Heart Of Oak
Oakleaf Brewing Co. Ltd.
- From:
- Oakleaf Brewing Co. Ltd.
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.71 | pDev: 12.13%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 24, 2008
- Added:
- May 18, 2005
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
4.15/5 rDev +11.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.15/5 rDev +11.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottle-conditioned version, the same alc. strength as the cask one. BB APR 09, served cool in a straight imperial pint glass.
A: pours an incredibly elegant hue in b/w lightly infused Darjeeling and copper; thin white foamy head retreats slowly, on top of very gentle carbonation.
S: citrus notes of hops, toasted nuts, lightly burned sugar, raisins or sweet dried berries, some herbal notes, as well as very light floral hoppiness. Overall a very mellow and well blended smell for a Best Bitter.
T: mellow and juicy, with lots of fruity & caramely malts, plummy+berry+citric fruits, bitter-sweet nuts, earthy hops, then turning deeper with a long, superbly chewy hop-bitterness and roast-maltiness in the very end, on top of an aftertaste of more roastiness as of nuts and also stems of roasted tea... The chewy bitter, semi-dry mouthfeel lasts beautifully, prolonging the charm and also enhances the drinkability of this bitter altogether.
M&D: utterly smooth but not w/o important subtle carbonation; judging by the clarity and fizziness I would say this beer is very well conditioned in the bottle. I've already forgotten my first, marvellous encounter with the draught version, but this bottled one is absolutely spot-on - balanced, quaffable as well as reasonably complex to make it a charming Best Bitter.
Jun 24, 2008A: pours an incredibly elegant hue in b/w lightly infused Darjeeling and copper; thin white foamy head retreats slowly, on top of very gentle carbonation.
S: citrus notes of hops, toasted nuts, lightly burned sugar, raisins or sweet dried berries, some herbal notes, as well as very light floral hoppiness. Overall a very mellow and well blended smell for a Best Bitter.
T: mellow and juicy, with lots of fruity & caramely malts, plummy+berry+citric fruits, bitter-sweet nuts, earthy hops, then turning deeper with a long, superbly chewy hop-bitterness and roast-maltiness in the very end, on top of an aftertaste of more roastiness as of nuts and also stems of roasted tea... The chewy bitter, semi-dry mouthfeel lasts beautifully, prolonging the charm and also enhances the drinkability of this bitter altogether.
M&D: utterly smooth but not w/o important subtle carbonation; judging by the clarity and fizziness I would say this beer is very well conditioned in the bottle. I've already forgotten my first, marvellous encounter with the draught version, but this bottled one is absolutely spot-on - balanced, quaffable as well as reasonably complex to make it a charming Best Bitter.
Reviewed by Buildscharacter from Georgia
3.26/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.26/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Had this beer while touring around England. This one was inbibed at "The Lord Moon of the Mall"...quite the nice place, especially if you enjoy a good cask ale.
The beer pours out a little darker than I thought it would being a bitter, and like most cask ales, lacks the carbonation that is typical of beers in america.
Immediatly I knew this was going to be quite the hoppy brew, so I prepared myself. You could just smell the hops wafting off the thin, non-heading surface.
Not being much of a hop head, this was a bit much for me. Very strong hop taste, reminds me of cascade, sierra nevada type. Hope flavor stays but eventually gives way to a mild malt flavor and finishes dry.
I enjoyed this cask ale and moved on to many others :)
Jul 13, 2005The beer pours out a little darker than I thought it would being a bitter, and like most cask ales, lacks the carbonation that is typical of beers in america.
Immediatly I knew this was going to be quite the hoppy brew, so I prepared myself. You could just smell the hops wafting off the thin, non-heading surface.
Not being much of a hop head, this was a bit much for me. Very strong hop taste, reminds me of cascade, sierra nevada type. Hope flavor stays but eventually gives way to a mild malt flavor and finishes dry.
I enjoyed this cask ale and moved on to many others :)
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