Stout for my Dad

aligator_am

Ahoy folks, I was thinking of brewing up a batch of Coopers Irish Stout for my Dad for Father's day...

What I'm wondering is this, have any of you brewed this before? (bear in mind that I'm a super noob when it comes to brewing lol), am also thinking that the very earliest the guts of this brew would arrive is either Monday or Tuesday next week, how long do you reckon it should be in the fermenter prior to bottling?

All advice is welcome

Thanks
Al

BeerNut

Two weeks in the fermenter and three weeks in the bottle should get you done. Make it with spraymalt instead of sugar or enhancer for best results.

Martyn1989

aligator_am wrote: »

Ahoy folks, I was thinking of brewing up a batch of Coopers Irish Stout for my Dad for Father's day...

What I'm wondering is this, have any of you brewed this before? (bear in mind that I'm a super noob when it comes to brewing lol), am also thinking that the very earliest the guts of this brew would arrive is either Monday or Tuesday next week, how long do you reckon it should be in the fermenter prior to bottling?

All advice is welcome

Thanks
Al

All the homebrew suppliers I've ordered from have been very quick, you'd surely have it by Monday if you order asap.

Make sure to check out the other Coopers Irish Stout thread as there'll be loads in that to help you along http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056623941 and beoir provide great info and easy to follow instructions http://www.beoir.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33:getting-started-brewing-beer-with-beer-kits&catid=17:kit-brewing&Itemid=48

aligator_am

BeerNut wrote: »

Two weeks in the fermenter and three weeks in the bottle should get you done. Make it with spraymalt instead of sugar or enhancer for best results.

I'm looking at the homebrew company site and they say 1kg spray malt, do I need any additional sugars or is the 1kg spraymalt OK on it's own?

As I say I'm a newbie at that lark, just thought it would be nice for me Da for Father's day

aligator_am

Martyn1989 wrote: »

All the homebrew suppliers I've ordered from have been very quick, you'd surely have it by Monday if you order asap.

Make sure to check out the other Coopers Irish Stout thread as there'll be loads in that to help you along http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056623941 and beoir provide great info and easy to follow instructions http://www.beoir.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33:getting-started-brewing-beer-with-beer-kits&catid=17:kit-brewing&Itemid=48

Yeah the thing is at the moment I'm broke, get paid on Friday so will order then, likely the stuff will land on Tuesday

BeerNut

aligator_am wrote: »

do I need any additional sugars or is the 1kg spraymalt OK on it's own?

Yes, that'll do it by itself. You'll need some extra sugar for priming on bottling day, but any table sugar will be fine for that purpose.

sharingan

aligator_am wrote: »

What I'm wondering is this, have any of you brewed this before? (bear in mind that I'm a super noob when it comes to brewing lol), am also thinking that the very earliest the guts of this brew would arrive is either Monday or Tuesday next week, how long do you reckon it should be in the fermenter prior to bottling?

The coopers Irish stout gets a lot of thumbs up from my brewers in crime. Looking to source my own soon and play with it a little.

What beernut says about the timings. As always take hydrometer readings at the start and at the end.

calvin_zola

this is a brilliant tutorial for coopers irish stout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1T3mUlPeM4



I used this for what was my first brew last year aswell, very easy to make and you can get the liquid malt on homebrewwest aswell
http://www.homebrewwest.ie/coopers-brewmaster-irish-stout-17kg-446-p.asp

obv you can sub out the carb drops if you want, they are just glucose really, don't use brown suger to prime though

you can forget the hops etc if you don't want them... it would make it a little more interesting... keep everything sanitized and over 20degrees, it should ferment agressively and it should be a beautiful stout

i would suggest getting these for it also and flogging them in -
http://www.homebrewwest.ie/bb-fuggles-1453-p.asp
just follow instructions on the packet...

All the best and happy brewing!!!]


edit - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=74655065&postcount=42 here are a few pixs of when i made this stout

sharingan

@Calvin_zola great informative post!

Among my brewing circle of friends, the Coopers Irish Stout is one of the most popular kit brews. I haven't tasted it, but my friends can't get enough. Also, some of the lads 'trick' it out - typically adding cocoa to make it a chocolate stout. Also there are some who add hop pellets and I have been part of a few discussions that considered adding coffee, vanilla or cinnamon.

It seems to be a really easy/forgiving kit to modify, which to my mind makes it a good kit for a novice who wants to stretch his skills a bit.

calvin_zola

sharingan wrote: »

@Calvin_zola great informative post!

Among my brewing circle of friends, the Coopers Irish Stout is one of the most popular kit brews. I haven't tasted it, but my friends can't get enough. Also, some of the lads 'trick' it out - typically adding cocoa to make it a chocolate stout. Also there are some who add hop pellets and I have been part of a few discussions that considered adding coffee, vanilla or cinnamon.

It seems to be a really easy/forgiving kit to modify, which to my mind makes it a good kit for a novice who wants to stretch his skills a bit.

I agree about it being a forgiving kit. I will be moving away from Kits soon, and want to make a nice oatmeal stoud for my first trip down half mash route.

I will make one more coopers stout and I am going to add some coffee and dark cooking chocolate as an experiment, I will then bottle and put away till the winter. My father and I agreed that it got better and better in the bottle after a few months. Way nice than guinness murpheys, thirsty now -_-

sharingan

In that sense, then the Coopers Irish Stout seems to be the gateway kit to advanced brewing techniques (partial/all grain).

At the level now, where I am about to do my first grain brew (I literally have about 4KG of Maris Otter, donated freely), and a couple of rustic ideas I can try it out on.

calvin_zola

yup here is one Im starting on soon

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056643013