Black beer

[jkhlt1210]

G'day guys I'm looking for a really good black beer recipe. I use only coopers cans so maybe a Dark Ale with DME and some hops???? Any ideas

 

[bradsbrew]

Here is one I done a few times, quite a few years ago. Worked well but is a little bit of extra work but well worth it. http://aussiehomebrewer.com/recipe/730-old-convict-stout/

Cheers

 

[manticle]

Black beer like a stout?
Or a schwarzbier?

Anything commercial you are inspired by? When I did tins, I had success with thomas coopers heritage stout, some lactose, a mix of dme and dex and some s04 yeast.

 

[jkhlt1210]

Cheers for that. Not a stout I had a Montieth Black Beer recently and loved it.

 

[Liam_snorkel]

You could do a basic coopers pale kit and steep a few hundred grams of carafa to get the colour and some mild roastiness without going into stout or porter territory.

 

[MartinOC]

You could do a basic coopers pale kit and steep a few hundred grams of carafa to get the colour and some mild roastiness without going into stout or porter territory.

Great idea.

Perhaps a bit of lactose, steep some crystal & a neutral yeast & you might get a passable Dogbolter.....?

 

[Yob]

If you want the colour only you could also consider dark candy sugar.. Ross had a BIPA at the tap takeover in Melbourne that was pretty good, black without the roastyness you would expect from as beer that dark