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Sainsburys Parkins Special Bitter 2.33 17

Sainsburys Parkins Special Bitter

Percentile
11
overall
Brewed by Leeds (Carlsberg UK)
Style: Bitter

Leeds, England

bottling
unknown

on tap
unknown

distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
172.18/5.02.33/5.04%1.5English pint
Commercial Description:
Available filtered and pasteurised in 500ml cans.
"A traditional bitter brewed in Leeds."
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 yespr (12414), Copenhagen O, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Sep 30, 2009  
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.


 harrisoni (6946), Ashford, Kent, England
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/57/20
Mar 15, 2007  
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.


 Magicdave6 (5558), London, Greater London, England
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Sep 22, 2005  
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.


 imdownthepub (5177), Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/101/55/20
Jun 18, 2008  
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.


 leaparsons (4753), Leicester, Leicestershire, England
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/58/20
Feb 26, 2005  
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.


 SilkTork (4184), Rochester, Kent, England
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/52/102/515/20
Dec 16, 2004    Updated: Dec 14, 2006
Dec, 2004 Can. Slightly more fruity than the 3% regular Parkins. Not a great beer, but drinkable. [2.2]
Dec, 2006 Can. Inoffensive. Softly fruity. Mild hops. A soft, pleasant beer of moderate character. [2.3]


 HogTownHarry (4025), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/510/20
Sep 15, 2007  
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.


 Fin (3473), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/59/20
Sep 12, 2006  
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.



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