OHanlons Royal Oak

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

color is almost exactly the same as the au courant i just had. medium golden, slightly hazy, head is off-white, kind of creamy. aroma is mildy candy sweet, and citrus hops with a nice floral quality. flavor is mostly hops with notes of celery through to the finish. i like this one.

I have high expectations for a beer that is called a "premium bitter". This beer is an interesting example of a bitter, although its actually not very bitter at all. Strong cask characteristics, yeasty. Barely any head over a dark orange body. It lacks aroma - maybe some heather or herbs. The flavor is mild and woody - its good and refreshing, albeit a little too thin.

Bottle, Can’t believe I had to come all the way to Canada to get this. Cloudy ruby/orange colour, nice, stable head. A definite hop/malt flavour and a bitter/malt flavour with a semi-lasting finish with malt finishing notes, Nice

Cask - Red brown slightly hazy body with a very creamy beige head; Mellow but hoppy aroma, lemon, orange, pine as well as straight up fresh hop; Flat, fresh, soft textured, balanced bitter body; Quite long finish where bitterness grows with the length, a very little dry, orange and pine like hoppy aromas and a little sweet malt.

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

Purchased when I lived just outside of Royal Oak, Michigan. Very plain, English style ESB. Not for me. Too light.

500ml - Best Before 022805 (Secret Santa cousin Rich) - Aroma is floral hops, citrus, and carmel malt. Pours copper with a huge head and great lacing. Flavor is a bit bland, more malt than hops, but the hops are still there. Palate is flat and watery. This one was still drinkable but I wonder what a freshy would score...

Love the aroma and the big frothy head on this one. Amber colored somewhat cloudy. Aroma of malt mixed with wet twigs. A lot of dissappointment after that. A little watery, not much bitterness at all and not that malty sweet. Not much of a finish period.