John Courage

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

Serve in English pint

UPDATED: NOV 14, 2007 On tap at Stubbie’s shirt pub. Very tasty brew. This tasted a lot more complex to me than most users are reporting(maybe the tap?) Poured a orangish gold with a very fine, creamy head. Tastes of floral hops, light malt, and some wonderful fruity esters. I cannot place exactly what I was tasting, but I want to say white grapes!

My favorite amber ale. Found two six packs on New Year’s Eve and me and the buddies loved it. Had to track it down to find more and bought 4 cases once we found it. Absolutely love the taste and aroma of this beer. Just hope the rumors of its production demise are wrong. If you can find this, I recommend trying it. It’s especially good with a hot bowl of chili or something off the grill. Enjoy.

bottle - Pours amber with a small head. The aroma was fairly malty and not much else. The flavor was similar. There was some hops presence but to me the hops tasted kind of off. The finish is okay and pretty unremarkable, like the beer. It’s a decent session brew, but nothing I’d try to track down again. Brewery note - it closed over a year ago and the beer is retired? Is that accurate? It doesn’t seem hard to find now.

one of the tastiest amber ales from abroad. it’s getting easier to find around here and is easily in the house top ten

very good english beer. one of the best i have had. not too dark or too light. very good mixture

A mellow amber with typical attributes. Nothing significant to report other than it tastes much better in the bomber. This is actually the amber that got me started on darker style brews. I’ll always have a place in my heart for those J.C. bombers.

Clear orange red color. Hoppy with a heavy alcohol taste with a tangy quality that fades to sour.

It was amber in color with a small head. It had a sour flavor with nice lacing. I did not care to much for this beer.