 Gr0ve (1393), Oslo, Norway
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 15, 2009 330 ml bottle. Pitch black colour. Medium-sized off-white
head. Vanilla and roasted aromas. Rounded malty
flavours. Rich. Smooth carbonation. Dry wooden oaky flavours. Hints
of whisky. Finishes dry with a light hop bitterness that lasts a
long time. Hints of coffee in the finish. Quite sweet.
bikesandbeers (468), Los Angeles, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 6, 2009 purchased by WeeHeavySD @ PP Bottle shop and shared with dalekliz. Black with a nice beige head. aroma of smoke sausage and booze. smooth flavor with noticable whiskey and oak. lingering stickness in the finish. interesting complex brew.
ChainGangGuy (2555), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 3, 2009 Appearance: Opaque, dark brown body capped by a small, bubbly, tan-hued head.
Smell: Wafts of smoke and spirits with a scent of dark malts and minor notes of old wood and peat contributed from the barrel aging.
Taste: Earthy, smoky chocolate flavor with not more than a hint of malt sweetness. Fire-charred dark fruits. Exceptionally drying wood component with, regrettably, only a thin taste of peaty scotch. Minor return of the dark malts, but they’ve got to contend with the unceasingly wooden taste. Dash of still mineral water. Finishes dry and somewhat abrupt.
Mouthfeel: As with the bottle of 12-Year I had previous, the beer just doesn’t quite reach medium-bodied. Medium-low, soft carbonation. A tad lifeless.
Drinkability: Not unpleasant, but, for me, it comes up a bit short in terms of both body and flavor. The only really stirring part of the Ola Dubh experience is the jarring price tag.
Beerdedone (1879), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 31, 2009 Bottle. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malts, whiskey, oaky vanilla, and some light smoke. Flavor was complex and well blended with roasted malts, vanilla, whiskey, chocolate, oak, and some faint smoke with a medium body and a dry roasted finish. AWESOME BREW.
rmalloy (195), los angeles, California, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 31, 2009 Smells like a good aged balsamic vinegar and ground coffee. Taste is flat and roasty. Very thin in the mouth. Pretty interesting but would not buy again.
tronraner (1913), Seymour, Tennessee, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 30, 2009 Updated: Feb 1, 2009Bottle 23747, dated Sept 2007. Pours black with orange edges and thin tan head. The aroma is light peat smoke, chocolate, vanilla, oak, and some light coffee and cherry notes. The flavor is semi-sweet chocolate, vanilla, toasted oak, very light peat, and lots of mellow fruity tones. The Scotch character is obvious, but not at all overwhelming. This has got to be one of the most balanced whisky-barrel beers I’ve had. The finish is lightly floral coffee with a fresh Scotch aftertaste. Very well done.
KieferUGA (461), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 27, 2009 330 ml bottle. Dark brown pour with a light tan head. Smoky, peaty aroma. Flavor is of whisky, smoke, and some chocolate notes. Finish is thick and meaty.
henrikb (1303), Aarhus, Denmark
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 27, 2009 Almost to full and creamy a head for the kind of beer, near black body. Good but quite strange, both nose and body has clear whiskey cask sharper notes but tons of soft milk chocolate and creamy caramel aromas makes at least the nose a little strange and unfinished, to body is very similar to caramel soft with little interest, some iodine notes that are more present in the beer the in the straight Highland Park appear in finish. I think this is an alright drink, but I think the chosen beer for the cask is wrong some much more interesting should have come out of this "experiment".
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