It would be unfair to describe Coopers as the Steven Bradbury of Australian beer, but I’m sure it would have come as a surprise to a younger Tim Cooper – when his father told him there may be no future in the brewery – if someone had suggested that he would one day run Australia’s… Read more →
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Coopers celebrates 10 years at Regency Park
Coopers’ state-of-the-art brewery at Regency Park in Adelaide celebrates its 10th anniversary today (Monday, November 21). However, it’s business as usual on site as the company prepares to celebrate its 150th anniversary next year. The Regency Park brewery was officially opened by Premier Rob Kerin on November 21, 2001, to replace the old brewery at… Read more →
Touring Coopers Brewery
Coopers is Australia’s largest independent brewery. Still run by members of the Cooper family, they have held their own through many difficult periods for almost 150 years. Most of their beers are ales, brewed with the same care and yeast that was used over a century ago. As the world’s largest exporter of home brew… Read more →
Sydney chew and review
Hospitality group Merivale, responsible for such Sydney hotels CBD Bar, Slip Inn and Royal George, are participating in this year’s Sydney International Food Festival and as part of that they are offering a meal deal of a pie and Coopers Pale Ale for $20. We’re reluctant to plug hotels that we haven’t set foot into… Read more →
Coopers forms alliance with US Anchor brewing
Media Release Coopers Brewery has signed a distribution agreement with leading US craft brewer Anchor Brewing Company, which is expected to increase Coopers’ sales throughout America. The arrangement may also lead to Coopers importing and distributing the iconic Anchor Steam beer in Australia within the next two or three years. Coopers Chairman and Marketing Director,… Read more →
Tim Cooper on Coopers
Tim Cooper on Coopers, as told to Matt Kirkegaard. Article first published in 2007 Beer occupies an important place in Australian society. It also occupies a fairly important place in my family’s history. So it is exciting to see how vibrant the Australian beer scene is at the moment including the rapid growth of craft… Read more →
Coopers boosting brewery capacity
Coopers Brewery continues to grow and I find myself feeling a little sorry for them from time to time these days. Go back jus a decade and they were revered by many as a bulwark against the blandness. For such a long time they were the one choice in many pubs and restaurants for those… Read more →
Keeping it in the family
This article was first published in Virgin Voyeur Magazine in 2006. Looking at Coopers Brewery now, riding high on the premium beer wave sweeping Australia, you would be forgiven for thinking that Tim Cooper has had an easy ride in the family business. However, it’s not been all plain sailing for the Coopers Managing Director,… Read more →
Coopers time machine winner announced
We will definitely be holding more competitions because our ever growing band of readers obviously wants to win cool stuff, at least judging by the number of entries we have received to our last two competitions. And with the number of entries for the Coopers Vintage Ale Tasting pack even exceeding the Brew Masters DVD’s,… Read more →
Win a Coopers time machine
We have had a really good reaction to our story about the 2011 release of Coopers Vintage Ale, that described how to go about cellaring the beer to create your own Coopers time machine to enjoy an annual vertical tasting of Coopers strongest brew. We have even had readers submit photos showing off their attempts… Read more →