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Brewed by O’Hanlon’s
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Exeter, England
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 282   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.34   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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."


3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
yngwie (8717) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - DEC 3, 2005
UPDATED: MAY 9, 2007 Bottled. Golden beer. Alcohol and bitterness in aroma. Warming, sweet and hoppy. Light bitter finish. (051104)

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
faroeviking (8598) - Kongens Lyngby, FÖROYAR, FAROE ISLANDS - JAN 29, 2007
Bottle. Deep amber colour with a small mostly diminishing white head. Aroma of fruit, toasty maltiness, bit of spices. The flavour is crisp with a lot of hops and malt, caramellic and fruity ending with a nice bitter finish.

3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Theis (8349) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - NOV 5, 2006
Cask at Charlies Bar. (A Bitter) Clear brown - small white head. Nice malty, bitter roasted, bitter hopped, wood, oak.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
thewolf (8247) - Kolding, DENMARK - SEP 10, 2007
Cask @ OL i Aarhus. Pours a red amber with practically no head. Aroma is oaky and earthy with a little caramel. Mouthfeel is light with low carbonation. Flavour begins sweet then some caramel and a nice bitter finish mixed in with a long oaky aftertaste. Nice!

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Christian (8045) - Odense, DENMARK - FEB 2, 2007
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.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
cgarvieuk (7988) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - NOV 25, 2007
cask Aberdeen Beer festival 07 ... Copper colour ... sweet malt nose ... sweet fruity malt with decent fruit balance.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Maria (7805) - Thisted, DENMARK - JAN 1, 2008
Deep amber with a nice, golden head and good lace. The aroma is perfumes and fruity and i get a note of resin. The mouthfeel is smooth. The flavour has notes of roasted malt, fruit (peach, lime and others), very light sweetness and a nice bitter finish. A really nice beer.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Pinball (7772) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - AUG 20, 2010
cloudy caramelly brown smooth offwhite head3 flowery and sligntly dark frjity aroma. 6 flavor is faint citrussy, faint flowery, exotic and ripe fruity. Wood, woody bitterness,dark caramelly. Powdered sugar.7 pal 3 overall 14


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