Classic Winter Ale
Banks's in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Winter|
Score
6.12
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This full and fruity seasonal ale has a dark amber appearance with an aroma of malt and fruit and hints of spicy hop, plus a rich flavour with a warming glow.
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Anders37 (30296) reviewed Classic Winter Ale from Banks's 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask @ The Lord Moon of the Mall, JDW. Whitehall SW1. Pours a golden color with a small longlasting creamy off-white head. Has a fruity malty slightly hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty slightly hoppy bitter finish with some hints of caramel.
Finn (18112) reviewed Classic Winter Ale from Banks's 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask at The Standing Order, Edinburgh 13 Nov 08. Golden colored. A small creamy head. Modest fruity aroma. Flavor with hints of fruit but quite ordinary. No bitterness.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Classic Winter Ale from Banks's 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
2008-11-08, Cask Conditioned at J.D. Wetherspoon - The Lord Moon of the Mall, London, 6-4-6-3-13=32
Hazy amber color. Nice aroma, a bit hoppy, grassy, maybe manure, fruity in the beginning. Caramel flavor, good round body, strong bitterness. Pleasant without thrills.
2008-11-03, Cask Conditioned at J.D. Wetherspoon - Shakespear’s Head, London, 5-3-4-3-8=23
Amber color; creamy head. It has a good caramel and malt flavor, lighter aroma; unfortunately there is a strong presence of chemicals or cleaning products (without the chemicals, maybe 6-3-7-4-14). Really controversial.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Classic Winter Ale from Banks's 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
cask at JDW edinburgh ...copper ...big fruity hop ... juicy front ...fruity light caramel ...medium sweetness... ligth bitterness in finsihs.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Classic Winter Ale from Banks's 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask handpull at County Hotel Spoons Ashford. Copper colour with thin bubbly beige head. Its a bitter, ok malts, some hop dryness on end, bit of a sting, quite drinkable, good condition. Its a bitter I could drink all day and not be disappointed. Good malt and dryness.
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Classic Winter Ale from Banks's 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
[Cask at Back of Beyond, Reading] Deep orange-amber with a slight white head. Oh, wow - this smells amazing. Deep, rich scents of fruit, malt and spices swirl enticingly above the beer. Its rather a let-down that the flavours are not a patch on the aroma - its a decent, fairly sweet and fruity winter ale. The texture is rather too smooth for my liking - it could do with a few rough edges to hang more flavour on. Funnily enough I might have enjoyed this beer more without the lovely smell - you wouldnt then have had quite the level of disappointment when the taste didnt live up to it.
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Classic Winter Ale from Banks's 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
I took the bus from St Andrews to Dundee and entered the Counting House before noon to participate in Wetherspoons real ale festival. The half pint of this one on cask had a nice, deep amber body with laceworks on the glass. Floral to the nose. Peaches in the taste with a spicy touch, as well as nutty malts. Hop bitterness to the ending [Dundee, 07.11.2008].
yespr (55501) reviewed Classic Winter Ale from Banks's 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
From cask at the Counting House. Pours clear and golden orange to amber with a small yet dense white head. Light malty aroma. Slight fruity and vague ginger like spiced flavoured with a mild citric note and a bitterish bite into the finish. Smooth malty into the finish. Easy going brew.
Fin (18365) reviewed Classic Winter Ale from Banks's 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Cask at The Penny Black, JDW, Bicester, Oxon Nov 2008. Pours dark amber. Taste is a little clinical almost chemically at times. Malty and bitter, some pushy fruit, could be a lot better but I wonder if this has only just gome on and they’ve not pulled enough through having cleaned the pipes, mmhhh.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Classic Winter Ale from Banks's 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Gold with a creamy off-white head; aroma of caramel and malt; the flavour amtches with caramel and slightly nutty soft malts; there is a gentle, but deep, earthy bitterness. Very drinkable.