1945 Ale
Courage in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.16
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1945 Ale has been brewed based on an original H&G Simmonds recipe retrived from the archives at Courage, to bring you the taste of the day.
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madmitch76 (40452) reviewed 1945 Ale from Courage 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
24th November 2020
Thanks to LKS. Almost clear dark amber beer, a few pale tan bubbles. Smooth palate, flat. Watery caramelil malts, a vague Wheaty vibe. Ripe fruits. Light finish. Probably not a million miles from what people were being served at the end of the war.
Fergus (31329) reviewed 1945 Ale from Courage 3 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4
Bottle at the columbus tasting 24/11/2022. Many thanks to Kenny. A dull stale brown coloured pour with a small loose greyish white head. Aroma is semisweet, fig roll, cardboard, stale grains. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, nutty malts, stale, no life, no action. Palate is semi sweet, stale cake, no life. REally stale. Terrible.
Leighton (34941) reviewed 1945 Ale from Courage 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle shared in London. Vintage c. 1995. Pours clear copper with a few bubbles on top. Lightly sweet with sugary brown bread, a little toffee, nips of oxidation. Light bodied with no carbonation. Sweet finish, more bready malts, nips of dates. Not too bad.
Garrold (11394) reviewed 1945 Ale from Courage 10 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle share round at Richy’s. Copper colour. Barely a head. Tea infused, sweet malts. Biscuit. Spice. Taste is manky sweet. Watery. Sweet finish. Smelled ok. After that, it got grim.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed 1945 Ale from Courage 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
27th June 2015: cheer Rich for bringing this 330ml bottle to the 2nd Annual Midlands tasting. Not at it’s best I suspect (well out of date): it poured a grubby amber with a wisp for a head. Aroma like a barley wine, the thin body having a sweet caramel flavour: disappointing, but the age didn’t help. Scored objectively and kindly.
RichTheVillan (12489) reviewed 1945 Ale from Courage 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle from rating sponsor RJM cheers Rich; dark copper pour with some floaty bits, bubbly head that disappears very rapidly, smoke and fruit aroma, taste has a hint of tobacco, dark fruit, some smoke and leather, light sherry, carbonation gone, some oxidation, interesting.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed 1945 Ale from Courage 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Bottle at Kookfest 2006. Toffeeish, bit thin. Copper colour. Very thin in mouth, bit of sherry. Empty. Yuck.