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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4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at the Wharf, Aalborg. It pours a clear, golden body with a minimal off-white head leaving lacings. The aroma is not very pleasant, with something strange I don’t recognize. Something in the direction of old urine on dry forest ground on a hot summer day. There’s hops and malts as well, but not enough to save it. The flavor is better, lacking the unpleasant aroma, and with citrusy, piney hops up front, supported by a malty background. Some butterscotch notes. Fine bitterness. Medium to full body and a bitter finish. The nose was borderline bad, else it’s a decent beer, but not something I will crave to revisit. (090205)
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Mar 2009
at 05:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[Cask at The Horn, Reading] It always amazes me how much better Directors is than the regular Courage Best - its hard to believe the two come out of the same brewery. That is not to say that Directors is a great beer, its merely that Best is SO bad. Having said that, it can be quite hard to get a good quality pint of Directors, for it doesnt seem to travel or keep very well. When you do get a decent quality pint, it pours a rich reddish-amber with a moderate white head. Its rich in malt and fruits - not any fruit on particular, just a general fruitiness. It has little bitterness, but is a good, hearty, traditional brew that is great to drink on those cold, dark, autumn and winter evenings.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Dec 2008
at 20:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Charlies bar, Copenhagen. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet malty combined with notes of caramel, and so is the flavor though added light notes of toffee and metal, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Dec 2008
at 14:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
From cask at Blackfriars. Pours clear and golden amber to light brown with a small white head. Light malty aroma with a smooth caramel note. Flavour is mild bitter with a light sweetness coming through. Sweet caramel malty finish with a light bitterness showing through. Bitter and quite dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Nov 2008
at 01:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[i] [b] Cask at The Chandos, Oakley, Bucks, Jan’ 08 [/i] [/b] 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.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Feb 2008
at 08:13