John Courage

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

Serve in English pint

(Draught) Pours a clear amber body with a small creamy off-white head. Aroma of malt, grass, and caramel. Flavor of caramel malts and a hint of apple.

Golden body with a medium off-white head. Aroma is grassy and slight apple. Taste is flowery/grassy hops and apple. Not a bad beer, but nothing much going for it either.

12oz bottle. Amber beer with a white head that laces. Nice malty aroma and flavor. Hops were noticeable for a nice balance. Sweet, caramel, good carbonation. A nice, enjoyable ale.

Hazy, light amber ale with a mid-sized, frothy, off-white head. The nose is malty and fruity with notes of butterscotch, grass and apple. The well-balanced flavor is a bit thin and watery, but delivers a decently bitter, lightly acidic and moderately malty taste. Light-bodied with lively carbonation and a lengthy, bitter finish. Nothing repulsive nor memorable about this beer. Good session beer.

Bottled, 12oz??, pasteurised. At Mike’s, cheers. Amber with white bubbly head, carbonated. This was a well traveled bottle, thin watery caramel beer, hardly a bitter in character, although there is a boiled tea like character. Sweetish on the finish, quite poor.

Medium caramel aroma. Coppery amber color with a white head that didn’t persist. Medium body with near creamy carbonation. It’s caramel, but there’s almost enough floral bitter to balance. Maybe a tad too malty for an ESB, or not. Finishes with a decent amount of bitter. Pretty much fits the style.

Draft. Since shows retired, I may have try one more time. Dark amber with medium white head. Aroma and flavor was hoppy with a short sweet finish. Below average for style.