Beer of the Week: John Courage Amber

Beer score: 4.3

Company: Caledonian Brewing Company

ABV: 4.7
IBU: NA

This one looks good pouring from the bottle with its nice red color, but the final experience is lacking. For one thing, the smell is overly malty, in my opinion, and some might like that but I think many would be turned off by it.

The beer goes down wet, so there's that, but there's not a lot of taste, just a little bitterness that you have to stretch your taste buds to experience. The barest hint of caramel sweetness might hit the tongue, but it won't stay there long.

I won't say this is an awful beer, but it's also not a very good one, which goes to show that just because a beer is from Europe doesn't mean its necessarily awesome.