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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danlo (13133) reviewed Mild / Original (Filtered) from Banks's 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
500ml bottle. Dark brown-ruby in colour, bubbly foam off-white head that dissipates away and aroma of malt mash & alittle biscuit. Taste is malty, sweet, caramel with nutty notes, some biscuit, tangy fruity & slightly metallic. Dry mouth feel, light bodied, medium carbonation, moderate bitterness through to the finish. OK.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Mild / Original (Cask) from Banks's 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at the Stag and Hounds, Binfield, sitting in the garden, on the first good afternoon of the summer. Copper with a dense cream head; rich malty aroma; soft, grainy, body, sweet malt taste, and gently bitter; the finish is bisuity with some caramel. A satisfying mild - but that may be due to the sunshine.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Mild / Original (Cask) from Banks's 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Gravity cask at the Bree Louise - London. Pours. Lear gold with a slight, white foam head. Nose has creamy malts, leaves, faint caramel. Light sweet flavor, some toasty sugars, leafy bitterness, vague fruits. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Modest sweetness to finish, some faint citrus, impressions of dry caramel, leaves, bread. Simple but not offensive.
Saintmatty (11304) reviewed Mild / Original (Cask) from Banks's 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask (The Star JDW, Gosport) - Copper coloured. Dried fruit, honey and caramel in the aroma. Fruity and slightly metallic taste with spicy malt, raisins and a hint of fruitcake.
Cunningham (15598) reviewed Mild / Original (Cask) from Banks's 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Appearance: Dark brown color with a fine white head. Ok lacing.
Aroma: Toffee and some roasted malt.
Palate: Medium body. Moderate sweet and a mild bitterness. Soft carbonation.
Taste: Balanced and nice toffee and roasted malty.
Overall impression: Decent and fine mild(bitter).
Personal stats: On tap at The White Swan in Birmingham, England.
kevnic2008 (13946) reviewed Mild / Original (Filtered) from Banks's 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Clear, amber orange body with a medium-lasting creamy white head and some lacing. Toasty bitter grains flavour.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Mild / Original (Cask) from Banks's 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
August 2006: This used to be a Black Country Classic (it was known as Banks’s Mild, in those days). I have drank it many times, tinned, bottled, Keg and Cask, this review is for Cask. Banks’s pubs often do not have hand pulls, you must look at the base of the identical dispensing font, which are lit up like Lager/keg fonts, if it says the beer is ’Brewery Conditioned’ it is Keg, if it says ’Cask Conditioned’ it is Cask. The beer is drawn up by electric in both cases. It looks good, not as dark as some milds, but not light either, a Tawny Owl Brown with an off white head. Poured correctly, the head will stay until the bottom of the glass. Banks’s have a policy of using oversized glasses, so you always get a full pint of beer! No great aroma, but you can tell it is a beer in your hand and a slight hint of burnt caramel can sometimes be detected. The taste is of burnt malt and an aftertaste of hops. The beer is not over full, or heavy in mouthfeel, a thirst quenching session beer more than a sitting around discussing the flavour type beer. Banks’s have a huge estate of pubs throughout the Midlands and the quality of this beer could well vary. Give it a try, in two different bars if you can. My scores are a combination of my last 6 pints of it, from 3 different inns.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Mild / Original (Filtered) from Banks's 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Nov 2006: This is a review of the Keg version. Downed in the Dawley British Legion Club (an ex servicemans club, for my American readers). Looks the same as the cask version, light for a mild, but not overly light, a dark amber really. Because it is always served so cold, no aroma is noticeable at first, but malt, burnt chocolate and caramel arrive as the beer warms up. Tastes as it smells, getting better the warmer it is. The taste doesn’t stay long in the mouth, nothing wrong with the drink, but I prefer the cask version a lot more.
Olut (21769) reviewed Mild / Original (Filtered) from Banks's 14 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Dark appearance, refreshing and easy to drink texture, but also a very bland taste.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Mild / Original (Cask) from Banks's 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
cask @ GBBF 2011. Pours a clear dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a slightly roasted malty caramel aroma with weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty caramel toffee flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with some weak hoppy hints.