Volunteer Bitter
Bank Top Brewery in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.67
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Ungstrup (52101) reviewed Volunteer Bitter from Bank Top Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Cask at NWAF 2009. A hazy light golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma has notes of malt and grassy hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, straw, and citrusy hops, leading to a dry and bitter finish. The body is light.
fonefan (84235) reviewed Volunteer Bitter from Bank Top Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester, England.Clear dark yellow color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, citrus, notes of toffee. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090122]
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Volunteer Bitter from Bank Top Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask pint at NERAX on 5/4/07
Big, foamy white head shows strong retention. Bright, copper-golden body. Moderate lacing.
Lots of perky tangerine in the nose. Huge, lush, fruity (and sweet) nose with a fuzziness from the hops. Sweet malt shows moderate caramel that really helps create the mandarin-like nose. Some snappy citrus character on the finish, but otherwise not a whole lot of bitterness/acidity. Malts are soft and easy on the nose. House yeast character is present and enjoyable (musty, earthy, damp, rather intangible notes). Maybe a touch of yeast doughiness? But no flaws other than that (if you’d consider that a flaw).
Sweet flavor immediately seems somewhat underattenuated. More mandarin oranges, light caramel-honey suggestions and lots of doughiness. Very creamy consistency, with tons of peach, orange and lemon notes that make it seem like you’re biting in to one of said fruits. Bitterness follows on the end, though not quite enough to balance all the malt and clear the heavy hop flavors. More intangible yeast character (aside from the doughiness) sits on the end as well. Medium to medium-full bodied for a bitter. Fun, as always from Bank Top.
RuneBlix (26068) reviewed Volunteer Bitter from Bank Top Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Golden brown with a low, but lasting foamy layer. Nice fruity and hoppy depths to the nose. Fruity - grapefruit with notes of mandarin - flavour with a pleasant hoppy and bitter ending. Quite good (Half pint on gravity at The 24th Ipswich Beer Festival 22.09.2006).
Svesse (15611) reviewed Volunteer Bitter from Bank Top Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
(Cask at Bar Fringe, Manchester, 27 July) Colour is pale amber with little head. Nose is fruity with oranges, mandarin, apricots and some earthy hops. Taste is fruity (mandarin, oranges, apricots) with a spicy, floral hop character in the finish. Balanced bitterness.