Hi.
Found a simple recipe on the Coopers website. Called "Extra Smooth Bitter", it only needed a tin of Coopers Bitter, Brew Enhancer #1 and 200g Molasses. Bought the ingredients, mixed up the adjuncts first, and then opened the tin only to find that is contained a stout !!!. All the labelling, that is the paper label and the details stamped on the bottom of the tin indicated that is was supposed to be a bitter.
Has anyone else had a similar problem?
When a Bitter is a Stout
Re: When a Bitter is a Stout
The Coopers Bitter is a dark beer.
In the fermenter is the made up wort black as the ace of spades at midnight, or merely dark? If it is the former, you may have a stout, if it is the later then it is the bitter.
Either way you'll get a nice beer out of it.
Cheers,
Greg
In the fermenter is the made up wort black as the ace of spades at midnight, or merely dark? If it is the former, you may have a stout, if it is the later then it is the bitter.
Either way you'll get a nice beer out of it.
Cheers,
Greg
Re: When a Bitter is a Stout
Thanks for the comment.
Yes, that thought had crossed my mind, but having made a stout the previous week, the contents of the tin was the same - as black as the "ace of spades", with a taste to match.
No doubt the brew will turn out OK, I was just looking forward to the bitter as recommended by the Coopers website.
Cheers!
Yes, that thought had crossed my mind, but having made a stout the previous week, the contents of the tin was the same - as black as the "ace of spades", with a taste to match.
No doubt the brew will turn out OK, I was just looking forward to the bitter as recommended by the Coopers website.
Cheers!
Re: When a Bitter is a Stout
+1 for guessing it's the right thing in the tin. The bitter is much darker than you'd expect and very bitter. When you make it up it still looks very dark. When you pour it into your glass it looks like a dark amber ale.
w00t!