how do you get a coopers vintage ale?

daz · Post by **daz** » Friday Jun 15, 2007 8:53 pm

As a newbe to this forum, i do as i guess you do and take full advantage of the search enginge available for what your leaning to accomplish in your own brewin. My searches keep bringinging up "vintage ale" , What the bloody hell is it? Wen't out of my way to a specialst cellar and response was "DOH". Is this beer up top ten, do they still brew this- is it still available or realeased in small quantitys yearly?

Boonie · Post by **Boonie** » Friday Jun 15, 2007 9:00 pm

Yes it is released periodically. Buy many cases and store some + drink the rest.

And yes it is in my top 5, I love this stuff and I have only tasted 2 different years of Coopers Vintage.

Find a specialist store who generally import beer, and you will find the Coopers. There are no more in my area that I know of.

Welcome Daz, where are you from? Edit Geelong, should've read more

Cheers

Boonie

timmy · Post by **timmy** » Friday Jun 15, 2007 9:12 pm

Last time I was in my local Dan Murphy's they still had some 2006 release

Iron-Haggis · Post by **Iron-Haggis** » Friday Jun 15, 2007 9:50 pm

My local Dan's still has some of the 2006 release.

daz · Post by **daz** » Friday Jun 15, 2007 10:08 pm

Cheers Boonie, have read and learn,t from your'e back post's, among others. Faboulous foroum, we're sought of in the dark age's down here (I'm from Dry'sdale, Bellarine peninsula Victoria) , what you guys online has sort of opened my eyes up considering all we know is VB, tooheys and Boaggs- is that you can really make some grouse brews up. Doing it with your own hands just makes it! Laying down a Newcastle brown 2morrow , thought i'd try an original first, not even that avaialable here, have to order it

I buy Only coopers(much to the dismay of my mates) - THEIR LOSS . Great beer, that sparkling ale. Vintage ale? Then agaian we're onlly just getting used to seeing coopers at the bottle shop

Hogshead · Post by **Hogshead** » Saturday Jun 16, 2007 8:27 pm

Dan Murphy in Geelong has 2006 vintage.

corks · Post by **corks** » Sunday Jun 17, 2007 6:58 pm

ivanhoe durphys has a fair number of slabs left

daz · Post by **daz** » Tuesday Jun 19, 2007 10:23 pm

thanks all, got permission from the cook to visit Dan Murphy's in Geelong and sourced out coopers v-ale and Newcastle ale . Like aladan's cave. On a more serious note both beers excellent, can't compare to anything prevously sampled, very full bodied ales. Very good indeed.

NTRabbit · Post by **NTRabbit** » Friday Jun 22, 2007 4:55 am

Big ad in Thursday's Advertiser, 2007 Vintage coming soon

Pale_Ale · Post by **Pale_Ale** » Friday Jun 22, 2007 9:31 am

Nice. Apparently they will have some at the Union, NTR.

It will replace the Hoegaarden tap as I have heard the factory blew up!!

Boonie · Post by **Boonie** » Friday Jun 22, 2007 12:14 pm

NTRabbit wrote:Big ad in Thursday's Advertiser, 2007 Vintage coming soon

Thank god

can't wait for that one

Hip Hops · Post by **Hip Hops** » Tuesday Jun 26, 2007 7:56 pm

Coopers Vintage Ale 2007 released today

Very excited

http://www.coopers.com.au/media/files/2070.pdf
Looks like they are going to have longies too

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Wednesday Jun 27, 2007 10:39 am

Yep got some myself at DM yesterday. 2 cases. One for now, on for later.

Boonie · Post by **Boonie** » Wednesday Jun 27, 2007 6:30 pm

WTF....... you bugger

Had one yet?

I will search this weekend 4 sure

steve_n · Post by **steve_n** » Thursday Jun 28, 2007 6:09 pm

i'm finding this impossible to find this year. anyone seen it out north (between the barossa and salisbury) in sa?

drsmurto · Post by **drsmurto** » Friday Jun 29, 2007 10:12 am

There is a DM in the Munno Para Shopping centre - main north rd in smithfield if you can venture that far south!

steve_n · Post by **steve_n** » Friday Jun 29, 2007 1:40 pm

a bit scary down that way dr, but i checked and they don't have any yet.

drsmurto · Post by **drsmurto** » Friday Jun 29, 2007 2:02 pm

daz · Post by **daz** » Saturday Jun 30, 2007 11:25 pm

Sampled 1 stubby, Mate, how do you describe it. Cracked the top, to me smelt like scotch! LoL; have a beer every second second Friday when my son not here, asked bottlle shop guy how much coopers he sells , 1 carton a week! Guess I'm a good proposion of that 1 carton.Back to the subject a seriouslly majic brew; am thinking buying a doz- drink half keep half for ebay 10 years away