Direct Beers
Commissioner
in
Ashbourne,
Derbyshire,
England 🏴
Owned by
Staffordshire Brewery
Established in 2006
Closed in 2023
Description
GIVING GOOD BEER A BAD NAME
We have survived, against the odds, since 2006, when a peculiar moment of inspiration persuaded me that people would be happy to buy a beer named Cat Piss.
Well, it just goes to show, people will buy anything.
Commissioner of beers wholly owned by Staffordshire Brewery.
We have survived, against the odds, since 2006, when a peculiar moment of inspiration persuaded me that people would be happy to buy a beer named Cat Piss.
Well, it just goes to show, people will buy anything.
Commissioner of beers wholly owned by Staffordshire Brewery.
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from the brewery online shop. Pours dark brown, short-lived head. Aromas are liquorice, sweet notes, caramel. Taste is sweet, nothing like dandelion and burdock.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2014
at 05:54
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle from the brewery website, as a 4% pale ale! Pours pale gold, no head. Slightly soapy, herbal nose. Sweet, shandy taste. Herbal bitter finish. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2014
at 05:49
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - golden with a proportionate head which promptly disappears. Nose - light lemon and green apple. Taste - more citrus and apple but a bit sweet. Palate - light to medium bodied with a lightly creamy texture and a decent finish if slightly sweet. Overall - solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2014
at 05:44
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - close to opaque black with a nice head that then completely disappears after 2 minutes. Nose - funky. Dirty yeast. Then it cleans up a bit and there is a sweet nutty malt note. Taste - more sweet nutty malt. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a decent finish. Overall - a bit like an 80 shilling.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2014
at 05:32
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - golden with no head. Nose - light lemon almost lilt note. Pale malt I’m there too. Taste - a bit shandy like. Palate - light bodied with a thin texture and a dry finish. Overall - this is actually a pale ale!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2014
at 05:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from the brewery online shop. Pours pale gold, no head. Light honey aromas, little else. Taste is light honey, light spice. Not a right lot going on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2014
at 06:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
500ml bottle from the brewery online shop. Pours clear dark brown, thin short-lived off-white head. Aromas of burnt toffee and liquorice. Taste is light sweet. Cocoa maybe. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2014
at 05:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from the brewery online shop. Pours clear copper brown, thin off-white head. Burnt toffee aromas, light herbal bitter. Medium body, dark sugar finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2014
at 05:44
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle from the brewery online shop. Pours clear gold, thin white head. Aromas of caramel and toffee. Taste is light sweet, brown sugar. Herbal bitter. Sweet at the back.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2014
at 05:39
3.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
500ml bottle from the brewery online shop. Pours clear gold, short-lived white head. Lemon, metal aromas, brown bread, same soapiness as the bullshit. Astringent bitter finish. Sweet lemonade backnote.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2014
at 05:24