3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Reliable pint of heavy generally only found around London - used to be a regular choice of mine.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sampled cask conditioned.
Amber colour.
Flowery and perfumed hop aroma, wet cardboard tones.
Peanuts and hoppiness in the flavor. An average bitter but excellent in cask version.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: SEP 25, 2004 Rerate, cask at the Station Hotel, Ipswich: Some of the same English malt vinegar aroma as Courage Best, but the flavour is fuller and richer with more pronounced hops. Original rating, 4.1: (Cask conditioned). One of my favourite English Bitters. Perhaps not so very special, but always drinkable.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
After tasting some bitters during my first visit to England this was kind of a relief. Light caramel aroma. Amber color, beige creamy head, very good lace. Sweet, malty, light bitter, caramel. Long lasting finish with caramel and hops, so bitter and dry as well.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(on cask)
big fruity hop nose which hinted at flowers and berries.
taste is more subdued but still hasa floral element. bitter finish very smoothpalate. a good bitter
3.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Really suprised at the relatively low scores for this beer ... particularly from higher raters. Enjoyed on a handpull in Brighton. Some of the best aroma I encountered on this trip to Britain -- plenty of nuttiness and some candy tones. Nice peach color with a creamy head. Licorice flavor at the onset ... settles into a mellow hop tones with some malt mustiness. Maybe I recorded the name wrong, but I thought this was a lovely brew.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask: pours a clear amber brown, very persistant creamy head. Fairly thick doughy malt aroma, sort of sticks to the nostrils. Creamy palate with a strong dry bitterness. Flavours have some straw, dry grapefruit and grass. Run of the mill English bitter.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Charlie’s, Copenhagen, on May 8, 2010
Hazy copper color, dense tan head. Fresh malty and floral scent. Smooth malty dry taste. Smooth mouthfeel, mediumbitterness.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
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3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at The Chandos, Oakley, Bucks, Jan’ 08 I had three pints of this having cycled over from Merton (the first two didn’t even touch the sides) This was really pretty good and something of an improvement on the Courage Directors I last had a few years back. Poured brown (the pub is quite dark it’s difficult to be more acurate than that) good frothy white head. Really nice, fruity beer good dryness at the end slightly more bitter than I recall, not a classic but a damn fine pint.
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