Coopers Stout hops

[ChairmanDrew]

I'm probably going to do a stout next brew. So far I'm looking at using 1.5 light LME, and thinking I'd like to give it a light hoppiness.

Any suggestions hop wise for what and when to put in?

 

 

[Pints]

46 minutes ago, ChairmanDrew said:

I'm probably going to do a stout next brew. So far I'm looking at using 1.5 light LME, and thinking I'd like to give it a light hoppiness.

Any suggestions hop wise for what and when to put in?

 

 

To be honest, in my experience, leave out the hops mate. Stout is about the malty flavours. Maybe do a small dark malt steep? 

[Shamus O'Sean]

8 hours ago, ChairmanDrew said:

I'm probably going to do a stout next brew. So far I'm looking at using 1.5 light LME, and thinking I'd like to give it a light hoppiness.

Any suggestions hop wise for what and when to put in?

 

 

I tend to agree with @Pints on this.  Given the strong flavours (chocolate, roastiness, liquorice) in a Stout, it is difficult for any hops to stand out from that.

An alternative might be a Black IPA style.  Consider something like the Coopers recipe Shiner - Black IPA.  If you wanted a full sized (23L) batch, you could use:

• Coopers Bootmaker Pale Ale
• Coopers Dark Malt Extract
• Light Dry Malt - enough to get you to your desired ABV
• 25-50g Galaxy hops - in the same proportions as the Shiner recipe

[Oldbloke]

It's your first stout. Just add some malt and see if you like it. Then go from there.

[Classic Brewing Co]

10 hours ago, ChairmanDrew said:

I'm probably going to do a stout next brew. So far I'm looking at using 1.5 light LME, and thinking I'd like to give it a light hoppiness.

Any suggestions hop wise for what and when to put in?

 

 

I agree with @Shamus O'Sean Quote:  Given the strong flavours (chocolate, roastiness, liquorice) in a Stout, it is difficult for any hops to stand out from that.

I myself have never used any for that reason & have looked it up many times, but for interest's sake I found this article on a Stout that mentions hops. Of course, there are many others but I would think that is mainly aimed at advanced AG brewers.

Once we achieved a rolling boil, we added 1g/L of Cascade for bittering at the 75min mark of a 90min boil then 0.75g/L of East Kent Goldings into the whirlpool after the end of boil (wort temp < 96ºC) for aromatics.

https://blackhops.com.au/how-to-brew-a-stout/

[ChairmanDrew]

OK, points taken. I do love a classic stout, but was just keen to use some hops that I have, as well as experiment a little.

So I'll probably play it safe and just do a can of Coopers Stout goop and a can of LME goop, BUT, I reckon I'd like to have a go at adding some ground coffee, like in this thread over here...

 

Edited May 25 by ChairmanDrew

[GregT5]

A simple stout recipe that the guys at Coopers developed years ago was:

Coopers Stout can, Coopers Dark Ale can and 1kg Dextrose. Both kit yeasts. 21 litres. 

They said it was pretty close to their commercial Best Extra Stout.

I have brewed it a few times now and can vouch for it being a very good stout.

[Oldbloke]

11 hours ago, Oldbloke said:

It's your first stout. Just add some malt and see if you like it. Then go from there.

Just repeating.  A coopers stout with 1kg of malt is a good stout. Try experimenting after u try that.