Coopers Dark Ale

Brewed by Coopers Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Regency Park, South Australia, Australia

Poured from bottle into a shaker glass. I initially didn’t like the aroma, but the early medicinal smell dissapated and gave way to some mildly roasty malts, and then more sweet. mellow maltiness. The color was dark brown and cloudy with a hint of red. It had a medium-lasting off white head. In the flavor I was dissappointed that much of the rich malty aroma (that I waited so patiently for) didn’t transfer over. Also there was something unpleasant in the finish that I’ve noted in some other Cooper’s products. I’m not sure what it is, but I don’t like it. The body was of medium thickness and very overcarbonated.

The aroma is coffee like, with yeast, and caramel. The appearance is brown with a medium head and huge particles. The flavor is like the aroma with the addition of some chocolate and lots of bread like malt. The palate is smooth. It’s a simple but nice beer!

Bottle from Utobeer. Dark brown beer with thick lasting head. Subtle dark malt aroma, some choc, bit boiled in mouth. Nice yeast aroma. Choc finish. Bit like a brown ale. Fine if a bit dull but nice choc malt.

Dark brown verging on black, tan foam. Carbonic nose, slightly sprucy, a little forest floor action. Carbonic prickle on the tongue is followed by roasted malt and black forest bread, slightly bisquity with some hop backbone. Slightly acidic, ashy on the edges of the tongue but with a nice medium bodied spritzy malt core. Nice every day quaff, like a brown porter, much nicer than what I usually think of as brown ale.

Bottle. Opaque dark brown with a large beige head. Aroma of dark fruits and malts with some chocolate. Very thin mouthfeel; doesn’t really give the flavours the best chance, needs more alcohol to boot. Sweet, light caramel, light roast malts, light bitterness in the finish.

Low head, a lot of sediment. Pleasant malt aroma, but taste lacks complexity. Easy drinking, but not exciting at all

Sweet burnt malt aroma. Dark brown colour with poor head and lacing. Bitter burnt malt flavour. Fizzy palate.

11 Nov 05 - Slight fruit roast malt aroma. Cloudy dark brown colour, lowish head and low suds lacing. Pleasant malt hop flavour with a bit of caramel. A bit thin, with a roast finish. Overall it lacks complexity but is pleasant, it is an easy drinking beer.