Coopers Premium Lager

Brewed by Coopers Brewery
Style: Pale Lager
Regency Park, South Australia, Australia

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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I can barely find the words. Coopers once had a proud product that screamed quality & craft (even). I know what to think of this beer but I am disappointed to write it so I will leave this like the flavour, body & aroma left the bottle

Sully pretty much summed it up by saying how well Highlandlad had summed it up. So I’ll refrain from laughing and pass my opinions through into an honest rating. Poured a rather sunny shade of gold, quite clear with very fine carbonation raising up to a dense, lather of white foam that lasted and left some legs. Appearance was just above the average of the other 2000 Aussie pale lagers. Quite subtle in aroma but what I did get had warning signs on it. Lightly tinny edge to a weird blend of vinegar and nail polish remover alongside some nasties usually associated with high gravity brewing. Light notes of castor sugar lace the tongue with a hint of peppery Saaz hops in the back before all ’Pride’ in the finish. If you could hold it in the mouth without swallowing, this would possibly pass as a decent lager, but alas this is not wine-tasting. Light in body and it slowly sinks into soapy on the tongue as it warms. Aftertaste was a killer and reminded me of younger days swilling cans of Export with that lovely metal shards and rusty nail flavour. There’s not enough in this one to excite, and with the pressure now coming from inside the ranks of Cooper’s, beers like this aren’t going to save them. Disappointing!!! (375mL, No Use-by, Int’l Beer Shop, W. Leederville)

This is a dull, dire and boring beer. Water with some malt. Extra points off co Coopers should know better.

I thought with the Coopers name this would have something a little different from the usual, mass produced lagers, especially their so called premium labels. Unfortunately, I was wrong. This has little to distinguish it from any other average Australian bottled lager. While better than my poor beer yardsitck, VB, it is not worth extra for a stubby. IT smells, looks and tastes like anything mass produced about the traps. Cheers folks

Well the colour of the body is good, bright yellowy gold but with a poor head. It seems to go downhill from there. Aroma upon opening the stubby was initially malt then a lemony citrus note. Metallic in the taste with little else helping it.

The words Coopers and Lager don’t roll easily off the tongue. Right from the very start I always associated this drop with its Cloudy but fine epithet. Without wanting to take the easy way out and endorse the words of highlandlad I would like to take the easy way out and endorse the words og highlandlad. Yep, those terrible POR hops jump in and just bully poor little saaz out of the contest. This is just another one of those technically well brewed beers that is a clone of all the others of its ilk. Indeed, you would have thought with this offering that the voracious Lion has already opened its jaws and swallowed a family. If this is a takeover defense then who cares?

It’s beers like this that make you wonder why Coopers bother resisting the Lion Nathan takeover bid. If this is the future, it looks like the survival strategy is to beat off LN by making beers that are as dull as theirs. According to the Coopers website, this is brewed with a "judicous blend of Pride of Ringwood and Saaz hops". Well guess which hop wins that battle. This looks fine: pale gold with a decent souffle head, leaving some lace. But the aroma is all POR and wet dog. Tastes initially better than it looks, with some soft malts upfront but that nasty metallic POR finish spoils the party. (375ml bottle, Liquor on Parade, bb 8/6/06)