Coopers Vintage Ale

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

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

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Bottle from SB, cons 2010-09-28, Göteborg AR: spicey hoppy aromatic aroma, pear youghurt AP: hazy reddish coppar, 1 cm fluffy of white head F: sprity, toffee, high bitterness, have it been stored for 5 years?

Well, doesn’t this just Christmas? Toffee, warm yet fresh, spices... Flavour pretty much carries it on, adding a bit of roastiness, more robust hot cocoa than coffee. Not as impressive in the mouth, though, but still quite good.

Hazy amber/copper. Dried fruit, caramel malt and alcohol in aroma. Pretty much the same in flavour. Smaller taste than expected and the alcohol comes thru pretty much.

Appearance: 3/5 It poured a hazy amber-copper-orange liquid with a minimal white head. Smell: 6/10 Dried fruit, marzipan and brandy. Taste: 6/10 Relatively mild taste of dried fruit, marzipan and brandy. Mouthfeel: 2/5 Semi-harsh mouthfeel, light body and medium amount of carbonation. Comment: I thought this was a barley wine so my comments had that direction. I felt it didn’t have enough flavour for a Barley Wine, but even considering it as an English Strong Ale it’s fairly mild. Could use some more complexity and width. I’m going to store a bottle to see how it evolves over time.

12.7 oz. bottle. Vintage 2008. pours an initially thick, gradually thinning light beige head, over a cloudy amber (SRM 9) body, with some light sediment....nose is light malts with a bit of dried fruit (cherry, raisin) light molasses....taste is dry to start, then sweet dried fruits (fig, cherry, raisin), finishing with lingering hop bitterness....mouth feel is medium, carbonation low. The malt back bone dominates until the bitter finish. It is not as complex as many in this general style, but is pleasant enough to drink. BJCP 6/3/12/4/6

Bottke at home. Cloudy red/amber - white head. Candy, sweetness caramel, alchoclic, high malty, yeasty, light bitterness, raisins, fruity, ok.

smells doughy and malty with a trace and candy and alcohol. looks like a mild brown ale, decent feel. flavor is quite nice. soothing malt, very well balanced and warming. overall, a nice sessionable beer.

Cloudy amber pour with lots of sediment. Off-white head with a dense lace. Licorice, caramel and honey malts, though not sweet. Medium body, some citrus hops. Prefer this one with the sediment left behind and it definitely benefits from being served at cellar temps. Will age one of these for a while and see where she goes.

375 ml bottle from Systembolaget. Bright amber colour and cloudy appearance with medium sized, brownish head. The aroma is light with notes of some floral hops, yeast and caramel malts. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with some carbonation. A bit thin for it’s ABV. The taste starts off with medium bitterness (hops) and comes to a sweeter ending with a hint of alcohol. Very well balanced overall. This is very good, but it doesn’t stun me.

Amber with small head. fruity, plum jam aroma, malt. First comes a taste of sweet fruit and malt. Secondly comes the bitterness of hops and strength of alcohol. Body medium, text slight oily, carb average, finish lasting bitter.