Harviestoun Old Engine Oil Special Reserve

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

Pours a deep dark, ahem, old engine oil black. A hard pour produces a fluffy head of beige, but this whittled and plopped away to a thin cap. Treacle, molasses, toffee, licorice, and whisk(e)y aromatics. Flavors are boozy with the whisk(e)y notes quite noticeable. Sweet, syrupy, and sticky. Raisins noted. A touch of tinny feel in the aftertaste. Malts are burnt and charred, and the whisk(e)y cask imparts a lot of character.

Pours to a black body with a tall, lasting, creamy medium brown head. The aroma was hard to get at all. The flavor, fortunately, is not. Nice light milk chocolate and vanilla laden oak with slight whiskey notes. The palate is rich and creamy. Full bodied. Nice texture and really creamy. Very nice and on the finish, I noticed some nice dark fruits. Very under-rated.

Poured a black color into the glass with a nice sized tan head. Smelled of chocolate, malt, and grain. Taste was heavy grain, some chocolate, grainy and almost milky, with whiskey notes as well. There was a flavor in there that I couldn’t quite figure out. Overall a good beer, but one that I just didn’t come together for me.

Bottle sampled. Pours dark with a tan head. Aroma of molasses, roast, oak, smoke, and whiskey. The flavor is roasted malts, smoke, whiskey is definitely present, oak, and a acidic finish. Good brew.

Bottle from Dilly Deli. Poured dark reddish brown color with full brown head that diminished slowly with good lacing. Heavy aroma of caramel, nuts and troasted malt. Medium to full body with sticky texture. Medium toasted sweet balanced flavor with a medium sweet finish of long duration. My expectations were met.

My favorite beer because of the flavor, the texture and how you can still taste it after a few minutes. Alot going on with this.

bottle - Pours very dark brown with a two finger tan head that has some legs. The aroma is of roast malt and chocolate, though as it warms it smells more boozy. The flavor is chocolate roast malt and mild but quite noticeable whiskey notes. Full bodied and well balanced, this beer is quite enjoyable.

Gorgeous pitch-dark beer with little head. That’s the way I like ’em. Aromas are strong of chocolate, alcohol and fruits. Taste is complicated and rich. This is an excellent beer.