O’Hanlon’s Royal Oak

Brewed by O’Hanlon’s
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Exeter, England

Serve in English pint

A Sim rate (Cask at Planet Thanet): Aroma of spicy breadcrumbs. Parsley. Paprika. More spice. Bitter finish that is tangy and slightly citric but over all quite savoury.

amber body, had a bit of a fruity almost apple taste to it. A little bit of a hop presence.

nice bottle conditioned beer, amber colour. lotsa rocky white head, nice lacing. Good Malty character, slight hops, kinda nutty. Great bitter. Had at smokeless joes

UPDATED: MAY 19, 2007 Cloudy amber with lite head. Notes of hops, malts, & furit in the aroma. Balance flavour of malts & hops with notes of roasted nuts. Full bodied with a mild bitter finish.

UPDATED: DEC 6, 2007 This is the same as the pale ale, as it’s labelled in the US, to appeal to that market. It is a bitter, and a very good one. A fruity tasty bitterness, greapefruit from Challenger and Goldings hops and lots of good comlex malting. Smooth, great lacing. Strong on the palate.

16.9oz bottle. pours about like a nut brown with a ruby presence. head is quite firm, with nice retention. smells pleasant. i’m beginning to think they’re going for a darker pale here. hops on the nose, as well as a field of wheat and a little malt. tastes of caramel, hops (can taste the Golding hops), and finishes with a lingering apple taste and a seperate slight bitterness. well balanced, tasty, and drinkable. noticable lacing as well here. nothing bad here, though it’s not extremely discernable either. happy drinking!

UPDATED: JUL 1, 2007 Draught. Amber with a long lasting cream head. Malt, wood and floral hop aromas. Malty flavour with plenty bitterness and hop character.

Sweet malt hop aroma. Cloudy brown colour with good head and lacing. Bitter malt flavour with sweetness. Smooth palate.