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The Courtyard Brewery
- From:
- The Courtyard Brewery
- Louisiana, United States
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
Ranked #112 - ABV:
- 5.4%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #29,819 - Avg:
- 3.65 | pDev: 6.85%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 06, 2025
- Added:
- Jul 16, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
3.78/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Draft at Courtyard. Poured a clear, golden yellow color with a small, off-white head of foam. It left sudsy lace. It smelled of bready malt, cereal, toffee and floral notes. Sweet caramel and toffee taste with a mild bitterness.
Apr 06, 2025
Rated by eluvah from New York
3.59/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A little light in color and flavor.
Jun 05, 2022
Reviewed by Hazy_fo_shazy from Georgia
3.01/5 rDev -17.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.01/5 rDev -17.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Nice pale orange color, just a bit of haze. Not much head and retention was nil.
This is malt forward but not in a typical English two row way. Kind of a corn flavor. Don’t think it’s DMS but it’s borderline offputting. Does not have the typical bready flavors I want from an English ale. I don’t get much earthy yeast profile either.
Overall a pretty weird ESB... reminds me a beer made from grits I’ve had from a GA brewery. I don’t hate it, just wish it were labeled something else - not very “English.”
Aug 13, 2018This is malt forward but not in a typical English two row way. Kind of a corn flavor. Don’t think it’s DMS but it’s borderline offputting. Does not have the typical bready flavors I want from an English ale. I don’t get much earthy yeast profile either.
Overall a pretty weird ESB... reminds me a beer made from grits I’ve had from a GA brewery. I don’t hate it, just wish it were labeled something else - not very “English.”
Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania
3.56/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
On draft at brewery.
Pale hazy yellow colored, white head. Good head retention. Earthy hop aroma. Mild bready malts in the taste, mildly bitter. Medium bodied.
Dec 17, 2016Pale hazy yellow colored, white head. Good head retention. Earthy hop aroma. Mild bready malts in the taste, mildly bitter. Medium bodied.
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