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lad_newton (4499) reviewed
Amber Bitter (Filtered) from Banks's
5 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle on 16th October 2020 from Co-Op, Kentish Town. Pours clear copper with no foam or lace. Biscuit malt aroma. Tangy fruits and biscuit malt in-mouth. Finish is biscuity with a touch of salt and butter. Medium bodied with a zingy mouthfeel.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2020 at 22:31
Deanso (16228) reviewed
Sunbeam (2012 -) from Banks's
5 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pint at the Red lion JDW. Thin creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness. --- Beer merged from original tick of Sunbeam on 08 Oct 2020 at 16:30 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5. Original review text: Pint on ask at the Red lion.
Thin creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness
Tried on 08 Oct 2020 at 16:24
dragnet101 (5183) reviewed
Barley Gold from Banks's
6 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 6
330ml can. Pours clear amber-brown, good sized white head, plenty of retention. Aroma of caramel malts, a little fruity hop. Taste is chewy caramel malts, resin, corn, but all a bit stale. Alcohol is very noticeable in the finish but has a nice strongish bitterness. A bit mixed.
Tried from Can on 01 Oct 2020 at 00:11
berkshirejohn (10479) reviewed
Golden Beer from Banks's
6 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
[50cl bottle from Morrisons, Bracknell.] A bright golden amber pour with a fast fading white head; grassy aroma; reasonable malty caramel taste with a light floral bitterness and lots of gas; then some rich tea biscuits to finish. Drinkable, but rather bland.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2020 at 17:15
dragnet101 (5183) reviewed
Golden Beer from Banks's
6 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle. Clear gold, thin head, some retention. Aroma of bread, caramel, flora, citrus. Taste is bread malts, caramel, orange, flora. Mild bitterness in the finish. Pleasant enough for sure, but this tastes old hat and not in a good traditional way, more of a stale I've been doing this 30 years way.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Sep 2020 at 19:45
Deanso (16228) reviewed
Golden Beer from Banks's
6 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
50cl bottle from Morrisons. Medium white head. Clear golden pour. light bitterness. A bit malty. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2020 at 22:23
jimgreen (22359) reviewed
Amber Bitter from Banks's
6 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle from Lidl. Poured a clear copper colour with a short-lived frothy white head. The aroma is malt, light treacle toffee, woody hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a crisp, malty nutty, earthy, woody hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Quite reasonable for the money, but I didn’t pay much for it!
Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2020 at 23:45
LordAlwold1970 (10316) reviewed
Devil's Backbone American IPA from Banks's
6 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Amber pour with a white head. Dark fruits, plum pudding, raisin, toffee aromas. Taste is fruitcake, sweet malts, raisin, dark fruits, more toffee. Sweet malty finish. Tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2020 at 16:44
dragnet101 (5183) reviewed
Amber Bitter (Filtered) from Banks's
6 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
89 pence bottle from Asda, low expectations. Pours a light amber with small white head; fine. Biscuit and caramel aroma; no surprises also fine. Light body, low carbonation, quite slick on the palate; fine. Taste of biscuit, caramel, quite sweet, bitterness then kicks but doesn’t last long; fine. Ticks all the right boxes for a basic bitter and is good value.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2020 at 22:44
dragnet101 (5183) reviewed
Mild / Original (Filtered) from Banks's
6 years ago
5.4/10 — 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.
Tried from Can on 05 Jul 2020 at 21:09