Directors (Cask)
(Batch of Directors)
Courage in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.08
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Available in cask, bottles and cans, Courage Directors was originally brewed exclusively for the directors of the Alton brewery, but following demand, the beer was made available to the public. Full bodied with a clean, bitter taste, balanced with a sweet burnt, malty and fruity notes with a distinctive dry-hop aroma and flavour. Brewed with English Target hops, burnt Pale and Crystal malts.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hand pulled pint in my nearest pub (Park Inn, Wellington, Shropshire) on 11th May 2012. Amber body, clear and handsome looking: off-white head of foam sat on top. When ever I’ve had this beer (many times over the years) it has never had a great aroma: no matter who was brewing it at the time. Malts foremost with hints of fruity hops is what I got this time, which is more or less what I remember from other tastings. Malts lead the way in the taste too: with the hops and yeast coming along nicely in the background. Fruity biscuits; lightly baked with a finish of mildly bittering hops. Easy to drink and a standard ‘Best Bitter’; never been a favourite but nothing wrong with it.
Tried
on 15 Aug 2012
at 03:07
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at The Green Man, Dorset. Pours amber with an off white head. Aroma of fruit, malt, grain and light hops. Same in flavour, a little biscuity, light sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Not a bad session ale. (offline rating from April 2012)
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jun 2012
at 03:25
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
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.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Oct 2011
at 07:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask. Clear amber golden with a dense off-white head. Nose is a little nutty, lightly sweet burned caramel and overripe fruit. Medium body, almost flat, honey notes and a swet nutty edge. Subdued bitterness. 140211
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2011
at 12:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at Pride of Paddington. Pours a mostly clear, amber-ruby with a receding, white and creamy head. Fairly fruity aroma with some toasty malts and faint hops. Sweet flavor with some orange and biscuit, followed by mild citrus and earth bitterness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes sweet and malty with short-lived bitterness. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Sep 2010
at 03:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@GBBF2010. Ambery/coppery colour with small beige head. Aroma is fruits, wood, nectar and some mild spicy and syrupy notes. Flavour is quite much the same, but ends in a quite nice dry bittery finish. Rather sweetish Premium Bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2010
at 21:54