Classic Winter Ale
Banks's in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Winter|
Score
6.12
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Part of the Marston’s Classic Beer collection.
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.
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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6/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 May 2009
at 10:11
4/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Feb 2009
at 13:45
6.4/10
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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.
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.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jan 2009
at 14:57
7.3/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jan 2009
at 04:51
6.9/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Dec 2008
at 07:41
6.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Dec 2008
at 19:01
5.6/10
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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].
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Dec 2008
at 03:32
6/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2008
at 14:46
4.6/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Nov 2008
at 08:36
6.2/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Nov 2008
at 09:24