Why the hotel? I had come to Adelaide, where while there's a Coopers flag outside every bar (no seriously - every bar), and a couple of Coopers Pale Ales in every hotel minifridge (a definite improvement on the norm), it seems wider craft is floundering. I hunted down a bottle-o to check out some locals and after the server has leisurely taken his 10 minutes to run up my 4 bottles, cracked into this hitherto unforeseen rare bird of an ale.
It's a very clear pour here with a reasonable fizzy head. The nose gives up pils metallicisms first off but then delivers something a bit sweeter, I had thought honey or something perhaps, combined with probably Australian Pale Ale yeast.
The body is pretty sweet overall, but also delivers some nice nutty characters at odds with anything I was expecting and these become more apparent as it warms. It's a bit of a spin first up but not bad once you're used to what you're getting, though there is still just that tiny itchy hint of metal on the finish holding it back.
Label says it's their inaugural brew made using solar energy, rainwater, and 100% recyclable techniques (good thing here, I hate seeing places using unique brewing techniques every time that aren't reuseable). Quite enjoyable on the whole - keep doing what you're doing, chaps. Perhaps there is a future for Adelaide after all ? 6.0
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