Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from the brewery. Lightly hazy gold, persistent ring of head, no lacing. Aroma is strong blueberry. Taste is strong blueberry, slight mustiness. Smooth texture, soft carbonation, finish as taste. Good news, blueberry is here. Seems like it was achieved with something other than actual blueberries. OK.
CLW (16859) reviewed Blues Berry Ale from Coopers Cave Ale Company 2 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
12 oz. bottle, thank you tfontana for the share. Clear golden color. Aroma shows soft blueberry. This is like a golden ale with soft blueberry hints. This is a very simple fruit beer that could be drank while watching a sporting event. Nothing off here.
tfontana (7277) reviewed Black IPA from Coopers Cave Ale Company 3 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from brewery.Dark maple syrup brown, tons of sparkle, thin head w/good retention, nice lacing.Aroma caramel malt, light pine & fruit--blueberry?Taste caramel malt, strong tart berry, bitter.Smooth, creamy texture, soft carb, fin as taste.
CoastGuardVet (6205) reviewed IPA from Coopers Cave Ale Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2
Well, might as well do this, tickers gotta tick, right?
Here we go, this oughta be fun.
Poured into a becher pint glass, the appearance was a soft bronze color with a slight transparency about it. Fast rising carbonation claims the head as that dissipates without ever thinking it existed.
The aroma was sharp metallic notes of dirt with a leafy burnt toast-like crisp drying sweetness.
The flavor had the metallic notes again pummeling any sort of tastebuds that wanted to really try this beer to it’s full extent. The aftertaste and finish I do not wish to say on ratebeer as it wouldn’t do any justice.
The feel was rustiness grinding into my tongue like a bat out of hell screaming at it saying \"Adam, your tongue will be my slave!\"
Overall, well, Cooper’s, you should probably stay in your cave to brew beers that taste, smell and feel like this. My last Cooper’s beer I’ll ever try even if it was free.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a lager glass.
The appearance was a copper color with a super quickly receding foamy to bubbly head. No lace.
The aroma had plastic coating some old grassy hops. Acetone? Really? Hmmmmm....not sure where the rest of this is going to go. Slightly worried.
The flavor was metallic and plastic and acetone. Sharp and unpleasant. Aftertaste? I’m afraid to even mention it here.
The feel, hell if I know, I guess light bodied, I think, maybe. Carbonation felt fine, I will give it that.
Overall, just a thought to anyone that’s ever paid attention to my reviews over the years on here. I believe I got this beer for free for a reason and that was to prove that I have always done my best to rate to style for correct reviewing practices and this one, basically takes the cake of totally screwing a person over in their wallet and time. Possibly worst bock ever.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a finger’s worth of extremely quick dieing head. Barely any lace.
The aroma had some mild roast, sweet milk/creaminess, herbal hop quality and a light dough sweetness.
The flavor was somewhat like plastic with the milk coming back sweeter than in the aroma. The hop quality didn’t seem to coincide and ended up causing the aftertaste to disengage everything else. Yes, a bad finish.
The feel was somewhere between light and medium on the body with a not much of a sessionability about it due to the plastic tone coming out. Carbonation, well, that felt fine.
Overall, to score this high would probably not be a rational idea, but I do wish I knew the age of this beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a burnt orange color with a small half finger’s worth of eggshell white foamy head. Light stringy lace.
The aroma had some piney hops with some spicy hop components (guessing that’s the Caliente hops). Light malt base.
The flavor leaned into the spicy and bitter parts of the hops killing the malt base for the most part. Slight dry semi-spicy sort of aftertaste flowing into the finish.
The feel was slightly imbalanced to the spiciness of the hops. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine.
Overall, a bit of a palate wrecker by the Caliente hops. I didn’t mind this one, but one to watch out for. Probably wouldn’t be the best of pairings with a fair amount of foods.
Maurice (8362) ticked Sagamore Stout from Coopers Cave Ale Company 9 years ago
Maurice (8362) ticked American IPA from Coopers Cave Ale Company 9 years ago
Maurice (8362) ticked Black IPA from Coopers Cave Ale Company 9 years ago