 Rastacouere (5553), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 20, 2009 Deep hazy dark brown covered by a fading beige head. Smokey, roasty nose with more earth and iodine than the 12 and 18yr examples I’ve had in the last weeks. There is barely any fruitiness in there, just plain good old rich chocolatey malts which provide an ample, hefty mouthfeel. The finish is quite heavy on the alcohol despite the unabusive 8% ABV. Sweet and malty all throughout, finishing up with tobacco, vanilla and wood flavours. Somehow, the older these barrels, the less beery the Engine Oil becomes, though this remains instructive and pleasant.
j12601 (1231), Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 12, 2009
Bottle. Pours a deep black with a medium sized tan head. Chocolate, roast, whiskey, wood, and char. Begins rather viscous but thins out immediately. Nice vanilla tones. Big and malty. Finish with a long roast flavor, and a bit of light booze.
Bigmmartin (367), Dayton, Ohio, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 5, 2009 Shared by metmayhem at Natifest ’09.
Completely black beer. Has a sweet aroma, full of burned malts and
wood. Has a flavor similar to dark chocolate, mixed in with the roasted
malts. Finish is dry with a moderate bitterness. Doesn’t really taste
much different than from what I remember of the 12 yr version I had awhile ago. Still good though with a rich flavor.
shigadeyo (2263), Harrison, Ohio, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 3, 2009
Bottle No. & Date: 21279 / Sept 2007
8/01/2009: Harviestoun Ola Dubh Special Reserve 30... Aroma: Deeply caramelized malt, hint of barrel char and some aged whisky burn. Appearance: Black; foamy tan head. Flavor: Roasted malts, barrel char, milk and bittersweet choclates, some whisky. Palate: Creamy and smooth, little slick like oil. Overall: Very good, but I thought that the 12 Year Old version is better. Sadly, this beer reminds me quite a bit of the Hoppin Frog Barrel Aged BORIS The Crusher...
Bottle shared by metmayhem at NATIFEST ’09. Thanks! Rating #263 for this beer.
AndyReynolds (281), Wilder, Kentucky, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 2/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 3, 2009 Bottle. Thanks to the NATIFEST ’09 crowd. Pours a rich chocolate brown with a thin tan head. Aroma is roasted malts and sweet malts. Notes of Scotch, dark fruits (esspecially raisins), port wine, oak, and a tiny bit of smoke. On the palate it, it is rather creamy. The flavor really pulls everything togeather, finishing dry, leaving a nice alcohol burn and a tiny bit of a cigar aftertaste. I enjoyed this one quite a bit.
Barrios (858), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 31, 2009 Pours a dark brown body with a thin ring of tan head. Awesome flavors of smoke and bacon. Some heat. Little dry on the finish.
hobbersr (394), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 27, 2009 Rating #300! Thanks to Savvy 1982 for sharing. Pours jet black with little to no head. Aroma is grainy and peaty. Cherry, peat, oak, dark fruit, and chocolate. Tastes really quite simple for what the price implies. Highland park (the in the middle of the road scotch) is in the fore front. Then chocolate, dark fruit, ash and alcohol. Carbonation is nice. This beer on the other hand, good not great and defiantly not worth the price.
Savvy1982 (303), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 26, 2009 Bottle. Pours dark, dark, cola brown, with o real head, nor any lacing. Nose is dark fruit, peat, whiskey, raisins, red wine, port, smoke, chocolate. Flavors of raisin, whisey, peat, chocolate, fig, somewhat vinous, a shade boozy. Soft carbonation, feels just a shade oxidized. Very nice, but for $17 US for 12oz, I probably won’t buy this again.
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