Oakleaf Bitter

Brewed by Oakleaf
Style: Bitter
Gosport, England

Sept, 2005. Market Porter.A beautiful hoppy bitter. Fresh and delicious. Can’t imagine the condition being any more perfect. Can’t imagine a more beautiful session bitter. The juicy malt and fresh dripping hops lasted for an hour afterwoods.

Bottle.Golden brown with a small head,aroma of fruit and hops taste is grassy fresh fruity and hoppy with a dry bitter finish.

A Mes rate: cask at the Hop Farm festival.
Bright gold with with a thin white head and good condition. Lovely citric grapefruit aroma with some excellent bready malt and very well balanced. The flavour is more of the same and in my eyes more golden blonde than bitter. Awesome grapefruit and all round glorious bright and sharp hoppage. Balanced perfectly, a really good dry feel and some more huge citrus in the finish. Excellent stuff.

Bottle, bought @ YNWA, Kolding.
Pours hazy golden with a nice, small, creamy, white head. Fin duration and okay lacing. Aroma is very pleasant, super, grassy hops, very grapefruity and pine-like. Super mouthfeel for the low ABV, dry and lovely. Flavour is very nicely hopped, very dry, grassy, fruity and light pine. Really world class.

Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Copper gold with a small white head. Aroma is spicy hop and fruit. Thick, ashy, compost taste with a hint of citrus and a surprising bitter finish. Huge flavour for the ABV. And it’s a beer that grows on you as the pint goes down.

Amber; crisp, fruity (blackberry, sweet orange), leafy hops. Cool, quenching finish.

Bottle. Golden orange with a small head. Aromas are caramel malts with soft citrus. Slightly peppery with floral hops. Flavours are toffee malts with spiced oranges and marmalade. Quite resinous and addicitive. Following hops are quite dry and bitter. A very well balanced beer. A great session beer.

Bottle Conditioned. Poured a hazy acolour with a very thin. The beer has a slight toffee aroma. The taste has some citrus with a dry finish. A very good beer from this brewery.