Take Courage Best Bitter
(has 2 batches)
Courage in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.39
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With over 200 years of brewing pedigree, Courage Best Bitter retains its widespread popularity. Best is available in both cask and keg meaning even if your local isn’t a cask beer stockist, you can still enjoy the great taste of Courage Best.
Pale brown in appearance with a bitter after taste, Courage Best Bitter consumers enjoy its lower ABV of 4% that allows them the opportunity to enjoy their favourite ale for longer.
Pale brown in appearance with a bitter after taste, Courage Best Bitter consumers enjoy its lower ABV of 4% that allows them the opportunity to enjoy their favourite ale for longer.
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5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
440ml can from Tesco. Gold with a fast fading cream head; aroma of malt and caramel; somewhat stewed earthy malt flavours with sweet caramel and gentle bitterness to finish. Not bad for a cheap canned bitter. (4/3/4/2/12=2.5)
500ml bottle from Aldi. A straightforward, malty bitter, with a caramel finish - presumably less heavily pastuerised than the canned version. (6/3/6/2/13=3.0)
500ml bottle from Aldi. A straightforward, malty bitter, with a caramel finish - presumably less heavily pastuerised than the canned version. (6/3/6/2/13=3.0)
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jun 2009
at 16:17
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask-conditioned at the Swan, Tockington Gloucs 20/5/08. Deep amber coloured with a moderate white head. A bit lightweight in both flavour and aroma, but this resulted in the beer being inoffensive rather than poor. Had less character than the Bristol version I used to drink a lot of, but the malty edge was decent enough. There are a lot worse bitters around.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 May 2008
at 14:53
3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
[on draught at the New Inn, Chippenham, 25/4/2008] Slight bitterness, otherwise this is tasteless brown water. Slight eggy aroma indicated cask may not have been in best condition so could give it another go somewhen? Rerate: [handpump at the Letchworth Hall Hotel, Letchworth] In better condition this time and hae upped my mark slightly as it was certainly more drinkable than last time (and a lot nicer than the John Smiths I had afterwards). However, this is still not great - a slight maltiness, a slight bitterness in the aftertaste, but little else in what is truly a weak, watery beer - how can they make a real ale taste of so little? About the best I can say is that it slips down easily.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 May 2008
at 17:04
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask@The Duke of Edinburgh, Newgale, Wales. Golden brown beer with a strong head. The aroma is caramel, toffee and hopped, and the flavour is lightly toffee and quite hopped. Overall a reasonable toffee and hopped beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Oct 2007
at 16:47
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. I’m having this as SilkTork said it was better than it used to be and also because it is now being brewed by Wells & Young’s. It’s fine. A little bit bitter shandyish. Some yeasty aroma, some lemony citrus, some malt. Not a lot of hop on finish. Bit dull, but ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Feb 2007
at 11:23