Note: The original post has been updated to include a new video response from Coopers. Which is only fair. The update appears below, on top of the original post. UPDATED – A […]
UPDATED: Two open letters to Coopers
The Thursday Quote
“He chooses a Coopers Light beer, and when they arrive, he dispenses with the glass on the table, explaining that beer always tastes better out of a bottle.” From Shane Green’s story […]
Finally, a can of Dr Tim’s
Dr Tim’s Traditional Ale is a bit of an oddity in the Coopers’ oeuvre. For starters, it’s only available in cans. And as far as I know, it’s the only Coopers product […]
Session #88: Traditional Beer Mixes
I’m pretty happy with myself about this Session. See, I’d totally forgotten about the last few Sessions until the day they were due to be posted, so I had to bash something […]
The Friday photo
The Sail & Anchor beer cellar
After a few years of laughing at those who cellared beer I’ve started to do it myself. And it’s all the fault of that barleywine from Sail & Anchor. I had been […]
Old Beers I Swiped – Day Six
In this whole week, this bottle of Coopers Best Extra Stout was the swiped old beer that I was most looking forward to trying. It’s Australian, which meant it didn’t have to […]
The Big Blow-off
Okay, so this happened some time last night. I only put down this straightforward hefeweizen yesterday around lunchtime and, when I walked into the laundry I smelled a very beery aroma – […]
Australian Beer History Week – Day Four
Having read several accounts of Thomas Cooper and the brewery he started in 1862, there’s one fact that gets touched on briefly. In 1872, 10 years after starting his brewery Thomas’ wife […]
A history of Coopers
Jolly Good Ale and Old – Coopers Brewery 1862-2012 Alison Painter, Tim Cooper and Rob Linn Published by Coopers Brewery One of many things I’ve learned in my two decades as a […]
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 