OHanlons Royal Oak

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

Nice traditional-style Bitter with a thin, drinkable body and lingering bitterness in the finish. Extremely clean and plain, with a hint of sourness. Good for the style. Nice caramel notes in the nose.

The Plain Kitchen, Göteborg. Light flowery hops, mild ozone, some oak, apple skins. Dark amber red, mild haze before dregs, with almost no head. Medim watery body with mild carbonation. Starts with mild sweetness, light apple flavor, and light acidity. Fruity hops with mild bittering at the finish. After is tart sweet acidic, with mild bittering. Nice ale. Adding dregs gives extra bitter, acidic tang.

16.9 oz bottle. Best before 07/18/06.
Cloudy amber with a fluffy tan head.
Despite careful pour I still ended up with yeast floaties in the glass.
Head disapates slowly leaving small patches of lace.
Aroma is mostly caramel, with some light woodieness.
Flavor is lightly caramel with a citrus zest finish.

Bottle BB4 15/05/09. Dark orange-amber. Thick head settles into a scoop of foam and spots of lacing. Light aroma hints of fruit and spice and a trace of yeast. Flavour is fruity with a fair amount of spice. Makes for an intriguing combination. Traces of yeast. A hint of citrus and caramel.

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.

Medium sized offwhite/gray head, ok retention and some scattered lacing. Clear amber/copper color. Fruity, faint notes of peaches and citrus. Med/light body. Light malt flavors with the fruit coming through on the palate also. Light fruity ale. Finish is dry. This new version should have been kicked up a notch, could of been interesting.

Bottle as Royal Oak Traditional Bitter Cloudy golden amber with ample off white head. Mild floral hop aroma, with a light burnt malt aroma, very light dark chocolate... the unsweetened kind. Flavour has light hop bitters with a little acidic tune. Everything is very mild and subtle. Body is watery.

Royal Oak Pale Ale, brewed in Devon, full of legends and Parliaments, and kings, Cromwell’s Roundheads, grilled meat and cheeseboard. Opaque, dark amber hue, maybe maroon?, highly carbonated, with a big fizzy head that drizzles down quick. Big cherry aroma, rich and malty, nice hops, rather mild, though. Sweet and serene. Nice. Remains sweet and tasty on the tongue. Decent hops, not too large, but a neat, if mild little firedance in the mouth. Continues bitter and sweet throughout. Cherry flavor dominates. Nice, but... Not one I’ll return to, unless I get filthy rich sometime soon. Quite different from other british pale ales, perhaps overly carbonated, a little too much for my taste. Just not loving it. MEh.