Courage Directors (Cask)

Brewed by Wells & Youngs
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Bedford, England

Serve in English pint

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UPDATED: JAN 31, 2010 1. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich (JDW) 08/03/2001 Bitter and malty. Fruity aftertaste. 2. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich 26/11/2002 Copper coloured and creamy with biscuity flavour. Slightly dry malt finish. 3. Cask Handpump at On The Waterfront, Exeter 17/06/2003 Amber golden coloured and bitter with a full malt finish. 4. Cask Handpump at the Blue Cap, Sandiway 20/06/2003 Amber coloured and fruity. Slightly dry full malt finish. 5. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich 18/07/2004 Copper amber and slightly fruity. Some dryness in a malt finish. 6. Cask Handpump at the Albert, Llandudno 20/07/2005 Amber mid brown coloured and fruity. Slightly dry malt finish. 7. Cask Handpump at the Hare & Hounds, Crowton 24/02/2007 Small white head. Floral aroma. Mid brown coloured fruity and a little sour. Some bitterness in a crisp and slightly creamy lasting malt finish. 8. Cask Handpump at the Bishop Blaize, Stockport 09/06/2007 Fruity aroma. Copper mid brown and fruity with some dryness in a slightly bitter malt finish. 9. Cask Handpump at the Roebuck, Northwich 10/07/2008 Some fruit and malt aroma. Copper amber coloured and fruity with a little dryness and bitterness in full malt finish. 10. Cask Handpump at the Roebuck, Northwich 19/07/2008 Some fruit aroma. Amber golden coloured smooth and a little sweet on the palate with a slightly dry malt finish.

I found this on tap at the Rummer Tavern in Cardiff. If it says Superior Ale at the bottom I got it right. It poured an amber liquid. Malty beer with a low amount of hops. Some burned toast and a slight roasty bitterness. Toasty smell and taste, a bit one-dimensional.

Very normal bog standard bitter. Nothing to write really. What you’d expect.

A staple beer found in the JDW chain throughout the land!! Last sampled this bitter in the Salt Cot, Saltcoats (JDW) in April 2006. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear copper red in colour with a thick creamy white head. Slight malty tang in the aroma with good mouthfeel. Robust pale malt complexes giving fiery digestive malt with dry woody oak flavour in mouth. Sharp tang of hop resin in the aftertaste. Not a popular beer with the locals and took a bit of a concerted effort by all to remove it. When seen in other JDW oulets - I regard it as a lack of imagination from management in not trying out local microbreweries - there’s plenty out there to choose from!!

Half at The Royal Children, Castle Gate, Nottingham. Typical brown/auburn and with a thin, patchy head. Faint treacle aroma. Tastes medium bitter with an average finish. Hoppy. Slight hint of sweetness coming through in the end. Thin. Not unpleasant but, as with so many I have drunk recently, it is in need of an extra something to mark it out from the crowd. Average bitter here.

Deep orange color with a modest head. The nose is malty, caramel a bit of wood. The taste is sweet and grainy, less bitter than your standard example for the style. The mouthfeel’s medium. OK.

Cask @ Back of Beyond. Pours clear copper amber with a nice white head. Aroma is malty, hoooy and fruity. Flavor is malty, a bit sweet, some caramel, fruity and medium bitter. Finishes bitter and a bit fruity.

Cask in The Tipperary, London. Tasted alongside Pedigree and there is no discernible difference. Generic English bitter. Clear dark brown colour. Nose is but of caramel malt and not much else. Taste is caramel, sweet malt grain and not much bitterness.

Cask at Price Alfred Queensway, London. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and moderate hoppy aroma. MOderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.

On cask at the Counting House in Glasgow. Pours a golden brown colour with a thin beige head. Aroma of Weetabix, caramel and barley. Quite thin with similar flavours and a light caramel and black pepper linger. Mild carbonation. Not the best.

A - Malty caramel and fruit A - Caramel brown with thin white head T - Sweet with roasted bitter P - Medium and soft to creamy O - Nice malty bitter