Directors
(has 2 batches)
Courage in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.04
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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 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, from the Auchan in Budaörs. Bronze body, clear. White head. Sweet nutty grainy aroma, somewhat fruity, vague glue. Fruity malty taste, fine background, creamy but ending dry. Mild hopiness. Some apple. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2012
at 14:21
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
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Brown bottle, 500ml, best before Jun 2007, drank 1st Feb 2007. Poured into a 0.2 litre Hannan Alt striaght glass (3 times). Not a clue where this was brewed or bottled, Courage/John Smith’s/Scottish/Inbev, etc. They like to keep you guessing, I believe it will be brewed in Bedford soon, this could have been a test brew for all I know, or made in Tadcaster? Good amber body, slightly off white head which didn’t stay on any of the three pours. Mixed fruit aroma, apple/pear/orange orchard smell, malty biscuits too. Hops, yeast and malts, in other words, it tastes like a British Bitter, which it should do. Not the weight of 4.8% alcohol in the mouthfeel, not really watery, but no depth either. A slight lingering of the overal taste but nothing overly strong. Anyway, where ever it eventually settles down at, I hope they don’t mess too much with it. Never a favorite of mine (cask or otherwise), it is never-the-less not a bad beer and my scores are truthful, even though it is an Inbev owned company.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2012
at 01:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium orange amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus - grass, toffee notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120217]
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2012
at 23:58
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
nuts, coffee, citrus, herbs, basement aromas, earthy, rotten eggs, cough drop, ginger, cooked vegetables, golden, cloudy, frothy, light sweetness, medium bitterness, medium sourness, creamy, full body, astringent, bitter,
Tried
on 24 Jan 2012
at 12:46
5.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Beautiful red copper aale under small, yellow tinted head, medium carbonated. Biscuit, caramel, rainwater, sweetish smelling. Bit herbal/leafy, rather dry, cookies, with a slight metallic-hoppy finish. CO² lends some acidity. Feels more carbonated than it looks; very light body, watery if a tad slick. Once upon a time, this was a decent cask ale...
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Dec 2011
at 09:50