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OHanlons Royal Oak

OHanlons Royal Oak  - Premium Bitter/ESB

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 Percentile 
77
overall
Brewed by OHanlons
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Whimple, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2683.35/5.03.33/5.05%87.1English pint
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Commercial Description:
Cask; Occasional. Also available bottle conditioned, mainly for export to America.
Has been seen as Royal Oak Pale Ale and Royal Oak Traditional Bitter.
Ingredients: Optic Pale, Crystal, and Torrified Wheat malts; Challenger, Northdown and Goldings hops.
"Royal Oak is a pale ale of noble character in the grand tradition of British country brewing. Classically deep amber, rich in malt and fragrant with hop aroma, it’s a rounded, soft ale of beautifully balanced complexity and lasting finish."
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
Blasphemies (45), Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 5, 2008  
Slight fruity aroma. Cloudy brown-copper colour. A bit bitter with some light sweet fruit taste. Very enjoyable.


 kempicus (350), Wellington, New Zealand
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 1, 2008  
Really enjoyed this beer, i’ve been feeling like a west country beer for a while so this was extremely welcome. pours with a pillowy head and the nose on it is extraordinary, reminds me of stewed rhubarb and apples in a crumble, gorgeous! doesn’t look that great in the glass, i had a bit of trouble controling the pour and there’s a lot of sediment! I’ve had this on cask and this tastes very similar, it has the same astringent quality that balances out the malt presence. all in all a great beer!


 sstackho (249), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Feb 19, 2008  
500mL bottle purchased from LCBO in Toronto iwth a best before date of March 2009. Pours a cloudy light brown. Lots of sediment at the bottom which I shake up, and causes a neat two-colour head at the end of the pour. Lots of floaties. Very interesting colour. Aroma is a bit lacking, but slightly hoppy. Flavour is a little thin and tinny, with a bit of ESB bitterness, but not a lot. I’m not enjoying this one as much as either of the LCBO’s English bitter releases from last season.


 DrnkMcDermott (1831), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/59/20
Feb 18, 2008    Updated: Feb 20, 2008
Purchased today at Sam’s Wines, Downers Grove; "Best by 02/28/05." Okay, Sam’s definitely has a problem keeping their shelves updated. But it was in the bargain tent at a dollar off, and I just couldn’t resist.

Pours a big load of tannish-brown foam into a pint glass. Very cloudy, coppery beer beneath it. Smell shows a lot of malt that has aged out and is a bit medicinal, but that’s to be expected. And yet, there’s still some fine English hop bitterness to be found here. A bit of iodide, true, but also some prune and raisin. I knew this might have problems going in, but it’s still pretty drinkable.


OStreetBrewery (99), Wellington, New Zealand
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 17, 2008  
Dark Crimson with a pillowy enthusiastic white head. Aroma features rich toffee malt, complex fruit, strawberry, ripe plum, an over all effect like that of sniffing a roses chocolate box. On the palate there is chewy sweet malt, a profound fruit medley of strawberry, peaches and apricot leading to a firm bitter finish.


 yespr (11601), Copenhagen O, Denmark
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Feb 9, 2008  
Cask at Charlies. Hazzlenut brown and with a little off-white head. Light fruity aroma. Flavour is light acidic with a nutty note and a light caramel. Ends slight acidic and light bitter.


 Grovlam (3790), Copenhagen, Denmark
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 9, 2008  
Cask @ Charlie’s bar. I can’t believe how smoky this place really is. I had no enjoyment at all with this beer, and that is a petty. Really think they should make this place smoke free, so we can actually taste the beers that are being served. Small creamy beige head that mostly diminished. Fair display of lacework. Somewhat cloudy amber color. Aroma was killed by cigarette smoke, what I could pick up was light fruit, hint of toasted malt, light floral and citrus notes as well. Over the palate the hops becomes a bit more evident. Light to medium bodied with a soft carbonation and light dry texture. Light bitter and sweet flavor in fairly good balance. Light dry and bitter finish.


 Aurelius (2643), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 8, 2008  
Pretty good label and bottle. Goldings, slightly cigarette-y aroma. Peaty malt, yeasty, a little metallic, generally gave a pretty dry impression. Copper color. Medium body. Sticky bitter aftertaste. Pretty good.



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