Got hold of a Coopers Irish Stout brewmaster kit at my local home brew shop.  I used brewing sugar and Muntons spray malt light in the kit, as recommended on the tin. I used one and a half Coopers carbonation drops in each 500ml bottle.  This is the first time I’ve used spray malt and carbonation drops in any kit.  During fermentation the temperature was fairly steady as we had some nice mild autumn weather, there wasn’t much froth produced during the process but from reading forums other people have similar experiences with this kit.

The kit had 7 days fermenting and has had 8 days in bottles so far.  The result after 8 days is:

A very tasty Irish stout that will certainly get better with age.  There was a good head and texture to the stout.  Made with 100% Warwickshire water.  The instructions recommend putting a few bottles aside for a year or two, I think this might be hard to do…