Southwark Pale Ale

Brewed by South Australia Brewing (Lion Nathan Co.)
Style: English Pale Ale
Thebarton, Australia

A great aroma. Probably slightly fresher tasting than coopers. Wonderful cloudy appearance, sort of a cloudy version of the premium.

Strong complex nose with thin, fine head. Excellent lacing. Light woodiness and sweet maltiness combine into a balanced ale. Better as it warmed toward room temp of about 12ºC or 54ºF, no increase in the ethers. Softer late notes and finish are clean and very dry,.. or is that me.. MMMMMM need more SPA.

The flavour doesn’t have as much character as Coopers pale but is still a very refreshing pale ale.

very good value for money here. Nice colour and aroma just needs a touch more flavour. I htink this is a very good Pale Ale. Best poured from a can into a glass.

Good with fish’n’chips. A good ole fashioned Adelaide kinda beer. Very pale indeed, even paler than Coopers pale, and with a better head too. Lightly woody fruity flavours (peach, passionfruit) and a good deep earthy bitterness to anchor the overall light, refreshing texture.

Lovely pale orange appearance, with a creamy, frothy head and decent lace, quite light on in the flavour depatment, but extremely fresh, refreshing mouthfeel, nice and dry, its decent.

Aussie pale ales are pale, a bad thing. Green labels on brown bottles are too. The beer itself is a bit of a surprise with some positive notes. This is in the same league as the premium I think.

Loads of yeast in the glass, head not that great, pale colour. Lightly sweet, lightly tart, some lemon-lime flavours, reasonably fresh malt character, but not all that exciting, though the interplay of the pale malt and lime is pretty good. A reasonable attempt at a Coopers Pale Ale clone/competitor but obviously I think they could have loftier goals.