Coopers Vintage Ale

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

2006 bottle at Chris_O’s 19th April 2008 tasting. Copper in colour with a white head. Malty and sweet on the nose and in the mouth. Soft palate. Alright for the likes of duff I guess ;-)

375ml bottle from Beers Of Europe. A bunch of yeast sediment came into my glass and took a while to settle. This is a very pleasant strong pale ale. It is simple and straightforward, and tastes remarkably English. Buttery toffee malt with a hint of honey. A robust but not overly strong hop bitterness which is well melded in the malt. A "sparkling" type carbonation somewhat intrudes for my taste. The sweet malt is nicely balanced by the bitterness. The alcohol provides a pleasing warmth rather than heat. It’s nicely done, though lacks character or impact.

375ml bottle, vintage 2006, picked up at Utobeer and drunk back home in Tromsø while watching the EURO2008 match between Germany and Turkey on TV. Pours an airy, semi-white head over a murky, dark brownish body. Straightforward malty to the nose. The flavour has also got a malty character with emerging notes of bitter, dark fruits added a herbal touch. A brandy-like alcohol is present throughout. It is, indeed, too much alcohol to the taste. Crisp mouthfeel. Worth drinking, though (25.06.2008).

2007 Bottle - Pours a murky orange with a small white head, yeast aplenty...aroma is dried fruit and brown sugar, flavour follows, good bitterness, finishes with a great balanced malt, certainly wait for this to warm a bit before drinking...

Bottle. Pours a hazy orange body with a creamy white head. Aroma is sweet caramel malt sweet bozzy aroma slips through. Little hop character and some burnt smoked malt in the finish.

37.5 cL bottle, 2007. Pours cloudy deep orange with a creamy off-white head. Dense malt aroma with a note of overripe citrus fruit. Flavour starts sweet malty but soon turns into a more alcohol dense, warming and solid overripe fruit flavour. Ends with a light alcohol bite and quite warming too.

Milky brown, pours with a thin head. Good malt tones and a hoppy, crisp finish. Toffee and caramel aromas... like a petite version of Big Foot.

bottle vintage 2006- pours hazy red with thin white head. lots of sediment. nose is filled with cherries fruitcake, raisins, bubblegum. very complex. tastes bubblegum loads of hops. great mouthfeel, good carbonation. some cherry.kalamata olive and peach.