Coourage Imperial Stout back?

Hi

sampling a few post here and there, I understand that some Courage Russian Imperial Stout was available at GBBF... is it true? I knew the beer was dead and last brewed in 1993 (I still have a small bottle :-)).

If it was actually Courage IRS... (damn... one of my fav beers ever... and I was just about to go to GBBF, but decided too late and air fares were rocket high) was it only in cask? Who actually brewed it? I seem to remember that J Smith (were it was brewed during its last years) was closed, am I wrong? Was it brewed directly by Courage? Any chanche to see it bottled again? Any news about it will be appreciated!

ciao & TIA max

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Rosalba e Massimo
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It was there. It also was the only beer over 6% abv at the fest. It was very good, but could benefit from some ageing. When I saw it I wished I had brought one of my bottles of the '83 (which at 20 years is still going strong...) I couldn't get an answer if it is going to be a regular beer or if this was just a one off brew.

Fred Waltman

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Fred Waltman

Max wrote

No, AFAIK John Smith's in Tadcaster are still there - brewing lovely creamy nitrokeg John Smith's Smooth :~) plus JS cask beer and Webster's, Courage Best & Directors. (Do not all rush at once, there's enough for everyone, make an orderly queue now) cheers Mike

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MikeMcG

Wrong.

Although the availability of British beers over that level is such that they are more likely to appear at a winter ales festival the BSF bar had no end of beers over 6% and one was at some massively stupid ABV in the

20's IIRC.

Why would anyone want to drink a typical winter ale during one of the country's record breakingly hot periods anyway?

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Steven Pampling

That's the disorderly "queue" to get *out* you're looking at :-)

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Steven Pampling

IIRC it was served at the Theakston's bar at the GBBF, so that might be a good guess.

Fred Waltman Los Angeles, CA

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Fred Waltman

In article , Steven Pampling writes

And, equally importantly, why do we have three separate threads on the same subject?

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Roy Bailey

snipped-for-privacy@LABeer.com (Fred Waltman) wrote

The trouble is I think that the same bar had Courage Best & Director's, and JohnSmith's Bitter (all AFAIK brewed at J.Smith, Tadcaster) & also the other non-Masham Theakston beers - CoolCask, XB, Best - brewed by S&N on Tyneside?

So from that it's not very clear as to which plant made it. cheers Mike.

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MikeMcG

Yes, I can testify to the fact that it was at the GBBF, as I had two pints of the stuff! A bit expensive though, but one of the nicest beers I've had. Not saure how I got home though!.

Mark

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Mark Gary

Mark Gary wrote

I didn't know about the price as while working on the BieresSansFrontiers stand I was given a pint of it to throw away by someone who thought it undrinkable :~)

This sort of thing happened from time to time & was the same way I got to try the (I suspect even more expensive) 20%+abv Dogfish Worldwide Stout :~)

about the 3Threads business Roy (& I'm not talking about Harwood's Entirely different subject) I think it may have something to do with Max posting separately to ukfdra & rfdb & me replying to them both separately & together! - apologies,

cheers MikeMcG PS ObligatoryBeeriness - lovely couple of pints of flowery & nicely bitter cask Beartown Kodiak Gold & locally-roasted peanuts (I kid you not, but nothing special!) with a final very pleasant (winey, rummy & roasty) pint of Old Peculier in a thatched pub - The Wheatsheaf, Raby, Wirral, Merseyside (I didn't mind the mildly noticeable dope-smoke, I did mind the piercing mobile phone tone tho).

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MikeMcG

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plutchak joel peter

Yep. It was wonderful stuff, too. Very nice and rich. And remarkably smooth for being young.

It was served from the Theakston's booth. I don't recall the story if how it was brewed again. Peter Alexander, I think, knows, so he needs to get off his arse and post.

And, yes, it was just cask.

-Steve

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Steve Jackson

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