OHanlons Royal Oak

Frothy tinge of biege head,red/brown pour,aroma fruity floral,caramel malt,honey,flavour dry at first sweet honey caramel a bright fruit taste mild bitter,toffee taste late on the palate with the fruit and hop bitter,nice ale.

50 cl bottle. Dark copper body with small head. Flavour is malt, fruit and hops.

Bottle ࿒ cl) at Bishops Arms, Vasagatan, Stockholm, Sweden. Clear amber, medium fluffy off-white head. A bit oxidized-like malt aroma with red apples, spicy and citric hops. Light to medium bodied, medium carbonation. Dry, slightly acidic, with medium bitterness. Despite best-before-date being well into 2010, I suspect that this bottle was beginning to get infected.

Serving: 16.9 oz bottle. Appearance: A very slightly hazy amber with a large, fluffy, off-white head. Aroma: Earthy hops, caramel, cotton candy, and a bit of dirt. Okay, but a little on the sweet side. Taste: Lots of caramel paired with a dry earthiness and a little soap. Light floral notes. Definitely more interesting than the average beer! Mouthfeel: Medium, slightly aggressive carbonation with a medium-light, very dry body. Medium-short, dry finish. A bit on the over dry side if you ask me. Overall: While it is a bit on the dry side, it was very mellow and smooth. I wish there were more beers produced in the U.S. like them. Maybe there are and I just haven’t found them yet. Let the search continue. Would I buy it again: Probably not. The price was a little high for the quality, but I am guessing that had something to do with having to be shipped over the Atlantic. If you can find it for less than $5 a bottle, it would be worth considering.

Best before July 23, 2009. Murky copper color with a large, rocky head. Aroma of sweet malt and a dry, earthy hop. Fruity taste, with a bit of apricot and apple. Qutie bready along with some yeast. Light floral hop finish. Quite nice.

Bottle conditioned and best before November 2005. This one poured a most attractive medium-to-dark copper colour, and it was quite hazy with a lot of sediment. Poured every bit of this into the glass, to. The head was almost no head, what there was being ivory in colour and it died away quite rapidly. Aroma was faint, maybe a hint of fruit. Taste was "odd", having perhaps some malt and hop but it was hard to determine what it really was about. Mouthfeel was thin and watery. A disappointing beer.

Poured out a deep burnt orange brew that was not entirely clear - probably due to my pour. I was pretty careful but got greedy near the bottom. The large super light brown crown is really thick and has amazing retention and lacing - an excellent looking brew, no doubt. The aroma is pleasant but quite mild. Found a bit of bread and caramel, the latter being the weaker of the two, fruit that comes from the darker side of the citrus family. Something faint a short that reminds me of chocolate milk powder...?? The more this warms the more the hop character comes out. The taste is really goo, so good that I’ve put another in the freezer. I’ve really gotten hooked on English bitters lately. Neat blend of malts - I know there’s some bread and some caramel but it all seems a mystery.... comes across dry. Tasty hops that come over the top of the malt but do not overpower the flavour. The hops really become more sour as I bottom my glass. It’s almost like this beer is layered. Something Xmas hard candy like in the spice. It might even taste like bark. Nears medium bodied. Smooth brew with a lengthy bitter and bready finish, more so later on. I think I’m in need of a blind English Bitter tasting and let these suckers battle each other to the death. Did I overrate this? I’ll have to hit it up again, me thinks.

(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 17 June 2009) Nut brown colour with foamy, beige head. Malty, nutty nose with dried fruit, toasty malt and orange peel. Malty, nutty taste with notes of dried fruit, almonds, hints of brown sugar and dusty hops in a bittersweet finish. Medium body, solid malt structure with some sweetness throughout. A nice and malty premium bitter.