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Home brew kit. Coopers home brew kit. Extra fermenting tub Bottle tree Bottle capper Bottle brush Comes with loads of bottles. Pink stain remover and sanitiser solution Everything you need to make beer for the coming winter. 2x dark ale 1 x stout 1 x real ale. Use the next two weeks wisely...

Thanks for the tip. Will boiling the water and ingredients change the flavour?

I’ve noticed that all of my toucans seem to have this weird taste in common, i’m sure it’s not an infection, and have had my mates taste it. I’m a newbie and have only been using coopers kits. I’ve made the following toucans so far. With the youngest being 27days in the bottle. I’ve made...

This is a bit of a combo post that i’ll put in both threads for the stout novice. My second batch of beer ever was a coopers stout kit and kilo. Used the kit and bag of ESB stout booster. Started drinking it after 3 weeks in the bottle and was finished the whole batch at the 4week mark. The...

This is a bit of a combo post that i’ll put in both threads for the stout novice. My second batch of beer ever was a coopers stout kit and kilo. Used the kit and bag of ESB stout booster. Started drinking it after 3 weeks in the bottle and was finished the whole batch at the 4week mark. The...

This is a bit of a combo post that i’ll put in both threads for the stout novice. My second batch of beer ever was a coopers stout kit and kilo. Used the kit and bag of ESB stout booster. Started drinking it after 3 weeks in the bottle and was finished the whole batch at the 4week mark. The...

Made a few toucans. Stout/dark ale/1kg brown sugar - will be good with more time in the bottle Sparkling/real ale/500g LDM - looking forward to this one being ready. APA/Lager/1kg coopers BE2 - too sweet. Going to try the following Stout/dark ale/500LDM/500brown sugar. Real ale and dark...

Had a sample after a few weeks in the bottle. It’s a bit sweet. It’ll be ok at Christmas after a chat with big D at the brew shop. He’s a champion. Going to make another batch. Stout kit Dark ale kit 500LDM 500brown sugar. See if it tastes better. I like a strong beer because it means less...

Update. Still in the primary fermenter. Will bottle tonight. FG 1013. Can’t wait for Christmas.

Going to get a few different toucan’s going. One Lager/APA +BE2 the other Real/sparkling Ale + 500g LDM. See how this goes.

Thanks for the input gents. The stout was in the fermenter 15days and in the bottle for 9days. I cracked open one today, no expectations of grandeur considering how young it is. All good so far. Definitely will get better with age. Cracked a bottle and took a gravity reading, 1013. Looks as...

First of all, I just want to let you know that I really appreciate the time and effort you’ve put into your replies. I think I’ll take your advice and grab a can of real ale and mix it with the pale. Makes sense to mix two ales as opposed to mixing different styles. Make a nice strong toucan...

I just bought a lager kit, pale ale kit, box of BE2 and a box of LDM. Reckon that’ll make a decent toucan?

I’ve done a search but can’t find and answer. Just wondering whether anyone has done a similar coopers toucan 1 x Coopers Lager 1 x coopers pale ale 1 box of light dry malt 1 box of BE2 I wasn’t really a fan of the standard coopers lager and hoping to up the ABV and get a better flavour...

4.5 is nice, but after drinking a few coopers best extra stouts, and a few at the local speak easy recently. I’d like to be able to have a similar beer at home. 6% in a longneck seems to be a bit of sweet spot for me when I just want to have one bottle on a Friday or Saturday while watching the...