Otley O-Ho-Ho

Brewed by Otley
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales

Serve in English pint

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Cask handpull, Post Office Vaults, Birmingham. Slim-capped, bright orange gold. Soft, grassy, gelatinous aroma translating into a similar flavour; washy orange wine gum, grass, minerals, herb. Late biscuit finish. Still, almost flat condition. Light meaty, vegetable stock notes. In truth pretty drab: struggled with a pint.

UPDATED: AUG 20, 2011 (bottled)headless bronze with a shitload of sediment , not too refined to look at ...tastes pretty fruity and citrusy , almost like generic fruit cordial. Not really detecting any festive spice or vibes from this ’Christmas’ seasonal.

Cask (handpump) at the White Horse on Parsons Green, 27 February 2011. Clear gold / amber colour. Sweetish. A bit fruity - couldn’t really identify particular fruits though.. Maybe some citrus. Pleasant enough, and quite well balanced, but didn’t make too much of a splash.

Cask at the Magpie in Brentford. Pours a clear gold with a small white head and an aroma of dry hops and honey, faint fruity notes on the palate - pear maybe. Lovely balance of bitter vs fruity malt, crisp and clean finish with a lingering hoppiness.

Cask at NWAF 2009. A hazy pale golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel, while the flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel. A bit plain.

Cask-conditioned at the Rake, Southwark 17/12/09. Deep gold with a slight white head. Citrus hop and orange blossom aroma. Flavour was slightly sweet, with plenty more hops and a dry finish. Good.

Cask @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester. Pours a clear orange color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy aroma with some hints of oranges. FRuity malty caramel flavor with some spicy hints and some hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty orange finish with some hoppy hints in the aftertaste.

500ml bottle from Utobeer. Slightly citrusy and earthy beer with some satsuma/tangerine fruit on the finish. Why I keep buying Otley beers believing that they are good, I don’t know. Some sherberty hop on aroma.

Cask (gravity) @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester, England.
Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, fruity, moderate hoppy, orange. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090122]

Cask at Manchester winter ale fetival 2009... light amber ... light zezty fruit nose .. light fruit ... little bitter.