Banks (Barbados) Brewery

Commercial Brewery in Oistins, Barbados 🇧🇧

Established in 1961

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Newton, Oistins, BB17047, Barbados
Description
The storied history of one of this island’s most beloved and iconic brands began on September 6, 1961, as Banks (Barbados) Breweries Limited opened its doors in Wildey, St. Michael and commenced production of Banks Beer, Barbados’ premium lager, and later, other indigenous brands such as PLUS, Tiger Malt, Canon Stoute, Coconut Cooler, Fruesta, and TWIST Shandy, just to name a few. The Brewery is also the local bottler and distributor of Guinness, and has been recognised by the world renowned brand for its maintenance of the highest level of quality and international standards.

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3.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Brion (by Banks Barbados Brewery):
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 3/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 7/20, MyTotalScore: 1.9/5

6/X/14 - 25cl bottle @ home - BB: VIII/2014 (2014-1185) Thanks to Tinus for sharing the bottle!

Clear pale yellow beer, aery irregular white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: sweet, very malty, bit sugary, some almonds. MF: soft carbon, light body. Taste: sugary, citric acidity, very watery, hint of hops. Aftertaste: slightly bitter, citrus, malty, watery.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2014 at 13:03

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
330ml bottle from Tesco’s exotic aisle. Pours very pale with good white head. Taste is light, fairly sweet lager, grassy with light malts. Not undrinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2014 at 12:53

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - opaque black with a decent crema head. Nose - treacle with a slight tobacco note. Taste - chocolate nuts and burnt sugar. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly good finish. Overall - nice sweet stout.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2014 at 07:38

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
275ml bottle from Beers of Europe. BBE July 2014. Aromas of treacle, dark sugar. Taste is coca cola. But not a bad thing necessarily.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2014 at 07:38

3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 3
Bottle. Aroma vegetables, corn. Stale hops. Clear golden colour. Neutral vegetable and metallic taste bad.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2014 at 10:16

3.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Historical rating, bottle - source not noted. Pale gold colour with white head, aroma of grass and hops. Fairly high in carbonation, medium sweetness. Disappointing really.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2014 at 08:35

4.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 3
Ein Bier, das nicht mal schlecht ist, da es nach nicht viel schmeckt. Es freut mich zwar, dass es Bier von der kleinen Insel-Republik gibt, brauche es aber nicht mehr.
Tried on 22 Aug 2014 at 09:21

4.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottle at home in Barbados, 15th August 14. Amber coloured kind of fizzy bitter, reminded me of a poor macro keg bitter, John Smiths or something.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2014 at 14:40

3.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 4
Bottle at Atlantis Hotel, Barbados, 20th August 14. First sip is a shock, so sweet, almost like a lemonade shandy, I think there is honey, it fades and then you are left with a sickly malt liquor, not very good really
Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2014 at 18:09

4.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 8 Overall 2.5
275ml bottle found in a caribbean shop at Shepheard’s Bush Market, London. The beer starts sweet, fresh, nice lemonade with the beer tastable in the background. Fresh but quite sweet. The aftertaste is much more lemonade than beer, but still beer behind the sweet lemonade.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2014 at 13:10