Coopers Best Extra Stout

Brewed by Coopers Brewery
Style: Foreign Stout
Regency Park, South Australia, Australia

What a pleasant surprise! Dark, really "effing" dark! Not quite impy stout territory, but a deep respectable dark blackish brown with a nice healthy dense tan head, which unfortunately went down fast. The nose is wonderful. Sweet chocolate malt, some fruit (guava, pineapple?) and a bit of roast. Not so balanced, but not cloying, and very promising smelling. The mouthfeel is about what I’d expect from a good imperial stout, all the better in this somewhat weaker style. Thick and viscosity, with a bit of foaming up, but not too much. Really creamy. The flavors are in line with all the other quality aspects of this beer. Creamy chocolately beer with some fruity aspect that I just can’t put my finger on. It might be the Hershey’s chocolate syrup flavor in here that takes this down a peg from being one point better, though this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Big creamy chocolate finish with a bit of a hop bite and roast in the finish. I’m going to finish this off with a 60% cocoa chocolate bar... mmm. I’d buy more of this for everyday consumption. This might become the stout of the house.

It is very dark in here, all I can see is a fluffy brownish head floating above. But I am not afraid of the dark. Is there something burning?? Coffee? Bread? Chocolate? I like it all, give me more!! Hummm... But I am not sick, why are you giving me medicine? Brunette, what are you doing here?!?!? .......... We have so few stouts available in Brasil that I still feel a beginner in this style. After reading the reviews here I was very excited with the possibility of tasting a world class specimen of this style. But I was not so impressed. I liked it, but I was expecting more. The tartness and medicine flavour is a little off to me. And it tastes a bit like a Brazilian stout (La Brunette), that I always thought was flawed. Anyway, give me another.

I has hesitant at first as Australian brewerys aren’t really known for stout, however my fears were unwarranted. A beautifully rich stout that got better with every draught. I like stout to be nice and dry and this one was, the head was a rough tan and lasted to the bottom of the glass. Worth going back for seconds, thirds, fourths, fifths, shixths, shevenshs...

Very surprised to see that this one only comes in in the 87th percentile. It’s one of the best stouts I’ve had. Thick and black as night, gorgeous white albeit small head even after an aggressive pour. I love the chocolate/coffee/malty aromas. The flavor is all about classic stout deilshousness. Nice and thick, lots of malts. Perfectly balanced bitter finish. So glad I stumbled upon this one. To me it’s everything a great stout should be.

Bottle. Black beer with a small, light head. Very musty, chocolatey aroma. Extremely thick body, with nice bready notes and a very bitter and long finish. Definetily my favourite of the Coopers.

Opaque, oily black body with chunks of suspended yeast; bubbly, quickly dissipating tan head. Mild roasty aroma. Flavor is bitter and a bit sour, with burnt chocolate and coffee notes. Fair amount of hops bitterness. Finish is dry and tart. Pretty tasty but for the sourness.

One of my first Aussie beers, mate. They know how to do it down under! The aroma was caramel and chocolate. The taste was the same but with a smokey roasted flavor. A pitch black pour with a kangaroo colored head. The only complaint I’d have is that the taste leaves too quickly. I like the taste to come back like a boomerang and this didn’t do it. Better than alot, but not in the tops.

Opaque black, light brown head. Caramel and fruity fill the aroma. Caramel and weak roasted malt in flavour. Some chocolate found too. Kind of watery palate for a stout