Harviestoun Ola Dubh (30 Year Old)

330 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Bottle No. 01232, March 2009. ABV is 8.0%. Pitch black colour, big tan head. Strong aroma of whisky cask, notes of peat, tar and vanilla. Intense but well rounded flavour of malt whisky, oak, malty sweetness, coffee and tar. Moderately bitter aftertaste.

From a bottle poured black with a very small head. Nice sweet malty flavor with a little bit of scotch aftertaste.

On tap at Coles in Buffalo. Pours ink black in a 7oz. snifter. No head, no carbonation. This doesn’t really have lacing but rather "legs" to use a wine term. Aroma of chocolate, cherry, wine with some nice caramel, scotch notes. Smooth oily textured thin mouthfeel. Great roasted malty, dark fruits flavor. Slight scotch taste as it warmed. Long lasting flavor. Alcohol isn’t noticeable. Really great beer. Glad I got the chance to try this one.

Bottle. Black with a small beige head. Aromas are peat with lots of marzipan. Whisky grain and oak with soft spices and chocolate. Flavours are tangy dark chocolate with vinous red wine. Smoky and oily with marzipan and lots of vanilla. Spicy and peppery with warming alcohol. Very good.

(bottle - 330 ml - 2007 vintage) Pitch black pour with a thick tan head. Aroma is huge. Lots of whiskey and oak notes along with some sugar and licorice. Flavor is much the same. Very dark and heavy with a good and solid oak and whiskey flavor underneath. Finishes heavy and sweet. I think the best of the three I’ve tried so far.

Bottle, shared with NachlamSie. Pours an opaque dark brown with a medium tan head. The aroma is of licorice, molasses, whiskey, brown sugar with some light roastiness. Sitting on the tongue, the sweet molasses is dominant with a lot of the other flavours very distant. As the brew passes everything becomes apparent instantly, the whiskey, the licorice, notes of chocolate, some darker fruit notes, and some nice roastiness. A lot of flavours mingle together quite nicely and very balanced. The finish is smooth. This is a very delicious and nicely balanced.

Bottle sample at a tasting. Really dark brown to black-colored with a slightly bubbly brown head. Aroma full of scotch, smoke, oak, alcohol, chocolate, liquor pralines, fruits and caramel notes. Sweet flavor of roasted malt, some coffee notes, smoked wood, some dark fruits and great dark chocolate. Full viscous mouthfeel.

At a tasting, Thanks DSG, Small head with lots of big bubbles which dissapears quite quickly, deep dark brown but not completly opaque, fire smoke dominating the aroma, with barnyard notes, dates andcharred wood, flavours of smoke and brown sugar syrup, alcohol almost non existent, which is a great suprise. excellent beer, many components resembling a good single malt.