Cooper's Irish Stout verdict ....

[Mo06]

I bottled this on Sept 12th....

Cooper's Irish Stout kit + 1Kg Munton's Dark DME + 300g Cane Sugar, topped up to 20L.

Not quite a Ditch's Stout I know, but pretty near.

And the taste ...?

Malty, very malty. I guess the extra 500g of malt is responsible for that.

Not unpleasant, and it definitely improves after the first couple of sips...

[Mo06]

I should add that this is my second Cooper's Irish, I brewed the first to Cooper's own 'Stouter Stout' recipe:

Cooper's Irish Stout kit + Cooper's Brew Enhancer 2, brewed to 18L.

That one took a while to come good, but after that it was very nice.

I guess patience is the key here....

[Ditch]

Funny, that, Mo06. Ye've practically done a " Ditch's " with the Irish, look. Bottled it, granted, but that's your way. Yet, ye sound 'restrained' about it .....

Most people tend to be. I was.

Strange. They market the Irish as their premium product. Yet, made up even identically, the straight stout knocks the socks off it.

[sbond10]

i was pondering the differance between the irish and norm stout ditch reccomends norm and as ditch is the master then i shall listen but ditch are we american " a cup of sugar " i have various sized cups in my house from tiny 25ml espresso cups to 1 litre titantic sports direct cups for huge hangover cups of teas

[Mo06]

Evening Ditch, the obvious step is to purchase the Cooper's Origial Stout kit & do a back-to-back comparison.

I used to drink this stuff on a regular basis, now THAT was a decent drink...

[sbond10]

My wife mentioned a beer tour for me at saddler and I noticed they do a mud stout at 6.6 per cent that has to near ditches stout quality

[Ditch]

The obvious step is to purchase the Cooper's Original Stout kit & do a back-to-back comparison.

I've done so. Though, I downed the one FV. Then got amongst the next. Preferred the basic.

What I'd like to do would be drink a pint of each, right there and then. Both in front of me.

That'll never happen though. Because I simply couldn't be arsed to buy and make a whole Irish kit. Just to prove my personal opinion of my own tastes right, to myself

[Ditch]

I was pondering " a cup of sugar " I have various sized cups in my house .....

Half a pint (Imperial)

[sbond10]

Don't bloody change my posts ditch lol so 250g ish ta master ditch. And as for you to compare something to I was looking at the Wilko stout made to master ditches recipe then ship a bottle to you mr ditch the 15 quid post put me off rather quickly

[Ditch]

Bonders; If I just sat back and encouraged people to send me beer? I'm sure I'd have an FV standing idle

As it is ~ and as I've, time and again, had to gently break to well meaning people ~ the shipping costs into Eire are simply f**king ridiculous!

No. I'm content to sit here and read peoples opinions.

Of course, I'd like to sample any number of beers I get told of here. As ye've found though; It's just not viable. Shipping far outweighs the cost / value of the beer, 99.9% of the time.

Sh!t I have to put up with, for living in near as heaven

[sbond10]

Yep with tesco stopping selling coopers I'd thought I'd look into other alternatives like wilkos and I'd ship a bottle out to Eire made me postively sick it would honestly be cheaper for me to jump on a Ryan air plane and hand deliver it to you

[Ditch]

It would honestly be cheaper for me to jump on a Ryan air plane and hand deliver it to you

Fetch me a Snapping Turtle and I'll give ye a BK of the Original and Genuine to take home!

[sbond10]

Lol but Ryan air would charge me hold charges for the turtle

[Ditch]

Naah. It's all done with a lunch box

Get a Dog and call it " Balzac ". If I ever live to keep another Dog, I'm calling him that!

[hommebru]

sbond10, sadler's mud city is an incredible stout, probably one of the best in the country. check it out