Amber Bitter
(has 4 batches)
Banks's in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.81
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Crafted with the finest ingredients to deliver a really easy drinking beer. A deep gold in colour it comes with malty, hoppy flavours and clean finish with fruity overtones.
Also marketed as Amber Bitter and previously as Banks's Bitter
Also marketed as Amber Bitter and previously as Banks's Bitter
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6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 20/01/21. Blast from the past ... drank a lot of the relatively whelming but inoffensive BB when I lived in Wolvo, particularly down the Clarendon Arms (brewery tap). Golden amber with a decent white head. Nose is dusty fruits, hint of toffee apple, toasted grains, modest malt aromas, biscuit. Taste comprises biscuit malt, light apple core, toffee, dried fruits, grains, faint tea leaves. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a modest bitter nip. Passable for the style.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jan 2021
at 21:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Aldi.
Medium white head. Clear light amber pour. Light malty bitterness.
Medium white head. Clear light amber pour. Light malty bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Aldi (England)
on 30 Oct 2020
at 18:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle on 16th October 2020 from Co-Op, Kentish Town. Pours clear copper with no foam or lace. Biscuit malt aroma. Tangy fruits and biscuit malt in-mouth. Finish is biscuity with a touch of salt and butter. Medium bodied with a zingy mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2020
at 22:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from Lidl. Poured a clear copper colour with a short-lived frothy white head. The aroma is malt, light treacle toffee, woody hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a crisp, malty nutty, earthy, woody hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Quite reasonable for the money, but I didnโt pay much for it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2020
at 23:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
89 pence bottle from Asda, low expectations. Pours a light amber with small white head; fine. Biscuit and caramel aroma; no surprises also fine. Light body, low carbonation, quite slick on the palate; fine. Taste of biscuit, caramel, quite sweet, bitterness then kicks but doesnโt last long; fine. Ticks all the right boxes for a basic bitter and is good value.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2020
at 22:44
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask at the Chiltern Taps, Wycombe. Pump clip was selling this as Brewdolph made by The Park Brewery. However, investigation reveals that this is apparently just a rebadge of Banks's Amber. So first off I'd like to send a load of Christmas humbug to the Scrooges at both Banks and their paymasters at Marston's both for the lazy re-badging, and for the blatant theft of another existing brewer's name. I mean, how hard is it to knock up a new crap beer for Christmas? Every other regional brewery manages it. Anyway, as I hadn't had Banks Amber at least it was still a new rate. So; it's amber (obviously) in colour with a thin white head. It's sweetish, with a hint of caramel, a hint of orange and a mild dirty bitterness in the finish. It's bland and dull. And I'm knocking a further point off an already low score for the whole re-badging fiasco. Take that and stick it up your money-grabbing arses, Banks!
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Dec 2019
at 22:08
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle, from historic notes. As Bank's Bitter. Source not recorded. Poured amber with an off-white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, light hop, some fruit and boiled veg. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Light body, watery texture, soft carbonation. Wasn't very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2019
at 21:45