Banks's Barley Gold

Barley Gold

 

Banks's in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
6.00
ABV: 7.4% IBU: - Ticks: 48
Barley Gold is a hearty, potent and warming strong ale. The colour of deep burnished gold, it's produced from copious quantities of the finest natural brewing ingredients. Brimful with fruity, malty, bitter-sweet flavours, that are underpinned by the strength derived from a prolonged conditioning period.
 

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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Very frothy, yellowish-cream head, over well-carbonated, foxy orange-amber, clear beer. Very "beery’ nose with caramel malts, some dry hops, garden herbs, rainwater, writing ink; aromatic. Bitterish, tangy flavour with some fruity esters, rosehips, and caramel with preciously little sweetness. Again herbal retronasal. Bit slick, even oily, but not very well-bodied. Well-carbonated, and alcohol perceptibel, certainly warming up, with more sweetness, almondy. Strong ale, sure, barley wine... not really. But good.

Tried on 17 Dec 2011 at 06:03


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

28th May 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Thick palate. Treacly beer. Full on malts with a bitter hop undertone. Quite drinkable though.

Tried on 03 Jan 2011 at 11:11


5.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

275ml bottle. Pours a deep amber with no head. Aroma is fruity malt and boose. Very sweet. Then there’s some caramel and booze. Moderate bitter finish and lots of carbonation. An alright effort.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2010 at 13:30


7.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Picked up at Belingers Jet Garage, Grove near Wantage, Oxon, consumed in Frank, camper 16-09-08 Pours looking quite a stunner lovely copper colour with a small white head and great clarity. Tastes good, rich cinder toffee touch of alcohol can overtake proceedings occasionally. This is quite heavy but for my first time on it I’m really quite happy with it.

Tried from Can on 28 Sep 2008 at 09:51


5.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Amber colour. Aroma is alcoholic and metallic, with some grain. Flavour has caramel malts and alcohol. Average.

Tried on 13 Sep 2008 at 04:47


3.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Bottled@Chris O Post GBBF Tasting. Golden colour, not much head. Aroma is alcohol, malts and that’s pretty much it. Flavour is malts, harsh alcoholic sweetness with some grass in the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2008 at 03:58


3.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Clear amber with large white head. Metalic notes in the aroma with hints of caramel. Sweet flavor with caramel, malty and alcohol notes. Boozy nonsense...

Tried on 09 Aug 2008 at 21:00


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle, 9.1%. Very vinous aroma and quite sweet. Quite cloudy dark red colour. The flavour is quite vinous with some alcohol and bitterness. Quite flavourful, but still a bit rough, even though it is a year past BB date. 7 3 7 3 17

Bottle. Slightly oxidized aroma. Caramelly flavour. Quite alcoholic, very peppery, gets a bit rough. Not very complex, just alcoholic. 6 3 5 3 12

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2008 at 18:38


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

27.5 cL bottle. Pours hazy brown to orange and with a creamy light off-white head. Dense malt, fruity an slight earthy aroma. Flavour starts dried fruity and stays rather dry. Light roasted malt note and mild liqourice touch. Mild spiced note too. Gains a lot of alcohol presence towards the finish. Ends dry and slight alcohol burning.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2008 at 01:56


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Hazy red-brown color with a rather thin creamy cap. Fruity aroma, apples, but also strangely perfumy. It falls more in the English Strong Ale category: medium body strength, dominant caramel flavor, very warming alcohol feeling (almost burning), quite strong hopping. It’s not bad, but it turns too much into a booze-thing than a barley brew.

Tried on 21 Nov 2007 at 01:30