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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Saeglopur (4009) reviewed Mild / Original (Filtered) from Banks's 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500 ml bottle from my European Local Swap sender minutemat. Thanks Mat for my first Mild Ale tick!
Copper, brownish, clear body, with a small, creamy, light beige head.
Aroma is quite light, but nice, with nuts, honey, dark berries, some bread.
Taste is pretty watery, but still enjoyable, with about the same aromas, but with the smooth honey notes more determined.
Light, slick mouthfeel, with a low carbonation.
Finishes light, mostly with smooth honey notes again, that stay pretty long.
Really not bad, considering the ABV. Pretty watery, but not in an unpleasant way. Well balanced, drinks very smooth. I really like the honey notes. Overall enjoyed this more than expected.
hohops (2663) reviewed Mild / Original (Filtered) from Banks's 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Appearance is caramel, pretty clear, no head at all. Aroma- caramel, treacle, chocolate hints, some dark fruits, nutty. Taste- chocolate undertones, caramel sweetness, hops, raisin. Fair bit of carbonation. Ok.
Downender (11275) reviewed Mild / Original (Cask) from Banks's 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask-conditioned at a pub In Brierley Hill 22/11/2014. Copper coloured with a decent, beige, head. Easy drinking mild with a sweet edge and gentle finish. Fine.
cuso (17193) reviewed Mild / Original (Filtered) from Banks's 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at Behind The Hills 2014 Autumn Edition. Amber color with medium white head. aroma of caramel, malt, light red fruits. Taste, caramel, red fruits, malt.
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Mild / Original (Cask) from Banks's 11 years ago
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Alengrin (11609) reviewed Mild / Original (Cask) from Banks's 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Tasted as Banks’s Original in 2006. Classic pale mild, although apparently classified as a bitter here, with yellowish white, refined foam and copper colour; aroma honeyish, hazelnuts, caramel and some diacetyl (buttermilk); soft and subtle sweetish, honeyish taste, creamy palate, finishing mildly bitter as expected.
stravale (3279) reviewed Mild / Original (Cask) from Banks's 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ Cob and Pen, Rhyl [230314]
Dark caramel, thin beige head, good lacing
Aroma of soft caramel, light cereal malts
Taste of caramel, soft sweet toffee, slight dab of twiggy hop, touch of dark fruits, not bad for the abv
Palate - Light body, bit oily, good mouthfeel for abv. Finish of soft sweet caramel malts, soft toffee
Overall - Better than expected - but not really a mild, more a malty low abv bitter
Erzengel (18514) reviewed Mild / Original (Filtered) from Banks's 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Thanks to Sean, shared with ThirstyBird. 50cl. Dark copper colour. The beer starts smooth, mild, easy to drink, but not flat. Nice malt and nice ale-character. The mainpart is smooth, malty and tends to get hoppier to the end. The aftertaste is quite long, nice ale-aromas together with a nice hop-bitter note and caramel-malts. --> Nice!! 12/14/11/11
Grzesiek79 (7624) reviewed Mild / Original (Filtered) from Banks's 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Srednie to mild gozkawe i palone. Troche malo walorow mild ale. Machoniowy odcien tego ale z niewielka piana. Zapach podobny do wiedenskiego lagera. Przewodza w smaku rodzynki zalane karmelem