Banks Beer (Barbados)

A gift from Mike & Melissa. Pours a crystal clear medium golden color. A small, fizzy, off-white head disappears quickly, leaving minimal, spotty lacing behind. The aroma is that of a typical Caribbean lager, primarily sweet, corny malts, dry cereal grains, and faint floral hops. Flavors are more of the same, though I swear I pick up a hint of coconut water amongst the corn malts and lightly peppery floral hops. Thin body, moderate carbonation. No better or worse than a typical American macro pale lager.

Pours yellow and fizzy with a decent frothy white head. Smells soapy and earthy with some perfumy hoppy touches. Tastes sweet and dry if that makes sense with some peppery splashes. A hint of bitterness emerges as the beer warms. A decent lawnmower brew.

Bottle shared by csbosox. Thanks for sharing this one, Chris. Light yellow with virtually no head. The aroma that hit me was was initially a subdued banana note but quickly transitioned to an odd, grainy adjunct note. Light-bodied and thin with "pinpricking", fine carbonation and a crisp finish; different. The flavor is an unnatural, lightly malty graininess with a light hop finish. Meh; if I found myself in Barbados, I’m afraid I’d have to go with rum over this one.

330 ml plastic bottle shared by csbosox. Pour is clear golden with only a thin white head that is gone fast. Aroma of skunk and some artificial candy sweet sugar. Taste is cabbage, sugar and really weird graininess. Almost a vegetable taste - beets? This is one does not agree with me. Thanks for sharing Chris!

330ml plastic bottle. Crisp aroma with noble hops, actually fairly nice. Pale colored with a wispy head. Crisp pils-like malt and a very faint hops favor, more like a hint, really. Very clean. For a pale lager, this is well made, clean, and refreshing.