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Courage 1945 Ale

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Formerly brewed at John Smiths (Heineken UK)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Tadcaster, England
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 5   MEAN: 1.78/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.02   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
During the war and from as long ago as 1813 H&G Simmonds - now part of Courage Ltd - were suppliers of beer to the Armed Forces. 1945 Ale has been brewed based on an original H&G Simmonds recipe retrived from the archives at Courage, to bring you the taste of the day.


1.5
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 6/20
chriso (7065) - London, - DEC 29, 2006
Old bottle, age uncertain, consumed at Kookfest, September 2006. Mid brown colour. Nothing much left apart from some caramel and sweet toffee. Any hops that were around at the outset have left the building. Very dull mouthfeel. Pretty unpalatable.

1.2
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 4/20
duff (5483) - St, Margarets, Greater London, ENGLAND - NOV 13, 2006
Bottle. Sharp acidity, sweet caramel flavours. Mouthfeel is old and tired, and the sherry notes seemed to have gone a little too sour. Interesting to try these things anyway.

2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Mungo (2472) - Southampton, Hampshire, ENGLAND - SEP 22, 2006
Bottle @ Kookfest. Sweet toffee. Thin old feel. Hops have disappeared not great.

1.6
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
harrisoni (10070) - Ashford, Kent, ENGLAND - SEP 15, 2006
Bottle at Kookfest 2006. Toffeeish, bit thin. Copper colour. Very thin in mouth, bit of sherry. Empty. Yuck.

2.6
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
SilkTork (4736) - Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom, WALES - SEP 6, 2006
Kook’s Farewell Bash. Toffee. Tobacco hops. Old notes. Not very interesting. It seems odd to revive such an ordinary beer - and the recipe is a bit suspect as during the war the abv of beers went down as supplies of barley were rationed.


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