Best Bitter (Bottle/Can/Keg)
(Batch of Take Courage Best Bitter)
Courage in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England 🏴
Bitter Regular|
Score
5.35
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Bottle version at the slightly lower 3.6% abv.
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4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
500ml brown bottle (3.8% ABV) poured into an ’Old Speckled Hen’ vase shaped pint glass. Best before 10-10-2010 and drank while watching the England v Algeria World Cup match (2010). The body was a clear, almost bright amber/light brown colour, on top was an off-white, thin foaming head. Very little aroma, some slight hop esters and hints of malted biscuits, typical mass produced English Bitter to be honest. The taste is a good enough mix of malts and hops, nothing spectacular, but nothing wrong with it either. A bit thin in the body stakes, even for a 3.8% beer and a little too fizzy for my liking. Pleasant enough, but not a beer I could recommend to anyone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2012
at 23:22
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
It is a fairly plain but pleasant session bitter. Nice balance of malt and hop.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2011
at 11:46
2.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Bottle from Morrisons
Appearance Amber, clear, forthy white head dissipates to very thin layer.
Aroma Faint sweet malt, almost nothing.
Taste Water, bit of light caramel malt, cardboard, paper. very bland.
Palate Soft carb, thin, watery, slight sour edge. Finish - water, light malt, soda, paper.
Overall Dismal, very poor bitter. Not undrinkable, but very bland - just coloured water (hence the E150). The commercial description - read it! A disgrace to brewing.
Appearance Amber, clear, forthy white head dissipates to very thin layer.
Aroma Faint sweet malt, almost nothing.
Taste Water, bit of light caramel malt, cardboard, paper. very bland.
Palate Soft carb, thin, watery, slight sour edge. Finish - water, light malt, soda, paper.
Overall Dismal, very poor bitter. Not undrinkable, but very bland - just coloured water (hence the E150). The commercial description - read it! A disgrace to brewing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2011
at 16:26
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled (Beers Of Europe). Amber colour, medium white head. Aroma is fruits, mild vegetables, some slight toasted notes as well as earth. Flavour is being quite similar. Rather watery and thin, though the elements are there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2011
at 11:41
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 4
500ml bottle. Pours amber with a medium head. Aroma is slightly spicy hops. Some bread in ther somewhere. Some spicy hops hops on the finish. Very watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2010
at 11:55
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Appearance: Chestnut brown. Little bit of off-white head. Aroma: Nice malt, nutty. Some hops. Taste: Sweet malt. Some hops. Not very interesting. Info: 500ml bottle, 26/6-2010
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2010
at 11:53
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle from Sainsburys. Amber with slight carbonation. Light cereal malt aroma overwhelmed by a strange mushroom soup edge. Flavour was similar: sweetish malts and wet cardboard. Another poor British bottled beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2010
at 00:34
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, toasted, caramel, light to moderate hoppy, dry hop flowers. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is light medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20100118]
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2010
at 14:58
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle from Morrisons. Clear amber colour, white head. Aroma of vegetable hops. Flavour has slightly caramel malts. Watery and bland.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2010
at 05:20
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 50 cl. Pours a clear amber with an off-white head. A little nuts in the nose and perhaps a whiff of floral British hops. Light in body, caramel and nuts and a metallic touch. Very subdued bitterness. But a pleasant little drinker. 180110
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2010
at 03:06