O’Hanlon’s Royal Oak

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85		94
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Brewed by O’Hanlon’s
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Exeter, England

Serve in English pint

bottled
available

on tap
unknown

Local Distribution

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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."

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3.2

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

DonMagi (5599) - bantervile, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND - OCT 8, 2006

Not as rich as i would have liked. Aroma gives berry fruits, lightly toffee malts and floural hops. Taste is similar with not as much sweetness off the malts as i would have liked.

3.4

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

BeerandBlues2 (5594) - Baltimore, Maryland, USA - JUN 12, 2010

Bottle. Pours clear amber with an average, frothy, off-white to light tan head, mostly lasting with good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, cookie, caramel), average hops (flowers, herbs), average yeast (dough, earth) with notes of apple and pear. Medium bodied, creamy texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Long duration, light sweetness and acidity, moderate bitterness.

2.9

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20

Fin (5490) - Merton, Oxfordshire, England, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - SEP 16, 2006

Bottle, picked up at the Dodgy Deli’, Cowley Rd, Oxford, 15-09-06. Reddy amber coloured beer which has a slight haze despite my best efforts at pouring and was very lively as though it couldn’t wait to get out of the bottle, with the off-white coloured head going everywhere but in the glass. Definate fruity aroma but mores so of rich dried fruits, malty and bitter in the taste and whilst it was enjoyable enough not really my thing.

3.2

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

duff (5483) - St, Margarets, Greater London, ENGLAND - DEC 2, 2005

Bottle. Not too bad, some nutty, malty bitterness, with some light caramel. Finish quite bitter and slightly green in character, pretty decent stuff.

3.2

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

Skinnyviking (5472) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - AUG 18, 2007

Bottle. High creamy and lasting off-white head. Hazy orange body. Fruity and flowery aroma with a touch of hops. Fruity and moterately bitter flavor. A bit watery with low carbonation and a short aftertaste.

2.5

AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20

jerc (5446) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - JAN 1, 2008

Bottle from the LCBO. Amber body with a small creamy white head. Grapefruit vomit aroma - WTF? Something else I don’t feel like deciphering after the first impression. Moderate bitterness, grapefruit, sweet malt undertones. Average palate. Weird. Flavour is much better than the aroma, but is still just okay. It is possible this is a bit off, but I’m not sure how.

3.4

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

Cornfield (5240) - Oak Forest, Illinois, USA - DEC 20, 2004

I don’t know who this "Pope" guy is, my bottle having no references to him... but this was a fine ESB. Pouring a hazy copper tone with a froathy, soapy off-white head, this has a floral and herbal hop aroma along with some orange fruitiness. The taste is a lightly sweet caramel, citric fruit, and earthy herbal hops. A very well balanced brew, this has a midly bitter finish.

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20

rlgk (5238) - Skövde, SWEDEN - AUG 15, 2004

Hazy amber, nice offwhite head. Aroma brings touches of citrus and some floral notes. Flavor is floral with citrus and some sweeter fruits.

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