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Forums > General Discussion   Shooting the breeze...

Coopers; what's going on?

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Created by Ben 555 > 9 months ago, 11 Aug 2012
Ben 555
NSW, 455 posts
11 Aug 2012 8:26PM
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Love my beer - but I drink around

After many months without any Coopers in the fridge I bought a case of Greenies last night.

Got the washing done, kids fed, washed and in bed - bride happy with a bit of choccy and a cuppa in front of the box to watch a bit of Oohlympics and eagles v cats - right time for beer

Sssh - pour sniff mmmmm seems strange

Slug- what's going on - really carbonated - really thin tasting - must be just this bottle so try another ( every drinkers motto)

Same again - has anyone else noticed this or has my palate and nose been destroyed by really hoppy aromatic beer over the last few months ( little creatures Pale esp)

Testing to resume in an hour once kids are in bed - please tell me things haven't been altered fellow seabreeze drinkers ESP to the sparkling red - or is this what happens when your infedil

the gibbo
WA, 776 posts
11 Aug 2012 6:35PM
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buy yourself some coopers cellarbration, faith will be restored

king of the point
WA, 1836 posts
11 Aug 2012 7:18PM
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Love coopers to... pale ale or sparkling, if you drink lolly pop beer which i do tooheys extra dry at $38 carton Cooper takes me a couple to get the taste back.
I hate my Coopers shaken ( but will drink it either way and enjoy it ) i like the initial fresh taste and carbonation and enjoy mixing in the sluge as required
I hate it when bar staff dont give you the option

Spocktek
WA, 281 posts
11 Aug 2012 10:05PM
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Emu Export 4 eva!

surferstu
1011 posts
11 Aug 2012 10:30PM
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I bought a carton of sparkling that was pretty flat and didn't taste great. Let coopers know and they will fix it for you.

Another area of concern is coopers vintage has now dropped from 375 to 355 ml. They better not do it to all of them

Chris6791
WA, 3271 posts
12 Aug 2012 12:32AM
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Flick Coopers an email, they are normally pretty quick to address any issues that pop up in their home brew forum.

Mark _australia
WA, 22724 posts
12 Aug 2012 12:37AM
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I reckon Coopers has gone to sh!t.

I bought some and all the guarantees meant nothing. All crap.

80,000 km tread life "guarantee". Bovine excrement.
I reckon buy BFG as the all terrains are basically the same but the shallower tread means.... Oh hang on - the other Coopers.....

stamp
QLD, 2776 posts
12 Aug 2012 9:32AM
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a warm flat coopers red/green still tastes better than any of those watery sweet pi55weak 'ice' beers. i have a rule that any beer in clear glass is no good: i'm yet to find a drinkable one....and as to the other sort- i still prefer coopers to bfg- i reckon bfgs chip too quickly on rocky roads

Simondo
VIC, 8020 posts
12 Aug 2012 10:20AM
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Phone/email Coopers with the batch number, expiring date, and place of purchase.
Excess carbonation can be a problem even for experienced/professional/commercial brewers.


firiebob
WA, 3157 posts
12 Aug 2012 6:39PM
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I don't know, had a great sail yesterday and cracked a red after, was bloody nice



Sailhack
VIC, 5000 posts
12 Aug 2012 9:30PM
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Enjoying a Coopers pale as I type. I had a sparkling once & nearly gagged on a big chunk of sediment! Can't bring myself to drink it again, yet.

As mentioned, prob just a bad batch, let Coopers know & they usually make things good. It shows that the beer isn't plastic crap, it's a living thing!

Ben 555
NSW, 455 posts
13 Aug 2012 11:12AM
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In the interests of science I did some more research.

Bought two single stubbies from another source - one where I know the staff wouldnt let the stock sit in the sun / warm area - marked them got the bride to select a stubby at random from the fridge and pour without telling me.

Same response - carbonated and really thin tasting - and this was from the Control batch

Either the product has been altered or my senses have moved

I agree Stamp - its still a better beer than most of the standard fare - as for Spocktek's comment re EE - my memories of wrapping EE in wet newspaper and driving up the road with the cans lashed into a modified esky to cool it off before drinking and it still tasted Crap - aah the fun of youth

Now - I still have more research to do - a case of sparkling ale please

Davage
VIC, 182 posts
13 Aug 2012 12:05PM
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Try this Its Good Stuff. Follow link to video its educational.

http://broo.com.au/video/engine/swf/player.swf?url=../../data/video/title_01_9.flv&volume=100


Spocktek
WA, 281 posts
13 Aug 2012 5:28PM
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I'll meet ya halfway

cRAZY Canuk
NSW, 2528 posts
13 Aug 2012 9:15PM
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surferstu said...
Another area of concern is coopers vintage has now dropped from 375 to 355 ml. They better not do it to all of them


I cried after reading this.

I'm not a masive Coopers fan, I'm lucky to have 4 Pines readily available I've also been trying to drink/find less carbonated beers. Little creatures had a small batch out a month ago but if you didn't get any there's none left.

Ben 555
NSW, 455 posts
13 Aug 2012 9:50PM
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Spocktek said...



I'll meet ya halfway


Love it spocktek - pool table, beer and what looks like a turntable in the background ... Now where's my vinyl copy of get yer ya ya's out

Spocktek
WA, 281 posts
14 Aug 2012 8:32AM
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^^ it's a good spot for a beer, too good sometimes

No turntables though, that's the amp, DVD and digital box, as we still have one of those 100 tonne oldskool televisions. Spent all me dough on beer and windsurfers!



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