melykabeer wrote:Guys! and the odd Gal in here lol
This is probably the best home brew i have done (1x dark ale, 1x stout + 500g LDME). Beautiful roastyness flavor, best stout ive drunk so far, I have recently polished off some bottles that are at least 6 months old, the older it gets the smoother and yummier it gets. I have 1 tally left thats nearly 1 year old, ill keep this as long as I can before i can stand to drink it. I fill to 23l its drinkable in the first few weeks in the bottle but 6 months+ really does it.
I am putting another one down this weekend with 1x dark ale & 1x stout, 500gm oat malt from craft brewer and both packets of coopers yeast.
Hey, who you calling "odd"? Now that I've taken the bait I might as well add my 2C.
I recently did a Dark Ale/Pale Ale toucan, which although it came out at 71 IBU and is more bitter than...er... a really, really, bitter thing, it is beautifully balanced and sooooo moorish. Only 2 months old at the moment and if it gets any better - WOW! Good value too - 1 schooner takes me 3 times longer to drink than my usual Ale.
Well, OK, I guess it's not a Stout, but probably as close as I'll ever get to drinking one.