Harviestoun Ola Dubh (18 Year Old)

Brewed by Harviestoun
Style: Old Ale
Alva, Central, Scotland

Black with some brown coming through, small beige head with little lazing. Aroma is inviting of lightly peaty whisky, wood, roasted malt, liqourice and light caramell. Flavour is weaker with light roasted malt, light peat and wood and liqourice with a slightly dry ending acompanied by lingering whisky notes. Mouthfeel is medium and quite smooth.

Bottle (33 cl) from Systembolaget. Mild roasted aroma with some dark chocolate and salmiak, and notes of whiskey and wood. Medium bodied, low carbonation. Well balanced with a dry and salty finish. Very much like the 12 year variant, much ado for very little.

Bottle. Almost black liquid with a small, beige head. Aroma is a bit sweet with notes of oak and a hint of smoke. Taste is sweet, a bit alcoholic and a bit roasted. Nice.

Bottled. Dark brown almost black with a small firm beige foam. Rich rounded aroma of toasted malts, oak, roasted almonds, prunes, sweet licorice and milky chocolate. Nearly full-bodied with strong notes of malt whiskey, oak, nuts, almonds and roasted malts with touches of anise, toasted bread and mild coconut. Smooth mouthfeel. Long aftertaste of wood, whiskey, roasted almonds, mild anise and toasted malts. Really tasty stuff for sure...

Pours a three finger brown head that leaves some lace. Black, no highlights. Chocolate/whiskey nose. Light-medium carbonation and heavy bodied. Flavor is smooth, roasted chocolate and whiskey. Almost a burnt chocolate finish. Bottled Jan 2009. Worth trying - $10.50 for a 330ml bottle from Tully’s Beer & Wine Wells, Me.

33 cL bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a creamytan to chocolate brown head. Aroma is vanilla and dark roasted malty. Smooth whiskey, wooden, light vanilla and smoked. Dry and roasted base flavoured.

Bottle at Green Lion, Malmö. Black coloured with a medium sized beige head. Sweet aroma of caramel, dried fruits, liquorice and alcohol with notes of whisky. Sweet flavour of caramel, dried fruits, whisky and alcohol. Sweet and alcoholic finish.

Bottle 330ml.
Clear dark red brown color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, smoke - peat, light chocolate, light licorice, serial soot ash notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090823]