Banks’s Bitter (Filtered)

Brewed by Banks’s (Marstons plc)
Style: Bitter
Wolverhampton, England

Serve in English pint

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UPDATED: APR 16, 2012 Bottled. A classic brown coloured beer with a whitish head. Has asulphuric and obviously pasteurised leafy nose, together with sweet caramel notes. Earthy, leafy and old fashioned in the mouth but actually quite drinkable. Acceptable especially at a quid. Score 3.0
Subsequent rating scored 2.6. Average becomes 2.8

Bottle at home in London. Pours clear, rich gold with a strong, foamy white head. Toasty dough in the nose. Light sweet flavor, more toasty dough, light metal, light dry leaves. Light bodied with fine, sharp carbonation. Crisp finish, lightly sweet, yet more toasty dough and metal bite, light pine and leaves, faint fruit and very light caramel. Extremely basic and lacks strong character. The highest possible praise for this bitter is that it’s not offensive.

Bottle. pours clear dark amber with lots of fizz. honey and caramel aroma, bitter, grainy taste. Watery, light body, lively carbonation and abrupt finish. Mediocre.

50cl bottle from ABCBeers. Thin white head. Clear golden blond pour. Ak ok beer, nothing special

Bottle. Brown and white. Watery. A really tame and ordinary bitter. Nothing to report.

[Dad shared a bottle with me - cheers!] Amber, negligible head, with a horrible thin, very prickly fizz dominating the watery mouthfeel. Flavourwise, there’s caramel to the fore, slight citrus & floral hints, and a moderate mineral bitterness to finish. Ruined by the carbonation; presumably better on cask. 6/167

Bottle. Amber and very small and fully diminishing head. Light to moderate malty and sweetish aroma, some caramel and faint hoppyness. Body is light to medium, malty and lightly sweetish flavor, some caramel and light toffee, faint hoppyness. Finish is average, malty and lightly sweetish, some caramel and light hoppyness. Lightly sweetish and bit thin-bodied bitter.

Pours clear bronze with a nice head, aroma of caramel, malt, bread and some herby floral notes, flavor of herbs and caramel with a flat boring bitterness, medium bodied.

Bottle. Clear deep golden to amber color with a small white head. Aroma of a bit of slightly earthy hops, malt, light graininess and light fruitiness. Flavor has a bit of thin malt sweetness, and later some slightly metallic and slightly earthy mild hop bitterness. Light-medium-bodied. Drinkable.

Bottle from Aldi, Inverness
Appearance Light amber, clear, frothy white head, good lacing.
Aroma Not much on the nose but slightly peppery bit citrus hops, caramel malts.
Taste Light caramel malts, light fruity, bit of spicy hops, hint of citrus. Plain.
Palate Thin body, soft carb, bit of a tang on the palate. Finish - light sweet malt, bit of a tang, light bitterness, bit metallic, cleans quickly.
Overall Plain standard average bitter. Nothing else, really - rather dull.