Harviestoun Old Engine Oil (Bottle)

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

Intenso colore nero, molto denso.Cremosa e aderente la schiuma, ottima la persistenza. Complesso e morbido aroma di cacao,malto, liquirizia, alcool,legno affumicato.Sapore leggermente piccante, abbastanza vivace. Corpo pieno e morbido, con sentori di amaro e acidità in rilievo. Armoniosa e morbida in bocca, con note di legno,malto e cacao. Finale morbido ed equilibrato

330ml bottle. Pours pitch black with a tan, quickly disappearing head. Aroma is coffee-ish with sweetness, reminds me of some imperial stouts. Flavor is mainly kinda bitter with some coffee and chocolate underneath. In the bottle it says ’viscous, chocolatey, bitter’ which is basically what this is all about. A good beer nonetheless.

11. 2 oz. bottle. Pours black with slight ruby highlights and a decent sized tan head. Pretty good head retention. Nutty aroma with notes of coffee, dark chocolate, raisins, and a slight vinous note. Medium carbonation with a medium-rich mouthfeel. A little bit viscous. Rich roasted malt notes on the palate with coffee, chocolate, and caramel all playing their part. A little earth and walnut in there too. There is a nice touch of bitterness on the back end to balance out the sweetness. A little bit of smoke and peat come out as the beer warms. Medium-long finish with some lingering bitterness on the tongue. Overall, very well put together with just about everything in balance. Quite sessionable as well.

coffee and bittersweet chocolate. slight transparency overall with a reddish cast. bitter but full bodied.

Pitch black pour with a thin off-white head. Aroma of smoke and sweet malt. Big roasted malt flavor, very savory. Chocolaty. A lightly bitter finish. Nice.

Pours black with a thick one-finger khaki head. Aroma is classic for a dark ale, some roasted malt, a little nutty and a bit of cocoa. Flavor is roasted barley, dark coffee and cocoa that gets stronger in the finish. Aftertaste is baking cocoa bitter, but not overpowering like some others.

Bottle@Olympen, Oslo. A fairly dense latte head covering a near-black body with ruddy-brown edges. Dry, powdery cocoa to the nose. Also a scent of milk-chocolate and nuts. Chocolaty malt flavor, light sweet, added by a gentle, earthy bitterness and a hint of coffee ground. Medium body strenght. Oily texture. Malty-bitter, coffee-ish ending. A nice one, elegant and well balanced.

From an 11.2oz bottle this baby pours jet black with a dark thin head. Smells of chocolate, malts, and licorice. Tastes of chocolate, smoky malt, nuts and maybe even a little old engine oil... thick, thick beer with a mouthfeel that is unlike most other beers. Great stuff!