2.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Nose of sweet roasts, more Coca Cola than beer. Brown pour, no head, no lace. Taste of a little malts, barely discernible that this is a dark beer, a little hops, maybe, but no bitterness, but without the hateful spoiled taste of its lighter cousin. I can’t imagine drinking the rest of this one or even cooking with it ... this one will be sacrificed as a source of steam for my smoker.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle, sweet, metallic, very carbonated, not much flavor or aroma, or texture its a below average brown.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle at cropredy 2007 ... deep black ... blackcurrent and chocolate nose ... bit too fizzy, well way to fizzy i stirred it till it went flat ...complex ... sweet smooth roast malts ... This to me is what a mild should be all be a bit too high in alchohol.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle, Dodgy Deli, Oxford. Leather brown, small light tan head. Earthy chocolate aroma, a bit of that rustic Coopers sour note. Gentle brown bread roast, bright carbonation. Dry finish. Unimaginative, but still enjoyable.
2.3 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Brown colour with a little head, nothing special looking. A nutty flavour with a definite hint of chemicals. Not sure what to make of it. Somewhat enjoyable, somewhat not.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. This didn’t press any of my buttons. Cloudy brown with a moderate head. Aroma of molasses. thin in the mouth, with a flavour of dark fruits and next to no finish. Disappointing.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Pours a dark brown with very little head. A slight aroma of coffee and burnt wood. A lot of carbonation, the bubbles made it quite harsh on the tongue. Initial taste was a little malty, but also quite bitter. Practically no aftertaste, it was rather watery. Dissapointing, considering the high quality of all the other Cooper’s beers I’ve tried.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle from the Dodgy Deli, Cowley Road, Oxford Poured dark brown in colour which was pretty much as expected I suppose, very little head. Aroma a bit malty and some coffee. Tasted a bit thin and watery, some coffee, malts and sweetness but overall an ok if rather forgettable beer.
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