Beer
Coopers Beer
Is an icon of south australia. it is often described as the biggest small brewery in australia. it is still family-owned. all coopers products claim to be made by "natural" methods. there is a range of products from crisp lager styles to dark stout. south australian pubs will often have coopers pale ale on tap, which while not as distinctive as a craft beer, certainly gives the beer aficionado a tasty beer option not widely available in other states.
West End
Is the local mass produced lager, on tap just about everywhere.
Southwark Premium
Is also produced by mass produced lion nathan, but at a smaller brewery in thebarton. arguably one of the best brews produced in australia by the mega-brewers.
Beer measures in South Australia are the schooner and the pint. A schooner is a smaller measure, known variously as a middy or a pot elsewhere in Australia. A pint isn't a pint at all, and is a larger size known as a schooner everywhere else in Australia. In most pubs in SA a pint of pale will return you a reasonable measure of Coopers Pale Ale.