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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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 MiP (8793), Sønderborg, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/517/20
Sep 21, 2008  
Bottle at EBF08. Good vanilla aroma. Almost black colour, seems clear. The flavour has some wood and nice vanilla. Good and warming alcohol.


 Dedollewaitor (3625), Odense, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/515/20
Sep 20, 2008  
Bottle at EBF: Pitch black with a off white creamy head. Roasted nose & taste. Vinous, smooth, oaky, matured, complex, vague smoke, vanilla & chocolate. Full bodied. Very nice!


 omhper (12155), Stockholm, Sweden
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Sep 19, 2008    Updated: Oct 1, 2008
Bottled at European Beer Festival, Copenhagen. Dark brown no head. Dalty fatty nose. Less peaty and with more evident alcohol than the 12 y/o. Very dry with cocoa powder and whisky. The compact malt seems to hold on to the flavour and not let it come out fully.


 oh6gdx (8802), Vasa, Finland
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Sep 16, 2008  
Bottled@EBF2008. Black colour, small head. Aroma is wood, vanilla, whisky and some chocolate, peat and roasted malts. Flavour is quite the same in an excellent mellow way. Alcohol shows a little bit in the finish. Pleasant and very driankable.


 KimJohansen (6676), Copenhagen V, Denmark
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/517/20
Sep 13, 2008  
Black with medium beige head. Sweet aroma with smoke, whiskey and roasted malt. Sweet vinious flavour with roasted malt, chocolate, peat and whiskey notes. Ends sweet with warming alcohol.


 IlanMan (816), Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/516/20
Sep 12, 2008  
Pour was very dark and rich with little head. Aroma was a little less potent with whiskey and oak. I think the 30 year barrel aged scotch took most of the oak character with it. Give this, the oak was much less in this brew but the chocolate and cocoanut characters were much more dominant. The scotch and whiskey characters were also more mellow and smooth. Another damn good brew but probably not worth twice the price of the 12 or 16. Would drink again but would not pay the price of $17 for a 12 oz. bottle.


 jeffwilliams11 (310), hooterville, Michigan, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/517/20
Sep 7, 2008  
side by side with the 12 yr. pours thick and syrupy. aroma is oak and whikey. much more whiskey than the 12 yr. very smooth, more like a sipping whiskey than a beer.


 Jayb0 (750), Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Sep 6, 2008  
Whisky nose comes through but the old engine oil is there as well. A bit more of a sipper than than the 12 or 16 but very drinkable. The 30yo perhaps adds a bit more peat to the party. Very good.



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