Harviestoun Ola Dubh (30 Year Old)

Pours a pitch black with a good thick chocolate head with better retention than the 12 year-old, and a lovely chocolate malt aroma. Much more mellow than the 12 year-old: smoked and sweet, but more meaty. Nice, but reserved. Decent carb, creamy body. I do like this, but it’s much more laid back than the younger 12-year-old. Tasty! Thanks to TheCheeseMan for the trade!

Delilahs Vintage Tasting. Poured black with quick disappearing tan head. Aroma of molasses, wiskey, malts. Flavors similar and a bitter finish. Interesting, but wouldent pay an arm and a leg for this.

Deep brown in color with a small tan head. Aroma is of spices, black pepper, oak, smoked pork, tobacco, and roasted malts. Taste is of roasted malts, oak, coffee, and smoke.

Pours a three finger brown head that leaves some lace. Black, no highlights. Molasses/whiskey nose. Light carbonation and heavy bodied. Flavor is smooth, molasses and whiskey. Slight burnt coffee finish. Bottled Sep 2007. Worth trying once - $15.00 for a 330ml bottle from Tully’s Beer & Wine Wells, Me.

330 ml bottle. Pitch black colour. Medium-sized off-white head. Vanilla and roasted aromas. Rounded malty flavours. Rich. Smooth carbonation. Dry wooden oaky flavours. Hints of whisky. Finishes dry with a light hop bitterness that lasts a long time. Hints of coffee in the finish. Quite sweet.

purchased by WeeHeavySD @ PP Bottle shop and shared with dalekliz. Black with a nice beige head. aroma of smoke sausage and booze. smooth flavor with noticable whiskey and oak. lingering stickness in the finish. interesting complex brew.

Appearance: Opaque, dark brown body capped by a small, bubbly, tan-hued head. Smell: Wafts of smoke and spirits with a scent of dark malts and minor notes of old wood and peat contributed from the barrel aging. Taste: Earthy, smoky chocolate flavor with not more than a hint of malt sweetness. Fire-charred dark fruits. Exceptionally drying wood component with, regrettably, only a thin taste of peaty scotch. Minor return of the dark malts, but they’ve got to contend with the unceasingly wooden taste. Dash of still mineral water. Finishes dry and somewhat abrupt. Mouthfeel: As with the bottle of 12-Year I had previous, the beer just doesn’t quite reach medium-bodied. Medium-low, soft carbonation. A tad lifeless. Drinkability: Not unpleasant, but, for me, it comes up a bit short in terms of both body and flavor. The only really stirring part of the Ola Dubh experience is the jarring price tag.

Bottle. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malts, whiskey, oaky vanilla, and some light smoke. Flavor was complex and well blended with roasted malts, vanilla, whiskey, chocolate, oak, and some faint smoke with a medium body and a dry roasted finish. AWESOME BREW.