Mild / Original
Banks's in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England 🏴
Mild Regular|
Score
5.90
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The original Banks's brew. This is the beer that made Banks's famous and is still the world's best selling mild - it's beautifully balanced, smooth and very moreish.
A light chestnut coloured beer, exhibiting a glorious balance. Malty with a perceptible burnt note, it's full bodied with a hint of bitterness counterbalancing the rich, biscuity flavour from the best barley.
The perfect accompaniment to a spicy Indian dish or strong flavoured meats and game.
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dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Mild / Original (Filtered) from Banks's 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
500ml can. Pours amber/brown with big beige frothy head. Aroma of malt, caramel and metallic notes. Low to moderate carbonation, quite watery for an ale. Malt and toast flavour, Quite sweet with a mild bitter and dry finish. Its solid enough but a bit boring.
RichTheVillan (12489) ticked Mild / Original (Filtered) from Banks's 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can from Morrisons;
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Mild / Original (Filtered) from Banks's 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle, from historic notes. Source not recorded. Poured dark amber / brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of roasted malt, bitter chocolate, caramel and a metallic edge. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Light body, watery and slightly oily texture, average carbonation. Not great.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Mild / Original (Filtered) from Banks's 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Poured from a 50 cl can. Labeled as bank's mild, I assume this goed underneath this version, or 'dark mild' since it is a bit colored indeed. Or are they a doublé entry ? Pours clear, dark amber to brown, small, frothy white head is stable. Smell is subtile, some caramel, some grainy features. Clean fermentation profile, and no real hop aroma. Taste is malty, bit caramelly, in depth toffee, crisp tanned malts, reminding of an English bitter, but not as bitter. Some UK style hoppy aroma ( earthy, spicy, tad floral) even though that's just a tone. I essentially really wanted to try this as a style example, since mild ales are indeed pretty rare these days. Little did I know, it's actually pretty enjoyable.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Mild / Original (Cask) from Banks's 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
13/7/2019. Cask at George’s Meeting House, Exeter. Pours dark amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, light roasting, fruit and veg. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Moderate body, watery oily texture, average carbonation. Fair.
saxo (29721) reviewed Mild / Original (Cask) from Banks's 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask @ George’s Meeting House, Exeter (JDW). Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are caramel, sweet malt, hops and has a sweet malty finish.
jjsint (8631) reviewed Mild / Original (Cask) from Banks's 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at the Station Social Club. Light brown and clear with a tight creamy head. Caramel and malty aroma with some vegetal notes. Sweet taste with lots of earthy malt and a touch of sourness on the short finish. As expected there's not a lot to it but it's drinkable enough. Lots of better miles out there though.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Mild / Original (Cask) from Banks's 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at PoW, Farnborough. Nil aroma. Chestnut. Thin off-white head. Sweet with a bitter finish. Caramel and malts. Light bodied. Watery. Light carbonation. Low key finish. Could down a load of these in that it’s so light and low key, could then forget what you were drinking straight away.
EishockeyGreg57 (9697) ticked Mild / Original from Banks's 9 years ago
DSG (25977) reviewed Mild / Original (Filtered) from Banks's 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
[1/29/16] Can sample at a hotel room bottle share during RBWG 2016 in Santa Rosa. Thanks everyone who shared bottles! Amber. Aroma of DMS, malt, caramel. Sweet flavor with caramel, DMS, malt, drier finish. Light-bodied.