Bottling Coopers Stout?

[sonicated]

I have tried my mates Coopers Stout made with 1kg of spray malt from a cornie and I love it. I want to make my own but I will need to bottle in 1 pint and 2 litre bottles.

With lager and bitter I can see when the yeast is about to come out when pouring and can stop. Will this be possible with Stout?

[Ditch]

I Keg mine. Simply because I don't like bottled beer. I take it you prefer it bottled?

Either way; Coopers Stout is known for its lovely, sticky sediment. In my kegs, certainly, it settles and solidifies like jelly. Virtually have to send a Dog in there to get it out, come clean up!

I'm sure a bottle freak will be along to reassure ye, presently. Meanwhile? I'd just get on with doing ye thing and looking forward to a great ~ if a bit sharp and fizzy, for my tastes ~ pint

[johnston]

I bottled mine, mainly because I don't have a keg.

after a few weeks the sediment doesnt budge. And it is a pain in the ass to wash out of the bottles !!!

[sonicated]

I do prefer cold, fizzy beer so I don't have a keg. I'll make the stout less fizzy than normal though - I'll prime with a mere 85grams of sugar

I forgot the Coopers yeast was something of legend! I'm trying to drink a Wherry at the moment made with Safale-04 which hasn't cleared after 7 weeks and the yeast hasn't compacted so I must be a bit paranoid. Thanks for the advice.

[the real deal]

The last brew Ive done is a coopers stout.
Its top stuff and I bottle all of my brews.
I simply don't have enough time to be able to drink all the beer in a few sitting(s) if it were in a barrel.
So the bottles do the job for me as I can grab one whenever suits.
The sediment issue is nothing to worry about. I just stop pouring when theres a very small amount of booze left in the bottle which usually catches all the sediment then. Plus as the others have said the coopers is fairly complact.
My own issue at the moment is that I can't seem to get a stout head on my pints once its been poured. Some people say you should increase the amount of prime but I fear that will deliver me a very fizzy pint and maybe a bottle exploder.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Just a bit of froth on top would be good to avoid the pint of coke look.

[mickhew]

I have bottled the stout and used barrells. My theory on the lack of head when pouring from bottles is this..
When I pour from a bottle, I do it VERY slowly, so I don't disturb the sediment. This action prevents much of a head from forming, I hold the glass almost horizontal, so it's my fault in a way.
If I hold the glass more upright, the head forms, much like pouring a glass of coke, i.e the beer falls from height, then hits the bottom of the glass, fizzes up a bit, then makes the head. I've re-read my post before submitting, I think it is clear?

[guidomax]

My own issue at the moment is that I can't seem to get a stout head on my pints once its been poured. Some people say you should increase the amount of prime but I fear that will deliver me a very fizzy pint and maybe a bottle exploder.

I bottled a few pints of Coopers Dark Ale and had the same problem - perfectly good beer, but no head whatsoever.
Kegged the rest and there was a decent head....

Anyway, after finishing the keg, I found a couple more bottles that I'd forgotten about. Chilled these down in the fridge before pouring (previous pours had been at slightly-under-room-temp-but-not-as-cold-as-a-fridge) and the head retention was much, much better.

So try leaving the bottles for a little longer and chill them down - of course if you prefer your beer not-so-cold, this may not work