OHanlons Royal Oak

Brewed by OHanlons
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Whimple, England

Appearance: Orangy brown. Cloudy. Little bit of head. Aroma: Malt and hops. Some berries. Taste: Quite hopsy, then malt. Bitter aftertaste. Info: 500ml bottle, 28/1-2007, 137/500

Cask at the Bricklayers Arms, Putney, 1st June 08. The strength is instantly apparent. Interesting malty taste with the ghost of a coconu flavour too. Smooth palate but not much to my taste.

Bottle. Murky copper, nice cloudy pale head. Mildly caramel malty nose, dried ginger, apple. Flavor is apple pie, spices, bitter orange, dull earthy bitterness. Very stuffy. A bit watery palate. Not really my thang.

Bottle from Malthouse. Poured a wonderful amber colour. Has an oaky aroma with some fruit. Tastes of burnt malt, hops, nice and bitter. Malt lingers. Gooood.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, best before 15 05 09 , purchased at deVine Wines and Spirits on May 23 2008, savoured on June 7 2008; eye: caramel, hazy, voluminous beige head that turns into an island of melting ice cream, lots of lacing, no effervescence; nose: grapefruit, caramelized malt, light floral; mouth: light floral, grapefruit, caramelized malt, light candied fruit, nice finale with an enjoyable bitterness (nice grapefruit) and nicely balanced by the caramelized malt, bitterness becomes more present after the finale, light astringency, mildly bitter, lightly sweet, medium body, not much carbonation; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, meilleure avant 15 05 09 , achetée chez deVine Wines and Spirits le 23 mai 2008, savourée le 7 juin 2008; œil : caramel, voilée, mousse abondante qui se transforme en une petite île de crème glacée fondue, beaucoup de dentelle, pas d’effervescence; nez : pamplemousse, malt caramélisé, léger floral; bouche : léger floral, pamplemousse, malt caramélisé, léger fruit candi, belle finale en amertume agréable (bon pamplemousse) et bien équilibrée par le malt caramélisé, amertume devient plus présente après la finale, légère astringence, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, corps moyen, peu carbonatée; en résumé : bien aimé

Hazy dark amber with large beige head. Sweet fruity aroma with a touch of caramel malt. Sweet an fruity flavor with mild hoppy and caramel notes.

Copper in colour with a creamy white coloured head, good retention and excellent lacing. The aroma is of caramel malts, light citrus, biscuits and floral hops. The flavour is very light, some light citrus hops, light caramel sweetness, various fruits. Very lightly bitter mouthfeel, light body, medium carbonation. Finishes thin, bitterness starts to pick up, lightly sweet, lingering.

Sort of lackluster, lightly bitter, starts off slow but it picks up in the finish.

500ml bottle from the LCBO in Peterborough, Ontario.
Opened on December 13, 2007.
Best before April 3, 2009.

A nice ending to International Beerfest in the Poconos. It’s a mid-dark amber, with acceptable head. It’s aroma is malt and hop. It flavor really shines with malt and hop excellently balanced. It has some bitter, but not enough to turn anybody off. It’s a great drinking brew.