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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7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Rerate, cask at the Station Hotel, Ipswich: Some of the same English malt vinegar aroma as Courage Best, but the flavour is fuller and richer with more pronounced hops. Original rating, 4.1: (Cask conditioned). One of my favourite English Bitters. Perhaps not so very special, but always drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Feb 2002
at 21:40
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Kind of bland for a cask ale. It also comes in a different sort of widget can, this one trying to replicate cask ale character. It doesn't do a bad job of that, but like I said, this isn't one of the best cask ales in England.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Mar 2001
at 12:58