JK (8181) reviewed John Courage from John Smiths 23 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Poured amber. Lots of carbonation. Head didn't last long. A little sour. Tasted more like a lager than an ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Re-rate from bottle in a plane: 3 3 4 2 7 Bad sugar sirup aroma, toffee and butterscotch Orange brown Low offwhite head Lightbodied, sugar gunk and nuts Lightbodied, lightning fast caramel finish. Utterly forgettable brew. Old rating 5 3 6 2 10 Tap at The Arc, Munich Neutral nose. Red brown, nice off-white head. Crackermalt, a bit roast, slight perfumed british hops. Medium to light body, flatish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
A brown beer with a foamy fast disappearing head. The aroma is light and that of malt - nice. The flavor is watery with hints of sweetness and malt and ending on a slight bitterness - but best description = Watery!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3.5
I have only ever had 1 decent pint of this. It always seems to have a heavy tinny metallic flavor,
crit200 (5324) reviewed Extra Smooth from John Smiths 23 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Tap:Light malt nose and foretate.Light hop midtaste and finish.Smooth and drinkable, but nothing special
crit200 (5324) reviewed John Courage from John Smiths 23 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Maybe I just got a bad glass, but I didn''t think much of it at all. It smelled and tasted more like an english strong ale than a brown ale, but even as an english strong it wasn''t very good. No head, zero body, watery finish.
ogivlado (19466) reviewed Extra Smooth from John Smiths 23 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Canned(500ml). -drinkable but not so good bitter, thin body, short finish...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottled(330ml). -the best brown ale at all..................................
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed John Courage from John Smiths 23 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Rather bitter Amber Ale. I had this out of a bottle and was not really impressed. It had some hops flavor and acrid aftertaste. Other than that I really did not find much that warrants calling this an Amber, malt was especially weak. It was more Lager-ish than anything.