Courage Brewery

Better yet,

I doubt it.

They do still own the "Courage" labels, right? They're not even mentioned on the site. Maybe the brand went elsewhere after the last big shuffle in the UK, when Coors bought Bass, etc.?

The Courage cask beers Best Bitter and Directors Bitter are still brewed by Scottish Courage and are quite widely available in Britain, though the old Courage brewery in Reading is long closed. A canned version of Directors is also available and sold in supermarkets.

I've no idea about US availability, but if I was going to go to the trouble of shipping a load of casks across the Atlantic, I'd find some more characterful beers :-)

HTH, Paul

-- Paul Sherwin Consulting

Wish my local had Tim Taylor's Landlord on cask. Yummmm. Gotta get back to the UK on business / beer hunting again.

Garry

...along with the breweries in London and Bristol. I think it all comes from Tadcaster now.

And a bottled version of Directors, as well.

Robin

No, it all happened when Interbrew bought Bass and Whitbread, ScotCo was never involved in that particular deal. 'Tis about at the same time they took up the brewing side of french foodie group BSN Danone, that is, Kronenbourg and Alken-Maes

But to add to the confusion, Coors later did buy the Bass Burton brewery (& excellent Museum Brewery) from Interbrew IIRC after the Govt's Trade&Industry Dept told Interbrew they had to sell.

For now Coors contract brew Draught Bass for Interbrew at Burton, but rumours abound as to what will happen when this contract ends (next year or 2 IIRC) cheers MikeMcG