Coppers Best Extra Stout kit hack

[benji]

Hey Peps, so I'm think of doing the Coppers Best Extra Stout kit hack, the recipe is as so

Ingredients

    1.7kg Coopers Stout
    1.5kg Thomas Coopers Dark Malt Extract
    500g Coopers Dextrose (or table sugar)
    Acitve Coopers commercial yeast culture plus brew can yeast
    Coopers Carbonation Drops

ABV work out at 6.8% when brewed to 20L
I was also thinking of putting 1ml of bourbon essence per 500ml bottle, would this be enough or would I need a bit more .
Also I have some fuggles left over from a previous, can anyone advice how I could incorporate this into this brew.
Thanks in advance
here is the link btw http://coopers.com.au/#/diy-beer/beer-recipes/stout/detail/best-extra-stout/

[LordEoin]

For the fuggles, I'd probably boil it for 15 minutes.
replace out the dark malt extract with 1kg of dark DME, coopers LME is a rediculous price.
Have you grown the yeast already? it's pretty time consuming and expensive because you need to buy a 6 pack of coopers. wlp009 is pretty much the same. I'd save a few bucks and use nottingham
I'd probably add some crystal or carapils to it also.

[benji]

Yeah I was gonna swap out the coopers malt for Muntons Liquid Malt Extract 1.5Kg Dark which is currently €7 at the hbc shop. No I haven't grown the yeast so I'll use Nottigham as you suggest, I also have some chocolate grain left over so I'll probably through some of that in too