Harviestoun Old Engine Oil (Bottle)

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

LCBO about $3 per bottle. Faint dark malty aroma. Black with thin foamy tan head. Very stouty, well blended, creamy dark bittter-sweet chocolate, cherry?, very smooth, not too dry, not too sweet. A little light on taste and body for me but a good beer none the less.

Draft - Victroia Gastro Pub - Black, creamy tan head. Deep roasted chocolate and mild coffee aromas lay on soft wafts of toasted dark fruits and pistachio. Hints of citrus pull forward upon warming. Very well balanced flavors of ashy chocolate and cherry fig coffee that ride a moderate citric hop punch. Medium bodied and smooth, soft carbonation, bittersweet finish. This one should not be missed. Well made with a nice complexity...

Poured into an english pint. 12 oz bottle. Pours a think black like the name. Smells like a fine scotch ale but with a bit of a porter smell. The taste is very unique. Much like the smell its very much a mix of a scotch ale and a english porter. Its neither as sweet and malty as a scotch ale or as bitter and robust as a porter, which makes this one rather special. Chocolate, caramel, toffee, dominate with a smooth bitter hop bite at the end and a lingering smoky coffee note. Very good!

Brown bottle, 330 ml, best before April 2009, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on March 2 2008; eye: black, opaque, creamy coffee head, lacing; nose: roasted malt, roasting, chocolate milk; nose: roasted malt, chocolate milk, roasting, a bit of a smoky side, blue cheese, a bit of hops, finale in roasted malt with a good presence of chocolate milk, lightly sweet and bitter, medium body, slightly grainy texture, not much carbonation, slight astringency; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 330 ml, meilleure avant avril 2009, achetée à la LCBO le 2 mars 2008, savourée le 17 mars 2008; œil : noire, opaque, mousse crémeuse café, dentelle; nez : malt rôti, torréfaction, lait au chocolat; bouche : malt rôti, lait au chocolat, torréfaction, un p’tit côté fumé, fromage bleu, un peu de houblon, finale en malt rôti avec une grosse présence de lait au chocolat, légèrement sucrée et amère, corps moyen, texture un peu granuleuse, peu carbonatée, très légère astringence; en résumé : bien aimé

Extremely dark brown, almost black with a thick creamy mocha head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, toffee and a touch of hops. Flavor is sweeter than expected, this sweetness is what strikes first, than, it is roasted malt, chocolate, cherries and wood with a somewhat bitter finish from the malt. Medium to full body with medium carbonation.

Bottle - dark brown with an eggshell colour head. , anyhow, coffee - plum aroma, slight chocolate in there too. Light lemon-hop flavour, a little sour. Hmm, I just don’t get it.perhaps due to having a Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout before hand!

Yummy watery smoky malt flavor. Followed by sweet brown sugar Then comes a bitterness like you’ve been drinking a hoppy beer. . Scratchy palette. Color is perfect dark and mysterious. It gets better as it gets warmer. Good stuff.

Poured into a tulip glass. Extremely dark brown, with red hues and a finger of tan head. Some spiderweb lacing adorns the glass. Aroma is sweet and fruity, with some chocolate and cherry. Taste is mainly chocolaty, with some caramel too. There’s some cherry sweetness and hop bitterness as well. Nice balance and interesting flavors. Very smooth mouthfeel but carbonation is a bit low. Really silky and tasty, very good beer.