Bank Top Barley to Beer

Brewed by Bank Top
Style: Bitter
Bolton, England

Serve in English pint

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Cloudy appearance and tasty as well as being slightly hopped. Good body.

cask at cloisters ... amber ...little fruit hop nose ... juicy fruity with little sulpherous tones ...

Cask (handpump) at the Three Guineas, Reading, 25 June 2009. Gold colour, slightly hazy. Dryish, some citrus. Rather herbaceous. Standard light bitter with a somewhat summery feel. Didn’t seem as fresh as it could have been - maybe a little tired.

Cask-conditioned at the State Bar, Glasgow 2/07/09. Deep gold in colour with a slight white head. A balanced session bitter with a whiff of citrus hoppiness, a touch of biscuity malt and a gentle bitter finish. Ok.

Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Gold with a small white head. Citric aroma and taste with a little background grain. Slight bitterness. Nice, gentle refreshing bitter. No frills and just right for a Sunday morning in summer.

Cask in the new wheat sheaf. Alround rating: Biscuity pale malts, grassy light lemon hop, well balanced and tasty stuff.

Cask, Three Guineas, Reading. There is a giant Carling sign on the A4 into London I noticed that states ’Made from 100% British Barley’ ...Anyone who knows the character Nathan Barley might appreciate the humour in that. I recommend checking out his original incarnation at tvgohome.com hugely. As for this beer, drunk in haste en route to catching a train; slightly hazy gold with a medium white head. Caramel malt flavour , muted hop, and slightly grainy as down the pub observed. Nothing special really.

Cask conditioned at The Anchor, Digbeth, Birmingham. Gold with white head. Malted biscuit body, quite thin on the palate and quite grainy. Tastes a little incomplete perhaps.