Banks’s Bitter (Pasteurised)

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

Serve in English pint

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Beautiful slightly nutty bittersweet taste . Doesn’t travel all that well best enjoyed in pub poured pint in Dudley or wolverhampton . Creamy head medium dark brown body excellent mouthfeel with some lacing . Head turns smoky off white as pint goes down . Flavour becomes increasingly bitter . The canned version not a patch on the traditional draught . The bottled version from aldi is ok . It is not as good since marstons took over Bankss brewery but still one of the nicest English bitters . Very underrated

500ml bottle from Aldi (for 99p). I liked it as soon as I started pouring it. Actually, I liked it just in its bottle. Smells of beer; proper beer; like the kind my Granddad would have drunk. Good harsh, rough, shoe leather hop bite to it that could be mildly unpleasant but isn’t. Bitter nut flavours too. Long leafy, slightly resinous, slightly tart bitter finish. A session brown bitter that’s worthy of a bare board corner boozer in a honest working class town.

Light amber colour with a thin head, malt and fruity caramel aroma, a good citrus hop bitter taste.

Bottle. The most common beer where i live and it has taken me a long time to rate. Avoided doing so because until recently if you wanted to try it home your only option was a can. The bottle I tried was quite malty with a dry finish.Clear with a very small head and no carbonation. No matter how hard I try to support a very local beer there is no other way to describe this other than average..

Pale looking bitter. Some toasted malt in the aroma. Texture is rather thin and watery but this is an easy to drink, thirst quenching bitter.

2010-07-25. Crisp amber body small white head. Modest bitterness throughout, light caramel accented malt. 6+ Average palate is just a touch light. Aroma is mild light toasty malt, very mild hop touches. Enjoyable but quite mild. Bottle shared at URAL’s, Winchester

50cl bottle. Clear, orange/amber pour with a good white head. Nothing special in the aroma; some malts and fruits. Taste is very malty which leads to a good dry finish with hops. Not bad actually.

Bottle: Small airy white head that disappears quick. Clear dark orange colored beer. Smell malts, honey, fruit, apple and some spices. Taste malts, spices, honey, fruit, bitter and light sweet. Low carbo, nice bitter aftertaste and a normal to soft mouthfeel.

Yellow orange color, thick white head. Pretty nice smell of fruits. Decent taste, sweet, fruits and a little bitter. Watery texture, low carbo and body.

[3160-20100725] 500mL bottle. Mild herbal hops aroma. Clear, orange amber body with a medium-lasting foamy white head. Grainy bitter hops malt flavour has a long bitter aftertaste. Medium body. Copper knickers? Those don’t sound comfortable.
(c/o URAL, w/ jerc)