Harviestoun Old Engine Oil (Bottle)

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

11.2oz bottle. Pours dark brown/black with very little, tan head. Smells slightly toasty and sweet malty. Tastes toasty malty, slightly chocolatey, a little coffee, and a little dish towel. Body is not viscous in myopinion. Pretty thin but very smooth with nice smooth carbonation.

Pours silky black with barely any head. Peaty nose, very mild and welcoming. Gorgeous silky body with subtle complexity. Black licorice, peat and chocolate flavors. Low co2 silky and viscous texture. Reaches that wonderful place where the hops and roasted malt resonate on the same bitterness note, accentuated by smokey harmonics. Light feel and absolutely sessionable. Lovely!

Bottle. Smells like a porter, tastes like a porter, looks like a porter. Chocolatey and roastey but not sour and burnt like a stout. Clean yeast character. Nice.

Bouteille 330ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de malt rôti, de chocolat noir, moyennement fruité (prunes, léger de cerises, traces de pommes), léger de caramel, de houblon terreux et avec des notes de café, de noix grillées et de fumée de bois. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture crémeuse et aux notes huileuses. Moyen goût fruité (cerises, prunes, traces de pommes vertes, de figues et de cassis) accompagné d’un léger goût de fumée de bois, de traces de chocolat au lait (petites notes lactiques) et des réglisse noire lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût moyennement amer de malt assez rôti (petites notes brûlées) avec des notes de chocolat noir et des traces de caramel sucré puis en finale vient se rajouter un moyen-léger goût de café ainsi qu’un léger goût de houblon terreux aux notes herbeuses et des traces de noix. Post-goût long-moyen et aux notes sèches, moyennement amer de rôti-brûlé, moyen de houblon terreux, léger de café et de chocolat noir ainsi qu’un léger goût fruité (moût de cerises et pelures de prunes) et des traces de fumée de bois.

Bottle. Black color with a creamy pale brown head. Aroma: Roasted & sweet malt, chocolate, coffee, toffee, dark fruit (plums). Flavor: Roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, caramel, licorice, fruity sweetness and a bitter finish. Smooth and creamy mouthfeel. Medium to full bodied.

Nice label on this brown bottle. Has a mild aroma of used engine oil soaked with gasoline. Pretty much flat but there is a slight creamy tingle noticeable with each slug. Taste is surprisingly not overpowering yet has some imperial stout qualities. Coating burned watery wood. Not as viscous or chocolaty as the label would suggest but it is certainly roasty. Mild wet campfire charcoal for a finish.

Rich dark color with mahogany edges. Lots of chocolate malt in the nose. Flavor starts with lightly roasted chocolate malts, some hoppy bitterness comes out in the middle and finishes lightly sweet and bitter. A bit chalky in the mouth feel, not a lot of complexity, some faint hints of dark fruit, but nothing pronounced. Solid but non spectacular.

12 ounce bottle- pours out black with a short lasting tan head. Aroma was wonderful, coffee and smoke. Taste was all toasted coffee and dark fruit, excellent. Mouth feel was smooth as silk. As soon as I finished it, I wanted another. Well done!