OHanlons Royal Oak

[Cask at Cockney Pub, Århus] A hazy red beer with a lazing tan head. The aroma is sweet with light hoppy notes, while the flavor is sweet malty with medium berry notes as well as light flowery notes, leading to a bitter end.

Bottled. Nut brown. Dry and dusty, deep and fruity, pleasantly hoppy and raisiny. Clean mouthfeel, bitter finish. O’Hanlon’s have made a great job in recreating this beer. It tastes more or less exactly as I remember Eldridge Pope’s version many years ago.

(Bottle 50 cl) Dark, clear amber-colour with a thick creamy head. Gets hazier when you approach the bottom from the sediment. And gets pure mudwater if you pour the last finger. Slightly nutty with a dry hoppiness. A nice bitter. 150305

Murky amber appearance. Lively aroma of passion fruit, caramel, brown sugar, plum. The flavour, however, is underwhelming (it may not have been a word when they wrote that song but it is now). It’s got a slightly dusty, vaguely malty character to it. One of the most annoying things in beer is when it smells great and then tastes like hardly anything at all. That’s what I’m getting here.

Cask at Charlies. Clear orange coloured with an off white head. Aroma of malts, caramel, fruits and hops. Sweet flavour of malts, caramel, fruits and hops. Hoppy finish.