OHanlons Organic Rye

Brewed by OHanlons
Style: Bitter
Whimple, England

The O’Hanlon’s Organic Rye seems to convey lemon and other citrus notes with a lightly lingering hop finish. Rye malts offer a slight twist to the style, and so the beer has a welcoming character. Not exciting but would revisit.

Bottle. Poured clear copper with a large off-white frothy head that diminished slowly with good lacing. Medium sweet malty aroma. Medium body with a sticky texture and soft carbonation. Well balanced flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Good brew.

Pours an orangish-amber with a slight haze under an ecru head which depleted rather quickly. Considerably malted aroma with caramel, dry cereal grains and a hint of lemon. Sweetly malted in flavor as well, and as I glance at the "best before" date on my bottle (02 18 2004), I can only assume that its "oregano flavor" has simply gone the way of the buffalo. I think it held up rather well as a malty EPA.

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500ml. Pours a slightly hazy medium amber with a towering, bubbly off-white head that takes forever to make way for more beer poured into the glass. Slightly sweet caramel on the nose, along with a gentle whiff of the sourness of rye. Very understated. Slightly assertive attack; medium body, soft carb, flavors starting to roust themselves after their relative absence on the nose. More of the same mild caramel and rye, along with some toast. Almost free of finish. Ihave a soft spot for rye so I probably like this a bit more than it really merits, but it’s a nice clean endlessly sessionable bitter, and the world can always use a small step toward variety in that department.

My bottle read "Original Rye" and was 5% ABV. Has an orangey amber color with an off white film for head. Slightly tart aroma, with some light fruity notes (pears) A bit thin and light. Crisp fruity notes of pears, like the aroma. Later hints of honeyish malt comes through with a very light flowery finish. Like with many English Ales it’s highly drinkable and solid, but isn’t distinct in anyway.

amber color. Smell of hop, yeast, minor citrus, Asti Champagne, malt and spice. Taste of hops, sugar, bitters, spice, smoked rye and a nice bitterness at the end. Can also taste some citrus but not a lot.

Good carbonation gave this beer a fine mouthfeel. Lightly breaded flavor flirting with floral notes and just a hint of vanilla made this a pleasant beer, while its overly watery flavor kept it from being a truly good one. Good with food, but I’ll stick to the darks.

This had a decent head.aroma was quite fragrant of hops.color amber.lots of flavor.will buy again.