Sainsburys Parkins Special Bitter

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

Can, from Sainsburys. Copper bronze, thin but lasting white head and gentle condition. Low sweet caramel with a touch of burnt toffee in the nose,muted hop notes and gentle sweet maltiness in the mouth , brief bitterness in the finish.

Can (500ml). Not much to say - odd light yellow colour for a bitter, cheap/sweet aroma, light characterless bitterness. The taste - well, uh, sweet, slightly dry, incredibly light, slight tinny aftertaste - half-decent and more or less thirst-quenching. Nothing much to report.

This aint to bad for cheap Sainsbury’s own filth - cost me 5 quid for 8 cans, which saw me through the Portsmouth v Man United match last night and Bangla victoire over the Proteas in the cricket. A nice copper colour, a little bit of hops evident and fairly sweet. I agree with the descriptions of this being a bit watery, but what do you expect for 60p a can? This is not a beer to savour, but if you want a cheap session where you’re gonna neck 6-8 cans, this one’s the baby! Certainly better than northern brand filth like Smiths, Tetleys and Worthington.

500ml can from Sainsburys. Copper coloured with thing disappearing head. Some malt, some tea aroma. Faint hop. Watery in mouth. Bit tinny and empty. Some earthy, citrus lemon hop, more tead. Dull.

Can. Had this courtesy of a friend whilst at Towersey Festival, even though I’ve had this before it was a bit of a blast from the past, Sainsburys have been churning this one out for years now. Some fruit on the nose, smells and tastes a little bit better than the normal stuff, still a bit metallicy but I’ve never been keen on beers in cans.

Aroma is stronger than the regual parkin’s, grassy hops, though the nitro head is hard to pull to much from. Taste is also very similar with a agaoin grassy malty caramel taste with a more bitter finish. This however makes it slighty not as easy to drink, by this i mean u couldnt drink the can in one drink as easily, hehe. Nothign special but again better than expected.

Can. Fruity toffee aromas. Not overly flavoursome but perfectly drinkable and unobjectionable.

Tinny. Amber in colour with an off-white head. Aromas are caramel malts with some light berry notes. Flavours are caramel and toffee malts but without much character. Some fruitiness helps. But overall this is pretty dull.