Coopers dark ale

[hong]

Right guys just need a little advice. As a bit of a novice brewer ( only ever done Coopers stout ) i was thinking of trying a Coopers dark ale. Has anyone tried it? If so what would you recommend brewing with it i.e spray malt, brewing sugar ordinary sugar etc.?

 

[Grumpy Jack]

I've tried several brews of Coopers Dark Ale and they've all come out very well (I've never had a Coopers brew fail), my favourite was using a combination of dark spray malt and brewing sugar at 50/50; it added an extra note of chewiness to the brew which was superb in a winter evening... happy brewing! :drink:

 

[hong]

Hmm sounds lovely. So was that 500gms of each?

 

[andyd]

I can't really help with past experience on this but I've just bought this kit, having been impressed by the Coopers IPA I made recently. I'm planning to use dark malt extract and beer enhancer (500g each) when I make it up, so not dissimilar to Grumpy Jack. I'd also be interested in any input on further improvements/enhancements.

 

[hong]

Cheers Andy for the reply. When you did the IPA what did you make it with? The IPA is a kit i have been thinking of doing too.

 

[dizidave]

This was my first ever ber brew and ive justabout finished drinking it.

I was quite impressed with it, it is fairly bitter, has plenty of "body" and is all together a nice drink.

I brewed mine with 1 box of Brew Enhancer 2.

 

[andyd]

Hong, I used 1kg of pale spraymalt and a few hundred grams of sugar (just to get the OG a little higher). It's been in the bottle two and a half weeks now so probably not at its best yet but the two or three "testers" I've tried so far have been pretty good.

 

[hong]

Cheers guys for the replies, looking forward to getting it on!