John Courage

Brewed by John Smiths (Heineken UK)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Tadcaster, England

Serve in English pint

Pours a light amber with a tall foamy tan head. Taste is semi-sweet with a litte hoppyness and weak finish.

The site says this one is retired and that is a true shame. The aroma is sour apples and yeast. The appearance is copper-red and light brown with a medium head. The flavor is slightly cider like but it has a nice balance of sour-bitter-sweet. It is also malty and a bit nutty. Hops and toasted malt in the finish. A wonderful beer.

Nutty aroma with some underlying caramel sweetness. Clear brown body with low tan head that lasts well. Cookie like malty sweetness with caramel, nuttiness and light finishing bitterness. Low carbonation, smooth texture. Bottle. Entered from notes.

A cinnamon color, small frothy but bumpy head, smelling of apple cider. Slightly sour and sweet taste. Its ok.

dark golden color hints of red thick white head well laced. Smells plain lightly barley bad malt and weak hop. Palate is coated well but thin and lightly carb. Flavor is pretty bland a dry grass hop and an over mild malt w/ some wheaty grainy pieces. Pretty plain.

UPDATED: DEC 13, 2008 [nitro draft at MacGregor’s - Rochester, NY] Medium amber/copper color with a creamy off-white head. The aroma is slightly sweet with nice malt undertones. The taste is very sweet as well with hints of malt, toffee, molasses, and biscuit. Not much hops in this one. Very creamy and smooth.

Good but safe. Smooth but doesn’t change much from start to finish. Is a fairly dark amber. Light malt light hops

Had this on tap last Christmas. Memory is bad. It was ok but nothing special. That’s all I remember.