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Courage Directors (Pasteurised)

Courage Directors (Pasteurised)

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A Premium Bitter/ESB brewed by
Wells & Youngs

Bedford, England

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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1082.8/5.02.8/5.04.8%7.7 English pint P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Bottle and can; filtered, pasteurised and force carbonated.
Originally only brewed for the Courage directors, the spare beer was sold locally as Alton IPA, but soon became known as Director's.
Courage brand bought by Wells & Young Jan 2007.

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 madquacker (484), Canberra ACT, Australia
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/512/20
Sep 4, 2008  
Brown red with a decent head. Nutty toffee flavours which are nicely balanced. Was called an ale rather than a bitter but i think it is the same thing. Very nice.


 shoestring (165), larkhall, Scotland
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Sep 2, 2008  
Fruity/nutty malts to the fore here. Once I had swallowed, the raisins came through. Quite refreshing. Bot as bad as some would makeout.


 Beth101 (108), West Yorkshire, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/58/103/515/20
Aug 19, 2008  
Sweet smell of wheat. Not much aroma. Copper colour with a large airy head with lacing on the glass. Slight taste of cold tea and liquorice. Not bad.


 bluevegie (1741), Perth, Australia
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/58/20
Aug 7, 2008  
Clear light tawny red body with poor head. Not really interesting in the taste, a little nutty, dry and some really old dried sultanas.


 cellar (328), Dublin, Ireland
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/55/103/58/20
Aug 4, 2008  
Clear dark golden with white head. Aroma of malt and fruit. Some metal develops in mouth. Sweet flavour ending fast.




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