1.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
bottled. murky golden but alas this is where the similarities with the sparkling end. pretty dull, slightly bready aroma, stale hops and a weak finish.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Thick orange glow appearance, with chunks of sediment. Small head and little bubbles. Skunky citrus aromas, nothing sort of taste, very bland. So now Mild ale = Mid strength?
2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cloudy as per other coopers bottle conditioned beers, poor head, retention and lacing. Slight skunky malt armoa, no hops. Flavour is very light also, some saaz grassyness in there, minimal body/character. Finish is similar to a that of a bottle of spring water. Lightweight in every way possible.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottled. Muddy mustard yellow, small creamy head. Subdued malt aroma. Dryish and very light bodied. It seems there is not enough gravity for Cooper’s lovely malt character to come through. Instead it gets slightly metallic and has some simple crystal malt flavours with dusty hops on top of it. Low bitterness. It does to allright as a simple low alc thirst quencher, but I had higher expectations.
2.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottled: As everyone else has pointed out, I think Coopers are pulling a swifty by calling this a mild. However as a midstrenght ale in a very ordinary lineup of midstrenght beers in the Australian market, this aint too bad. Signature coopers nose and flavour dominated by yeasty fruitiness, quite thin body. Drinkable if you are forced to be driving drunken mates around the place.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle: Initial good sized head which disappeared almost instantly leaving no lacing. Bottle conditioned with home brew type cloudiness. Slight fruity aroma. I was pleasantly surprised by the slight apricot aftertaste. All in all not a bad mid strength.
1.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 6/20
Reading mild ale, I didn’t think it necessarily meant low alcohol. Cloudy orange amber with a piss-poor head that disappeared faster than you can say "damn, it’s only 3.5%abv". The weak aroma contained some citrus, mango and a bit of caramel malt. The flavour is quite bland, with not much to distinguish it from water. Palate is virtually non-existant. Really, what the hell is the point of a mild ale. And what is Cooper’s doing muddying it’s rep making one.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Glowing hazy orange...quick striking. House nose, spicy malts, screams Coopers. More of the same in the mouth; clean, slightly spicy, yeasty. Quite sharp and refreshing but unfortunately lacks palate weight. I guess that’s a consequence of the style. I think Cooper’s is trying to have a decent go at a low(ish) ABV beer and in the Australian market I think they have succeeded.
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