OHanlons Royal Oak

Bottle. Dark amber color with a medium, creamy, long-lasting, beige head. Malty aroma with some hops, some nuts, mild fruitiness, and light toastiness. Sweetish malty flavor, a bit of caramel, a bit of biscuits and slightly bitter finish. Rounded and medium-bodied. Not bad.

Bottled@SBWF 2007
Hazy nut brown color, lots of lace, huge beige head. Woody hoppy, a bit malty nose. Metallic, nutty malty flavor. Nutty and dry aftertaste. Similarities with Fullers ESB.

Bottled@SBWF2007. Coppery amber colour, mediumsized creamy beige head. Aroma is a lot of fruits and some wooden hints. Flavour is much the same along with some mild sourness and earthyness also.

Page 156 of Michael Jackson’s Great Beer guide. A very fruity, flowery beer with an great English hop finish. Romantically this is the way I thought all the bitters would be when I came to England but sadly they weren’t. Only 175 of MJ’s Classic 500 Brews to go.

bottle. Copper colour, impressive and very persistent head. Lovelly aroma of wild berries. Fruity and malty flavours, hints of orange. Well-rounded with flowery hops. Long-lasting bitter-sweet aftertaste, again with hints of orange.

Bottle: some malty sweetness, pretty fruity and juicy, some honey, caramel and grapes, some weak yeasty sourness notes, and a good dose of hoppy sharp bitterness, long dry and bitter finish, needs a bit more body but nevertheless another good beer from o’hanlons.

bottle shown BB07/16/06...cloudy rich amber color with long lasting fluffy tan head...aromas of stone fruit, berries, wheat bread and a sour woodiness. flavor is full of raisins, dried herbs,earthy bread and a bit of nutty dryness. cask like mouth feel. past its prime but delicious...

Cask @ OL i Aarhus. Pours a red amber with practically no head. Aroma is oaky and earthy with a little caramel. Mouthfeel is light with low carbonation. Flavour begins sweet then some caramel and a nice bitter finish mixed in with a long oaky aftertaste. Nice!