Cooper's also manufactures DIY kits, reusable plastic bottles, and boxed brew enhancers.

[citation needed] In 1970, the retail price of a bottle of Coopers ale was 41 cents:[6] To celebrate the 125th anniversary, the board commissioned Adelaide historian Alison Painter,[7][8] (wife of John Painter, an engineer employed by Coopers in 1968 to oversee the upgrading of the brewery plant and the reduction in plant maintenance costs),[9] to write "Jolly Good Ale and Old : The history of the Coopers Brewery 1862–1987".

[14] Since 2003, the Regency Park brewery has used a gas turbine based cogeneration plant to supply steam and electric power requirements.

It was ultimately rejected at an Extraordinary General Meeting when the holders of 93.4% of the shares voted in favour of permanently removing the 3rd tier purchasing rights of Lion Nathan, effectively preventing any current or future takeover bid.

[16][17][18][19] Prince Alfred College held 70,000 shares (5%) in Coopers Brewery, which had been received in a bequest.

[citation needed] On 9 March 2017 Coopers Brewery launched a limited edition premium beer (in both can and carton) to commemorate the bicentenary of the Bible Society.

[22][23] Public outcry arose over the use of the Coopers Brewery branded beer in a video[24] of the Bible Society debate over the issue of same-sex marriage.

[25][26][27] Coopers Brewery issued two statements on 12 March 2017 in response to the backlash[28][29] and also posted a tweet saying they were not trying to push a religious message.

[30] Various venues in Melbourne and Sydney subsequently announced they would no longer be stocking Coopers beers.

[31][32] On 14 March Coopers issued a further statement declaring they were cancelling the release of the Bible Society commemorative cans and joining Australian Marriage Equality.

In April 2022, it announced a major expansion of the Regency Park site, creating a visitor centre, microbrewery, whisky distillery, and outdoor dining area.

The new visitors' centre, designed by Studio Nine Architects, opened on 28 August 2024, but the first whisky will not be ready for sale before 2028.

They are widely available in bottles and (to a lesser extent) cans around Australia and New Zealand, and occasionally at specialist importers in other countries.

In the twenty-first century Pale Ale is Coopers' most heavily marketed, most recognised, and most successful beer.

[47] In 1849 he married Ann Laycock Brown (1827–1872) in the Wesleyan Chapel in Skipton, and they had three living children when they arrived in Port Adelaide on 24 August 1852.

Their first home was a rented two-room cottage near the Rising Sun Inn on Bridge Street in the then village of Kensington, about three miles east of the city.

He did all the work himself (purchasing, calling for orders, brewing, washing, filling, corking and wiring the bottles, delivering the finished product), while continuing to attend the cows, run the dairy, and do the daily milk deliveries.

Although with half-a-dozen breweries in Adelaide, there was a lot of competition, Thomas's ale was unique in that he used no sugar, "consequently, ours being pure, the doctors recommend it to their patients".

By 1867 he had over 120 customers, some quite notable (such as Samuel Davenport, John Barton Hack, George Hawker, and Dr Penfold), but he did not supply public houses, "apparently because it was against his principles".

[47] Dr Tim Cooper AM,[52] who entered the family business in 1990 after training as a medical doctor and working as a cardiologist in the UK for some years, became managing director and chief brewer, taking over from his father Bill.

The company continues to be family-owned and run, with the majority of the board being members of the Cooper family.

[60][59] Thomas started recording his brews in 1862, and by the late 1860s he was employing one man, and his teenage son William.

After initial success and expansion, in the late 1860s Thomas had many problems with the quality of the brews, and the business did not fare well for the next decade.

In 1870 he sold all his property to meet his debts, and moved to rented premises in High Street, Kensington.

[61] Although Thomas continued to refuse to sell to public houses, and the licensing laws required his minimum sale to be five gallons, his customer base continued to expand, and on 23 July 1881, the first ale was brewed at the much larger newly purchased and built premises in Statenborough Street, Leabrook.

Under John's influence and monitoring, there was greater uniformity of the materials used, and the quality of the products steadily improved.

[3] In 1962, when the two remaining Adelaide brewers were fearing takeover, SA Brewing and Coopers did a share swap.

The constitution stated three tiers of purchasing rights: Lots of legal activity, injunctions, claims and counter-claims followed.

Eventually the Coopers Board gained a ruling that allowed them to call an Extraordinary General Meeting to decide a motion which would remove the "third rights agreement" from the constitution.