Coopers Dr. Tims Traditional Ale

Brewed by Coopers Brewery
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Regency Park, South Australia, Australia

This is a great hoppy bitter ale, the first ale in the world to be naturally gassed and conditioned in the can - hence the yeast in the tin. Duffman has no clue, this is a purpose made beer. You cannot take bottles into many Live Music festivals - until this beer was released, you could only therefore buy Lagers, Bitters or Draughts at these events - NOW you can get ALE!! This is a superb can of beer, better than any other tinned beer around. If you are an idiot and your mind thinks that it can taste metal, then drink Cooper’s Pale Ale! but australian drinking regulations say that these tins cannot leach any metals into foodstuffs - so your mind is playing tricks on you!

Great canned drink, is based on the Pale Ale model but with a name change. Defiently holds up on it’s own and one of the few beers that I drink from a can.

Recently bought a slab of this on special. I’m well accustomed to Coopers Pale Ale, and this is very similar, and about as good as you’ll get from a beer that comes in a can. Pale Ale has more bite to it, stronger flavour overall and is more refreshing. However, Dr Tims has less sediment, a smoother taste and doesn’t bloat you like Pale does. I’ve scored them the same, they’re much the same quality. kshort is right, it’s purpose made for music festivals, most festivals and bigger gigs in Adelaide exclusively serve this stuff and Coopers Lager, since you can’t exactly brain the lead singer with an empty can, can you? I drink Pale more, but I’m more then happy to switch to this excellent stuff if it’s on offer.

Dunno what’s going on here - can conditioned beer? Is this a first? Smells metallic with Coopers banana esters. Watery and light but not terrible. This could easily be the Pale Ale repackaged, but if it is the beer has really suffered from the different vessel. RR: sweet as hell. Not good. Luckily my housemate likes it.
RR: Had this in Adelaide and (like the other Coopers’ I had) it was much better than it tastes in Melbourne. The major difference is that it’s actually hoppy. Big grassy, worty aroma with some hop flavour too. Actually quite good.

Quite a decent yellow hue with lots of floaties. A little on the synthetic side and a bt fizzy. Not a colourful as other coopers products but quite nice nevertheless.

Pours a cloudy yellow from the can, with a large foamy white head. Some citrus fruit on the nose. A medium mouthfeel but quite spritzy on the palate. Thins in the swallow, with some citrus flavour. A hoppy dry finish.

Cloudy golden colour with big fizzy head. Disipated quickly. Big bready aroma. Pretty much a weak version of the Pale Ale. Coditioned in a can. Thanks to Mullet for the beer.

I tried this while in the East Kimberley. I’m always suspicious of any beer that is brewed for distribution in a can only-- a dubious distinction that seems to cry out "I am such a crap beer that they won’t even spend that little extra to put me in a bottle!" In my experience, all beers that are canned become "naturally conditioned" to taste a little like the can they come from, so this was no selling point for me. Poured a dirty hazy dark yellow, reminiscent of Metamucil. Head was gone in less than one minute. Faintly yeasty nose, a little sweet, and yes, a little metallic too. Watery thin palate, not much in the way of flavour (unlike nearly all of the other beers Coopers makes), but drinkable in the hot Kununarra sun. I’ve certainly had much worse from a can, but that isn’t much of a compliment really.