JesseRC
Well-Known Member
I have done a few Partial mashes, 1 extract, 1 All grain and 2 Coopers kits. I have to say that all of the beers that I have made have been excellent. My wife won't drink anything but Dos XX so I made her the Coopers Cerveza as a cheap brew, it was ok and even better a few months later. So I decide to brew a Coopers Stout as a quick way to replenish a B3 Stout Extract that I ran out of. I keep reading that I shouldn't throw any beer out, but its been sitting in the Keg for 2 months now, and I just can't stomach it. It really taste bland , not like there's anything wrong with it, just not a stout. It taste like a dark sweet Coopers Cerveza. I guess it doesnt help that it finished carbing just as my first All grain AHS Fat Tire Clone was done. The All grain Fat Tire clone is spot on and all I can say is that its wonderful, I won't even tell anyone about it for fear that they will want some. So is it just in my head (snob) or do all of these Coopers kits taste the same , they have this awkward after taste. The Cerveza kit taste great... with some lime I guess. It's just that i've heard many brewers on this forum say they have made some great beer with these kits... I just dont seem how. The B3 Stout extract kit I made had steeping grains and I just found a bottle of it in the cooler... that beer was great. I guess its all in the extra steeping grains and hops that made it great. I really dont want to be a snob...I was really hoping those Coopers Kits could have lived up to the reviews i read.