hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed West Coast IPA from Banks Brewing Co 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
[10/18] Can. Very pale gold with a loose white head that fades. 3- Aroma of grapefruit, kumquats, bread and some pine. Very light bodied. There's not a lot of malt presence but it has a proper breadiness rather than plain sweetness. Citrus, some resin, medium high bitterness in a dry finish. Super-clean without slipping into anonymity. Good beer. [3.6]
[2/19] A few more of these. Consistently good and just distinctive enough.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pours gold with a large head.Nose shows lychee, passion fruit, pine and resinous hops along with some soft clean malt.Flavours include more pine and lychee. Some sweet clean malt hiding underneath along with a slight doughy wheat-like note.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Can. Hazy pale gold with a large white head. Pungent aroma of oranges, green mango, grass. Lightish bodied but texturally seems to be hedging its bets with the haze. There's a bit of chewed cracker in the background but otherwise it's all hop punch. The finish is dry and quite bitter but not harsh. Interesting.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Venice Pils from Banks Brewing Co 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Very pale slightly hazy gold with a large white head that settles to an inch or so. Some crackers but lots of mainly fruity hops - melon, pineapple, Meyer lemon, some herbs. Light bodied. Quite sweet with honeyed biscuit and crackers, citrus fruit and pineapple. Finish is quite bitter but not as dry as I'd like. Very nice.
Davros (5279) reviewed XPA from Banks Brewing Co 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pours gold with a large lasting head.Nose shows lychee, grassy hops, peach and nectarine. Nice biscuity malt underneath.Flavours include more biscuity malt, soft caramel, soft nectarine and grassy and earthy hops.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Brown Ale from Banks Brewing Co 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can. Mid brown, beige head is soon a bare coat. Aroma of sticky bread crust and candied nuts. Decent body with middling carbonation. The malt is quite rich but not overly sweet with slightly spicy bitterness further reigning things in. It's not a thriller but it's very solid.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Tart City from Banks Brewing Co 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Blackberry saison. Can. Pink tinged gold with a white head that's soon gone. Aroma of funky dough, under-ripe berries, light spices. Just short of medium bodied, (appropriately) highish carbonation. There's a memory of blackberries but all their plumpness is gone - the beer is fairly dry with some dough and some apricots before bitterness and spices take over. Not as funky as it smelled. Really quite dry at the end. Pretty good, refreshing with some intrigue.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed XPA from Banks Brewing Co 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Pale gold with a loose white head. Aroma of grapefruit, passionfruit, pineapple, faint mango skin, grass. Thinnish with little for the jumble of hops to stand on. Finish is fairly bitter and a little astringent with tropical fruit getting just a touch oniony. Plenty going on but things are not quite working together.
Andre_Samma (914) reviewed IIPA from Banks Brewing Co 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From can. Large resiny nose. Almost oily mouthfeel. Big pine notes and a pleasant residual bitterness. very well-balanced for its abv. one of the best Aussie DIPAs I've had.
LesArgen (1205) reviewed Wheeze the Juice from Banks Brewing Co 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Ooh, he's a looker, this one with his orangey hue and hazy visage. It really delivers on its juicy promise, with flavours of orange peel, grapefruit, lychee and a little aspirin at the end. The orange peel is slightly overwhelming, but it's certainly a fun drink.