew" and "philspintpot" rate this as one of the best stout kits available on the homebrew market". Any feedback you you brewers out there would be most apreciated.

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[Bluejam15]

The EDME stout kit is great ... It was one of my first attempts. It finished at xmas and it all went within two weeks , everyone in my family loved it.

I have just brought another kit,but wont be starting it until July.

THis time in gonna experiment a bit. 1/2 the kit as per instructions, the other 1/2 im gonna add a stick of liquorish wood (like you can still get at chemists) to see what the difference in taste will be.

Although i am no expert two tips i found work really well.........

put your water in a bucket and leave for 48 hrs to let the chlorine out ( i "found" two of those blue water butts - hold about 18 litres each, then tip the water into my bucket )
With the formentioned blue water butts i have run two 20 litres at the same time - only difference is i have used the kit yeast on one 20 litre, then brought a seperate yeast on the other. What i have found for all kits so far is that the brought yeast is always far superior than the yeast which comes with the kits - tastier, deeper flavours and stronger end percentage... well worth the extra £1.20 I have used muntons gold which gives good results.
Follow instructions , but if attempting 40 pints take it down to 38 - 36 , you get a much better tasting brew.

I do love a stout, but have you tried any porter kits - ive done a burton bridge porter kit and i think if your a stout drinker you will like it. Tip make 36 pints instead of 40 and its spot on the same as the pint you get in the burton bridge pub (you can get the kit from matchless homebrew (see advertising link above)) Be warned its one of those drink one, drink 5 . It will be gone very quickly, and for the summer a great alternative to the heavier winter stouts. THe best kit i have ever brought...by far!!!

Cheers,

Bluejam15
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[leondz]

I've got this one going on at the moment! Used molasses in place of sugar. Doesn't taste much yet but it's got a while to go. The only thing is, it doesn't look dark enough - what makes stouts so black? Is there a way of making them blacker?

 

[tubby_shaw]

Black malt or roasted barley are what makes a stout black :thumb:
Either of these grains can be steeped and added to kits with beneficial results :

 

[leondz]

Is steeping really as easy as it sounds? I've only ever made beers from kits!

 

[tubby_shaw]

Is steeping really as easy as it sounds? I've only ever made beers from kits!

In one word Yes :thumb:
A good way to "liven up" a kit is to steep some malts and add the resulting liquid before fermentation and to steep some hops and add the liquid after fermentation :

 

[corby_brewer]

going to start my stout kit this weekend. but going to try steep some black malt (TS says this will help to add a darker colour). the question is, how do i steep? :? do i just boil the 1kg of malt? for a certan amount of time let it cool then pour it into the fv. or is it more technical than that. also goint to add a couple of sticks of liquorish wood, while its in the fv, as suggested by Bluejam15.

 

[tubby_shaw]

Steeping is as easy or hard as you'd like to make it
In it's simplest form heat a litre of water to 70C add 500g malt(adjust quantity to suit) stir, keep temp at 65C ish for 15 minutes stirring occasionally, strain out the grain husks with a sieve add liquid to beer kit :thumb:

It is not recommended to boil grains as tannins are extracted from the husks that can cause flavour and clarity issues Not that you'd notice too much in a stout :lol:

 

[Bluejam15]

Hows the brew going?
All gone yet?

What did it taste like?

Bluejam15

 

[corby_brewer]

Bluejam15 it tastes good a nice coffee taste throughout not much head on it but thak will come with age i hope.
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[leondz]

a nice coffee taste throughout not much head on it

Aye, my edme stout picked up a great head after a couple of months priming in the bottle.