Toucan Coopers Pale Ale X 2

[Bribie G]

I've got a can of Coopers stout, and a can of Coopers Dark Ale that I was considerring doing a toucan with. Couldnt resist when I saw them on special for $6 each at Woolies so thought they might make a good pair for something different.

Thoughts?
What else should I add?

They are both fairly bitter so I would chuck in a kilo of light dried malt extract to balance up the sweet/bitter ratio and end up with a porter-like beer of probably about 6% alcohol. Every Coopers toucan I have made has spewed out through the airlock so beware. Also drink the resulting product responsibly
PS a better yeast would probably help as well, like Nottingham or US-05

 

[HoppingMad]

I've got a can of Coopers stout, and a can of Coopers Dark Ale that I was considerring doing a toucan with. Couldnt resist when I saw them on special for $6 each at Woolies so thought they might make a good pair for something different.

Thoughts?
What else should I add?

Had a mate do the double can of stout and dark ale and said it turned out well (he didn't add anything else because he's new to brewing but was happy with the result). He did it after meeting a member of the Coopers family at a function who said that if you're going to two can that is the best combo, so he went off and did it shortly after.

Myself I did a double can of two Coopers stouts with a bit of fuggles hops thrown in - the fuggles give it a grassy flavour, like an english stout. Was very 'big' in flavour and needed about 4 months to be truly good. If you overdo the fuggles it can taste like you're drinking mown grass. With most stouts you'll find the longer you cellar them (compared to the first drink in early weeks) the better they are.

Hopper