Coopers Dark Ale

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

Serve in Dimpled mug

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I thought the bottle and label looked neat and thought this might be a decent import. I was horribly wrong. It had a peanut, yet tinny, aroma that was nearly nonexistent. Brown color, floating sediments, thin tan head. Weak charcoal taste. Finish is generically bitter, like some sort of resin. Not gross, but uninspired and poorly made/kept.

pours the deepest amber with a thin tan head. not much aroma, some slight roasted malt. taste is fairly tame with some good malt flavour and a slightly sweet finish.

Pours a dark brown colour with a light brown head. Aroma is malty, with notes of caramel and nuts. Taste is also malty with some nuts and caramel leading to a light bitter finish. Not bad.

From a 375ml bottle on 19/2/2012. Pours a cloudy dark brown with a big head. Has a slight caramel malt aroma. The flavour is quite roasty, with some sweet caramel and toffee in the mix. Has a light body and medium carbonation. A solid, if unspectacular, brown ale.

I had this one a long time ago. If I have the chance to drink it again, I’ll update this rating

Bottle from Mane Liquor. Kind of like Tooheys Old, but not as sweet and a little more roasty. Nice enough dark ale

Uncomplicated brown ale with hints of coffee and bitter flavours. Barely any carbonation.

poured dark brown with beige head and light lacing, a good degree of maltiness, but could use a little more bitterness, but overall an easier drinking dark ale.

Bottle. Poured with a medium, frothy & fading but regenerative tan head atop a dark brown body. Slightly choccy on the nose with biscuity and roasted malt tones. Biscuity, bready malts. A bit hollow on the mid palate & slightly grainy. A delicate roasty bitterness to finish. Light to medium body, fair carbonation with a lingering sweet malt aftertaste.

Not a bad beer. Not a big fan of dark ales but this one goes down pretty easy. Nice mixture of flavours and a strong finish.

Bottle from Kris Wines. Pours black with reddish tinge. Aroma is nice. At first it’s fruity: orange, dried fruit. Then roasted flavours coming through and chocolate and coffee. Taste is disappointing though. It’s too carbonated, bit thin in the mouth and lacking body. More of a swartzbier than stout or porter. Not a lot of flavour coming through, although slightly too chilled. On the finish it’s roasted flavours, again lots of fizz. Bit watery.