Coopers Vintage Ale 99, 00

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Coopers Vintage Ale 99, 00

Postby drsmurto » Wednesday Jul 11, 2007 5:02 pm

Posted this elsehwere but remembered there are a few Adelaideans on here.....

Just dropped into the Brecknock Hotel - they had 16 cartons of 99 and 00 Coopers Vintage Ale selling for $75 a carton. Whilst i could have bought the lot and sold them off on evilbay for a tidy profit, i bought only one of each for myself to drink not sell. If there are any left on Friday i may grab a few more but thought i would share the love

So that means there are another 14 slabs (7 of each i am guessing) of these aged ales for the Adelaide lads to fight over..... assuming you like the stuff.

$75 a carton is more than LCPA or other micro stuff but 8 year old ale just seems like something i need to drink. At least thats how i am going to try and get it past the boss tonight......

Thats my good deed for the day.

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Postby Sathias » Wednesday Jul 11, 2007 5:55 pm

hmmm the Brecknock is just down the road from my work :twisted:

cheers for the tip :)
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Postby drsmurto » Friday Jul 13, 2007 1:42 pm

So in the interests of science..... i tried a bottle of the 99 on Wednesday night.

Actually, i had 3.

After a few porters.

Port like is the best description. Very raison tasting, still malty enough for my liking and has that warming affect from the 7.1%. Very different from what it started out as.

I liked it. But then i am partial to a beer........

Grabbed a single bottle of the current vintage last nigh to see what its like fresh. Always get strange looks when i buy a few single bottles. Guess they are more used to people walking out with slabs of VB :shock: rather than a few NICE beers 8) Havent tasted it yet, i drank the Black Sheep Ale instead, loved this on tap in the UK, still a fan.

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