Coopers dark ale v Coopers stout

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hong

Coopers dark ale v Coopers stout

Post by hong » Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:21 pm

Right, the only kits i have ever done are Coopers stout ( Ditchs ) & have had fantastic results with it. My latest brew is a Coopers dark ale, & even though it is only 3 days into the brew it looks & smells like a stout. Obviously its gonna be a lovely dark brew but to the more experiencd brewers out there, is there much difference to the end product? Also, for those who have done both, which do you prefer? Ditch, you dont need to answer this one! :D

hard water

Re: Coopers dark ale v Coopers stout

Post by hard water » Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:06 pm

my cooper's dark was bottled last week, cooper's stout in currently in the FV. i'll let you know in a month :D

hong

Re: Coopers dark ale v Coopers stout

Post by hong » Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:43 pm

A month?! Thats too long, how can you keep your hands off it that long?!!!!

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Re: Coopers dark ale v Coopers stout

Post by Ditch » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:08 pm

Hong; I may not need to. But, I'm going to anyway :wink:

I've done a Dark. It's bloody lovely! I just, personally, happen to lean that almost imperceptible bit towards stout, these days.

It's not a contest. They're both a gorgeous pint. Don't beat yeself up over which one ye happen to choose to make on any given day Image

hard water

Re: Coopers dark ale v Coopers stout

Post by hard water » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:51 pm

hong wrote:how can you keep your hands off it that long?!!!!
lots of bottles of other stuff to drink first :mrgreen:

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Coopers dark ale v Coopers stout

Post by SOS_OPA » Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:16 pm

Which Dark do you mean? The Coopers can, or the Dark Ale recipe from the Coopers site (which actually uses their Pale Ale kit)?
Interesting that the only recipe that includes the Dark kit is the Imperial Stout!

If it was the can, what recipe did you use?

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