John Courage

Brewed by John Smiths (S&N, Heineken)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Tadcaster, England

Malt aroma, amber, a small head. Malt taste, bordering on harsh. Ordinary.

yawn. oh, what, is it my turn to rate a beer?! sorry! okay, where's my notes? ah yeh, here we go: courage ale, um, beautiful golden waffle pint with a determined little match stick colored head. is that right? caramel-melon marris otter aroma, faint suggestion of anise. surprisingly nice twang of citrus bitters along with a sweet toasted nut-bready preamble. almost medium bodied but just too much water, i mean it's good water, i'm not complaining about the water--or the carbonation, i mean, it's fine. right? not challenging, but a decent quaffer. try freezing it slightly to make a lovely eis-courage.

An average English Pale Ale, on par with Fullers ESP, well on tap at least. Medium light in color and in taste. A good light beer for us Big Beer fans.

Poured a medium white head and there was good lacing on the sides of my mug. The body was gold color. It had a bitter taste to it and an aftertaste that lingered. Carbonation was observed rising to the top.

This brew poured a medium sized head of fine bubbles that left a good lacing as the head receded. Its body was a light copper brown color. Its aroma was that of hops. The flavor of this brew was bitter initially and in it's finish while typical of a lager.

a rich abmer color, with a white head that fadded fast. Bland at first taste then finished with a strong, but not overpowering hoppy finsih.

Kind of a brownish yellow color, no head. Believe the aroma is malt, but it's slight enough I'm not sure. Taste... not much here. Smooth and not harsh in any way. If it had a little flavor it'd be a great session beer. On the plus side it doesn't have a nasty aftertaste like most macros. It's okay.

Had this beer on tap and it was a crowd favorite. It is very smooth and very enjoyable.