Harviestoun Ola Dubh (30 Year Old)

Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice aroma. Roasted malty oaky licorice and chocolate flavor. Has a smooth roaund malty oaky finish with hints of licorice and chocolate in the aftertaste.

Bottle. Very nice. Some light mocha creamyness, touches of caramel and chocolate. Some lovely soft peaty characters. Flavour is really soft and round, and the flavour seems to last a while. Nice off-dry finish, great balance between the whiskey character and the beer.

Bottle #11479. Black with a tan head. Black malt and wet wood aromas. Smooth medium body. Rich, hearty flavors of black malts, with wood char and smoke. Enjoyed this one.

bottled september 2007, batch 02565. pours oil like, midnight black with a thin brown head, and some lacing. smell is of cocoa, wheat, some vanilla, and a touch of caramel in the back. taste is a little flat, cocoa, vanilla, a little smoke, some nuts, and slight coffee, ends on the dry side.

[Bottle 4701 Sept 07] This packaging is almost too awesome to open, however, seeing as I only surpass 1000 ratings once... here it goes. Old Engine Oil Special Reserve really opened me up to a still of beer that became one of my favorites. Rating 991, 9 to go. Served at room temperature. Pours with surprisingly more carbonation than I would have expected. Pours an opaque cola color with a very fine dense fizzy beige head 4.5. Aroma of strong whisky, oxidized malts, hint of coconut?, peat, hint of raisins, dark and milk chocolate. First taste is strong Highland Park 30, followed by chocolates, touch of bitter roast, coconut, touch of leather, blends very nicely while definitely being more whisky forward, the whisky really matches the bitterness well. Finishes with corse dark roast and dark chocolate. Just like scotch, it helps to move it around the tongue a bit to uncover some of those peaty flavors. Great mouthful, close to chalky, medium /full bodied, very soft medium sized carbonation. I think I prefer the balance of the 16 the best of the original 3 releases.

11.2oz bottle, # 15618, bottled Sept 2007. Sampled side-by-side with the 12 and 16. Pours very deep brown, nearly opaque, with a thin off-white head. Aroma is primarily vanilla and peat, with some chocolate. Chocolate malt flavor, with vanilla, and whiskey. This was smooth and well balanced, definitely my favorite of the 3 Ola Dubhs.

I have writer’s block. It’s the worst feeling in the world ... Try ten days without a bowel movement sometime .. i mean you just sit there... tell me about it ... you just stare at this black piece of paper, all it says is small tan head... dark brown black clour on pour .. . nice roastiness... more complex to a degree but after all these old ales, it starts getting trying .. . some burnt molasses ... a beutiful brew.. and now theres an 18yr and a 40 yr.. just when i tracked them all down i get boobed.... .

Pours an opaque black with just a little lacing on top. Not much carbonation overall. Aroma of berries, brown sugar, rum cake. Ooh, the whiskey is very evident in this one. The flavor is slightly sweet, but also quite leathery and smoky. Smoky in that scotch way. Body is medium. A little chocolate comes around near the end. I was expecting a little thicker body. Tastes a little bigger than 8%. Tastes like 10 or so, but that may be the whisky essence. Very tasty and satisfying. Overpriced a little though. Overall, very good.