which stout to make

[el squids]

HI all , thinking of getting a stout on for my son who enjoys a pint of the black stuff ,seem to be stuck between a coopers and a brupaks ,would love to hear your veiws also any suggestions on things to add many thanks all :

 

[johnnyboy1965]

Try Youngs Harvest Stout. Pound for pound its a top beer (some brewers are put off because its so cheap). If you want to improve it even more, use 1kg of dark DME and use a dedicated liquid "Irish Stout Yeast"

 

[el squids]

thanks for quick reply johnnyboy,its not one id have thought of as you say bout being cheap but the liquid yeast would make defference for sure,and i had forgot that so thank you , :

 

[shearclass]

Possibly my favourite kit of the 15 or so I have done was Muntons imperial Stout.

 

[abeyptfc]

coopers brewmaster irish stout is a cracking pint, i brewed with1 kg dark spraymalt it was stunning after a few weeks. a proper xmas drink

 

[Molineux]

I have made something like this before
http://www.beersmith.com/Recipes2/recipe_158.htm

Kits are great but you really get the satisfaction when you brought the stuff and made it yourself.

Maybe even get your son to help you.

 

[calumscott]

I did the Coopers Irish with all medium spraymalt then batch primed with treacle on someone's recommendation here.

It's a terrific pint. I'll be doing another one...

 

[Pearlfisher]

I've a Brewmaker Irish Velvet Stout kit to do , which I bought on the recommendation of my local homebrew store , he said it was very popular with his customers , he also sells a lot of Cooper's stout kits BTW.

I'm going to add a 1.5kg can of coopers liquid malt to it for extra body when I get around to doing it.

 

[lagerlout]

I did the Coopers Irish with all medium spraymalt then batch primed with treacle on someone's recommendation here.

It's a terrific pint. I'll be doing another one...

I'm just about to do this kit and have though about batch priming with treacle, how much did you use? I was planning on making it with 50/50 sugar and dark spraymalt.

 

[calumscott]

This thread made me dig out a bottle - they're getting rare...

I primed at 115g which is just a wee bit too much. I'd go about 90g next time.