Harviestoun Old Engine Oil (Bottle)

Brewed by Harviestoun
Style: Old Ale
Alva, Central, Scotland

Bouteille 330ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de malt rôti, de chocolat noir, moyennement fruité (prunes, léger de cerises, traces de pommes), léger de caramel, de houblon terreux et avec des notes de café, de noix grillées et de fumée de bois. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture crémeuse et aux notes huileuses. Moyen goût fruité (cerises, prunes, traces de pommes vertes, de figues et de cassis) accompagné d’un léger goût de fumée de bois, de traces de chocolat au lait (petites notes lactiques) et des réglisse noire lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût moyennement amer de malt assez rôti (petites notes brûlées) avec des notes de chocolat noir et des traces de caramel sucré puis en finale vient se rajouter un moyen-léger goût de café ainsi qu’un léger goût de houblon terreux aux notes herbeuses et des traces de noix. Post-goût long-moyen et aux notes sèches, moyennement amer de rôti-brûlé, moyen de houblon terreux, léger de café et de chocolat noir ainsi qu’un léger goût fruité (moût de cerises et pelures de prunes) et des traces de fumée de bois.

Bottle. Black color with a creamy pale brown head. Aroma: Roasted & sweet malt, chocolate, coffee, toffee, dark fruit (plums). Flavor: Roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, caramel, licorice, fruity sweetness and a bitter finish. Smooth and creamy mouthfeel. Medium to full bodied.

Nice label on this brown bottle. Has a mild aroma of used engine oil soaked with gasoline. Pretty much flat but there is a slight creamy tingle noticeable with each slug. Taste is surprisingly not overpowering yet has some imperial stout qualities. Coating burned watery wood. Not as viscous or chocolaty as the label would suggest but it is certainly roasty. Mild wet campfire charcoal for a finish.

Rich dark color with mahogany edges. Lots of chocolate malt in the nose. Flavor starts with lightly roasted chocolate malts, some hoppy bitterness comes out in the middle and finishes lightly sweet and bitter. A bit chalky in the mouth feel, not a lot of complexity, some faint hints of dark fruit, but nothing pronounced. Solid but non spectacular.

12 ounce bottle- pours out black with a short lasting tan head. Aroma was wonderful, coffee and smoke. Taste was all toasted coffee and dark fruit, excellent. Mouth feel was smooth as silk. As soon as I finished it, I wanted another. Well done!

A dark black beer with an almost non-existing foam ring that released a roasted coffee bean and malt aroma, with a mild bitter taste; resembling that of dark chocolate but seemed too lessened with the following mouthful.

12oz brown bottle from The Lighthouse in Manchester. Pours an opaque black body with a thin film of tan head. Smells roasty and malty. Tastes very roasty with nutty and earthy hops toward the finish. Full rich mouthfeel with moderate carbonation. Fairly drinkable, though definitely more of a sipper, which is to be expected for the style. A tasty solid ale.

Bouteille de 330 ml, acheté le 4/4/08 au LCBO de Rideau et King Edward (Ottawa), bu le lendemain. Brune brulée, petit collet. Arome de malte chocolaté bien présant, des notes de céréals croustillants, surtout de l’orge. Goût de fruits rouges mi-sûrettes, un peu de cacao, pas trop amère. J’ai bien faite d’acheter plus qu’un!