Directors
Courage in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.03
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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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5/10
Tried
on 19 Feb 2023
at 13:36
Hundreds of historic check-ins
Tried
on 21 Nov 2022
at 11:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear amber with a frothy white head and a malty, fruity aroma. Pretty thin to be honest, fruity and malty and somewhat bitter
Tried
on 10 Jan 2022
at 17:07
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Sample, thanks oh6gdx! Clear copper colour, mid sized head. Leafy caramel aroma. Sweetish with light body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Caramel, leafs and cabbage. Mid bitter finish.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2021
at 20:25
5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2020
at 23:02
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
RERATE : Cask at Oddfellows Arms, Nantwich (not listed on RateBeer). Pours bitter brown with a sizeable frothy off-white head with toffee in the aroma. In the mouth it is quite juicy with malts to the fore plus a hint of traditional hops. Later some sweetness comes through with oranges and spicy traces. ORIGINAL REVIEW : Cask at Roebuck, Burton on Trent Bit of a hasty review this, as I had a train to catch. May need a rerate. Pours bitter brown with a small cream head and good lacing. Has an aroma of cream and toffee. In the mouth it is sweet with flavours of oranges, malts and toffee. Some bitterness in the finish. Swiggable. (5:6:6:3:10= 2.7) CONCLUSION : I got the description pretty much correct first time – but it is now much more enjoyable. Perhaps because it is now brewed by Marstons in Burton ?
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Sep 2020
at 21:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle BBE in 12 months. Copper pour with decent head. A mild aroma of malt and spice but it doesn't exactly pack a punch. The malt flavour comes through with hints of stone fruit and a nice earthy and spicy note. Quite sweet with a mild bitterness running through. Moderate carbonation and body. Its decent, I enjoyed it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2020
at 21:16
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Thin off white head stayed on a clear tea coloured still body. Big malty aroma. Medium bodied, smooth on the front with a sharp back. Malt, berries, spices, tea & tangy fruit tastes. Classic 1980's!
Tried
on 19 Apr 2020
at 20:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
behűtve nem adja ki. igazán magát. szellőztetve-sétáltatva egy kicsit már kibontakozik. a gyengéd malátás édesség. könnyed. kis angol papírszárazság. ami nedves. értitek. mer én nem. mindenesetre ízlik.
Tried
on 02 Apr 2020
at 18:42
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Õlle on selline jook, et iga uus kord kui klaasi või pudeli suule tõstad, siis leiad midagi uut, sõltuvalt tuhandest-miljonist pisiasjast, mis hetke olukorda mõjutavad. Seega piirdun iga õlle juures selle tekstiga.
Tried
on 04 Aug 2019
at 17:14