Coopers Original Pale Ale

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

Hazy golden all with chunks floating throught, head was a foamy white. Had a pleasant fruity malt aroma. Very nice spicy malt taste with a light bitter zing.

Bottle shared with and courtesy of HogTownHarry. Pours a hazy golden-yellow with an average size semi-lasting foamy white head with lots of floaties. Sweet aroma of grain, yeast, fruit, honey and hops. Flavour of fruity malt, yeast and honey finishes with a mild spicyness and light bitterness. Light bodied. Not quite on style for a Pale Ale but it’s still decent enough and easy to drink.

Bottle (12oz). Shared with blankboy, my bottle. Poured murky yellow with huge chunkies, decent foamy-fluffy white lasting head. Smells like a standard, if slightly grainier than usual international "pale ale" - by that I mean I get light malt, light yeast and dry, floral hops, hints of citrus and a little earthy. Taste isn’t bad - a fair bit of citrus to the malt, the hops are very mild indeed, and the malt is quite sweet - but the chunkies didn’t resolve into anything nasty, and there’s no corn or chemicals that I can detect - this is pretty good, actually! Mouthfeel is lively yet oddly flat (lively yes, carbonated, not really), a little sticky and too quick off the tongue, and the aftertaste is a little harsh - overall enjoyable, certainly a 3, and I suspect way better on tap.

Pours a slightly hazy light golden color with a medium white frothy head that lasts for some minutes and leaves a small lacing. Aroma is rich in yeasty, fruity notes showing a "Belgian" profile. There are traces of apricots, banana, honey and soft spices. Unfortunately the flavor is not up to par with the hoppy bitterness of a German Pilsener, hints of banana and maybe too much yeast. Not really bad but not good either since this is supposed to be a Pale Ale. Light bodied and a bit overcarbonated. The finish is decent though and leaves a mild aftertaste. Watery texture. I’ll stick with the Sparklling Ale better.

12 oz. bottle. Poured a cloudy, golden yellow, with a the residue of fermentation suspended in the bottle. Very little head or lacing, which kept this score from going higher. Started out slightly bitter, but settled in around mid-bottle, to a nice smooth tasty beer with a good finish. Not quite qwhat I expected from a Pale Ale, almost more like a Weiss at the end, but at on 4.5% abv, I could, and probably will, drink several on a hot day this summer.

Grainy malts, honey, wet hay and a mildly funky note in the aroma. Hazy golden body is topped by a low white head that recedes to ring. Grainy cereal malts up front are joined by mild herbal hops and mild finishing bitterness. Light-medium body with fair carbonation. Bottle (Best After 140505) sampled with MartinT, Olivier_MTL, Rastacouere and Siroy.

dark orange color, no head, apples fresh fruit, mild hops and yeast, bready and citric

Pale yellow orange with poor head retention. Lots of yeast sediment at the bottom of the bottle. Very mild grassy/fruity aroma. Flavor is mild throughout with some grassy hop, some nobel hop. Sharp top of the tongue bitterness, but not strong bitterness. Slightly metallic. Not bad, but I wouldn’t call it good. Might be a good BMC stepping stone.