Sainsburys Parkins Special Bitter

Brewed by Leeds (Carlsberg UK)
Style: Bitter
Leeds, England

50 cL can. Pours clear and golden deep orange with a huge, off-white and creamy head. Aroma is cornish and vague malty. Malty, vague caramelish and bitter flavoured. Dry and bitter finish. Plain and simple.

Not seen this for sale in my local Sainsburys until it arrived on the discount shelf. Perhaps it was the ropey looking can that I avoided. Golden with a thin white fading head. Smells like metal. Little malt, toffee, hops, tea. Very watery and flavourless. What is in there isn’t too bad but there is so little of it.

Head disappears quickly, not much taste and an aroma of soap suds, not great but drinkable, pick another beer if you can

Can. I recently rated the Sainsbury’s Parkins Bitter. This is very similar, except it’s a whole 1% more alcoholic. Appearance is the same - amber with a white head. It has the same malty aroma, the same pear drop taste and the same watery bitter finish. Why bother?

Can, 500ml, from Sainsburys, Banbury. Amber with short lasring carbonated white head. It had to be done, its been sat there for a while, this is a poor, tinny, cardboardy sharp bitter, thin mouth with an artificial sweetness. Not good.

[500ml can at my Dad’s] Large creamy head that dissipates very quickly. Didn’t taste too much like a canned bitter. Quite sweet, slightly malty, a hint of earthy hops, but mainly tastes weak, watery and brown. A nothing beer, like they’ve taken a "proper" beer and watered it down. As a result, went down very easily, leaving no trace of an aftertaste! I guess you get what you pay for...

Amber coloured body with a very thin slightly off-white coloured head. Aroma of metal, light malt, english hops and a bit of toffee - nothing special. Medium-bodied; Strong malty flavour with some light hops and a metallic twang that lasts for quite a while. Aftertaste shows some light sweetness and a bit of hops - once again, nothing too pleasant. Very forgettable overall - not really worth trying! I sampled this 500 mL can purchased at Sainsbury’s in London (Fulham Broadway), England on 08-March-2008.

Big offwhite lasting head. Orange body with carbonation. Vague straw and metal aroma with perfumy notes. Dry watery perfumy caramel and malts taste; quite artificial. Mild and mellow, but mouthfeel is sharpish. No aftertaste. Boring, not very good. (0.5l can from Sainsbury’s.)