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I'm going to take Flattop's advice here and start a new topic on this subject, thanks Flattop. I would like to know what everyones favourite kind of kit beer is, whether it be Coopers, Muntons, Morgans, Home Brand or whatever other brands there are out there. Now if some people have tried them...

I hope this question falls under the topic here but here goes: What is everyones favourite kits as in brand names....I'm talking Morgans, Muntons, Coopers, Home Brand, Tooheys etc.....and is there much of a difference between them all? Or is it more of an individual taste kind of thing? Its...

Today I bought 500g of Dark Unhopped Spraymalt for my toucan but I think I bought the wrong yeast. My local didn't have Nottinghams so I got Saflager S-23. Would this still be ok for this brew or should I just use the 2 yeasts from the Stout cans?

Thanks Rukh, I'll have to suss that place out. Warners Bay is definitely a 15-20 min drive so its easy to get to.

I like them also, especially when they end up as souvenirs from different pubs lol. But yes they do make a great head when pouring the beer.

Where do most people get all these foreign beers from? Most bottlos I go to only have a select few available.

Well I normally stick to 5-6% but then there are some times when I end up with 8 or 9% beers and funny things start to happen that I'm not normally aware of in the morning hahaha. Best to stick to 1 longneck of them per drinking session lol.

Thanks for everyones help :)

Ahh cool thanks Interloper. I think I may just not use any hops this time around and maybe 500g of powdered malt. That should give it a nice head hopefully. Now with yeasts, should I keep the 2 Coopers Stout yeasts in the fridge for another time and use 1 of a different kind or will it need 2?

I think I need to read up more on using hops because I normally just get those hop in a bag thingy's that you leave in hot water for 10 mins and then add to the fermenter. That process probably only adds bitterness correct?

I've read through the Coopers Stout Toucan posts for this topic and I still can't decide what to do with my toucan of Coopers Stout that I got tonight so I have a few questions. Should I use no Malt, or Malt with Liquorice extract and fuggles hops? Dextrose maybe? Whats the best yeast to use...

I'm in the same boat here guys. I did a toucan of Homebrand Draught, used 3kg of the dreaded white sugar, 500g of brown sugar, OG was 1.090 and FG was 1.016...it was bottled on 04/10/08. I also did a 1 can of Homebrand Lager, 3kg of sugar, 200g of honey, 200g of Maple Syrup, OG was 1.070 and FG...

Thanks reviled, I just thought I'd find a pic of guiness to use and when the search came up with that pic, I was sold straight away lol

+1 lol

Cool thanks Goofinder, i will be trying that I think.