weggl Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Anybody made the Coopers standard Irish Stout? If so how was it? Weggl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty A Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Sure have, I didn't do anything fancy with mine except a kilo of malt with the kit. I didn't mind it, it wasn't as good as the two can stout. I actually remember it having poor head retention where as most of my beers have really good head retention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weggl Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Matt, wouldn't the kilo of malt make it a little sweet? I was thinking of say 300 of Wheat Malt and 200 of Light malt. Thought the wheat might improve the head. Watchya reckon? Warren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty A Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Give it a go, I didn't think it was too sweet at all. May as well give it ago. Hopefully the wheat does improve the head as I found mine was lacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I've only done it in the "English Stout" recipe. Last taste I had it was fairly sweet - am leaving the next taste for another month or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I made it recently loosely based on the Best Extra Stout and Irish Stout recipes. Brewmaster Irish Stout to 22l 500g dark dry malt 500g Dry wheat Malt 500g Dextrose OG 1.047, pitched at 22C Brewed at 18C FG 1.014 Primed @ 6g per liter. ABV (aprox)4.8% Its bottled about 5 weeks now, tastes realy good. It pours with a decent head but doesn't hold it great. Pretty much the kind of head I'd expect from any bottle or can of stout. That's probably my fault though, because I don't keep them in the fridge before drinking. I just stick them in there for a while to get a few degrees cooler than air temperature because I don't like cold stout. I'll crack open a bottle now and if anything else springs to mind i'll add it to the post later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Lots of things sprung to mind, but i got a taste for it and kept going. Then i forgot the reason i was 'imbibing'. [pinched] Overall, yum. brew it! Maybe prime a little higher than 6g per liter. the stout itself was great, but the head was lacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty A Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 A little off the topic but one thing I noticed with my head retention was when I swapped to iodopher for a sanitiser the head retention just wasn't there (I swap between iodopher and starsan when I run out of one to keep the nasties on their toes). Once I went back to starsan all is well with the head retention again. Weird!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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