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Harviestoun Ola Dubh (30 Year Old)

Harviestoun Ola Dubh (30 Year Old) - Old Ale

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 Percentile 
99
overall
Brewed by Harviestoun
Style: Old Ale

Alva, Central, Scotland

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2863.94/5.03.91/5.08%98.5English pint, Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Ola Dubh (or ‘Black Oil’) is a collaboration between Harviestoun Brewery and Highland Park, Distiller of the Year*. It is based on Harviestoun’s award-winning Old Engine Oil. With more than a stylistic nod to the classic Imperial Porters (and Stouts) of the nineteenth century, this deliciously rich, dark, 8% a.b.v. beer is the first ale to be aged in malt whisky casks from a named distillery and, with traceable casks and numbered bottles, the rest with genuine provenance. Ola Dubh will initially be available in three different expressions; the initial release will be of small batches aged in casks formerly used to mature Highland Park 12 Year Old, Highland Park 16 Year Old and Highland Park 30 Year Old. Further variants are planned for the future. Ola Dubh is, in the words of beer afficionado Owen D.L. Barstow: “The most interesting new British beer I have tried in years.”
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 NJBeerman013 (768), Trenton, New Jersey, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 12, 2008  
Bottle... Wow... I am starting to love old ales. This beer is midnight black with a deep brown head. The aroma is of chocolate and espresso. The flavor is much the same witth a woody, oak finish. Awesome stuff.


 ChristianScheffel (4431), Odense, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/103/517/20
Oct 11, 2008  
Black with a small, but lasting off-white head. Aroma has chocolate, some oak and a little peat smoke. Rich and sweet flavour dominated by chocolate.


 Indulgence (141), Ajo, Arizona, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/519/20
Oct 6, 2008  
No 22378, Sept 07. Yes, my favorite of the 3. This one comes off more balanced with the aromas, roast, oak, smoke, peat and chocolate... the 12 and 16 year are smoke, salt and peat bombs compared to this one. Highly enjoyable.


 uhre (339), Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/513/20
Oct 5, 2008  
Black with almost no head. Aroma of wood, dark fruit and smoke. Flavor is of wood, smoke and burned malt with some raisens too.


 joergen (8430), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Oct 5, 2008  
Bottle. Black coloured with a small beige head. Roasted aroma of whisky, dried fruits and smoked eel. Roasted flavour of dried fruits and whisky with notes of smoke. Roasted finish.


 Rune (2750), Tromsø, Norway
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/516/20
Oct 1, 2008  
Black as the Scottish devil, supported by a beige head. Smoked, dark malts to the nose. Milky chocolate hints in a roasted malty flavour, added by soft warming whisky notes. Silky and very, very smooth in the mouth. Full bodied (sampled from bottle at EBF, 12.09.2008).


 dchmela (1406), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Sep 22, 2008  
Pours blackish brown and cloudy with a thick tan head. Chocolate malt, oaky vanilla and big whiskey aroma. Smooth chocolate malt vanilla taste, not a much whiskey barrel as the aroma. Nice medium body and a great sipping beer. Very good. Not really sure which of the three I liked best.


 Cornfield (4892), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Sep 22, 2008  
Boxed bottle from Sam-apostrophe-s in Downers Grove, IL: This poured out a thick, very dark brown body and had a ring around the glass in lieu of a head. The aroma was burnt chocolate, booze, charred wood, dark caramel, and a bit of vanilla. The flavor was less boozey than the nose suggested and was a chewy mouthful of dark sweet malts with a low alcohol burn. Very nice.



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