Beer Guide to the 1970s (part fifty-three)

Still going through the Courage breweries.Though it won't take too long as they had far fewer breweries than Bass Charrington or Courage. All of today's trio have closed.

Not sure if I ever tried the beer from the Reading brewery. I think not. I definitely never drank anything from Worton Grange. As they brewed no cask beer. And I was going to waste my time drinking any keg shit.

Plymouth Heavy I remember well from serving at the Great British Beer Festival. I rated it as one of the best Milds in the country. Lovely stuff. Obviosly, closed the brewery and the beer disappeared.


Courage (Plymouth)
Plymouth,
Devon.
Founded:         1852
Closed:            1984
Tied houses:    

Bought by Courage in 1970. I disagree about Heavy. I thought it was a cracking pint.

beer	style	format	OG	description
Best Bitter	Pale Ale	draught	1039	smooth and hoppy
Heavy	Mild	draught	1032	bland
Superkeg Mild	Mild	keg		dark

Courage (Reading)
Reading,
Berkshire.
Founded:         1768
Closed:            1979
Tied houses:    

The former Simonds brewery. 

beer	style	format	OG	description
Best Bitter	Pale Ale	draught	1039	well hopped
Mild	Mild	draught	1032	well balanced

Courage (Worton Grange)
Reading,
Berkshire.
Founded:         1980
Closed:            2010
Tied houses:    

A massive new brewery designed to replace the former Simonds brewery in Reading. It brewed no cask beer.
 

 

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