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Harviestoun Old Engine Oil (Bottle)

Harviestoun Old Engine Oil (Bottle) - Old Ale

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 Percentile 
94
overall
Brewed by Harviestoun
Style: Old Ale

Alva, Central, Scotland

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
8323.68/5.03.67/5.06%88.4English pint, Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Bottle: Filtered.
A superb, rich, full-bodied beer derived from a 1970s homebrewing recipe. Wickedly smooth chocolate dominates the flavour, which is nicely balanced by the bitterness of the hops.
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JaPe (69), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/59/103/518/20
Mar 14, 2008  
Yummy watery smoky malt flavor. Followed by sweet brown sugar Then comes a bitterness like you’ve been drinking a hoppy beer. . Scratchy palette. Color is perfect dark and mysterious. It gets better as it gets warmer. Good stuff.


 illidurit (851), Santa Cruz, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 14, 2008  
Poured into a tulip glass. Extremely dark brown, with red hues and a finger of tan head. Some spiderweb lacing adorns the glass. Aroma is sweet and fruity, with some chocolate and cherry. Taste is mainly chocolaty, with some caramel too. There’s some cherry sweetness and hop bitterness as well. Nice balance and interesting flavors. Very smooth mouthfeel but carbonation is a bit low. Really silky and tasty, very good beer.


 matt7215 (942), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Mar 13, 2008  
330 ml bottle. pours very dark brown with a medium tan head. aromas are very sweet and consist of chocolate covered candy caramel. flavours are sweet as well with the same things goin on as the aromas. some bitterness does show but then is overpowered but the sweetness. very drinkable and smooth but no complexity. enjoyable but forgetable.


 yarry (370), Waterdown, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/514/20
Mar 11, 2008  
330ml bottle, 6.0% a/v Absolutely opaque black colour with a nice brown head. Smells strange almost like apricots, pears, espresso and chocolate. The taste is, as the label says, wickedly smooth. Tastes of chocolate,espresso, mild plums, and burnt malt. Very nice flavour, very nice beer.


 beerbill (1918), Laurel, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Mar 9, 2008  
Bottle. Pours nearly black and allows just a few twinkles of deep ruby light to pass when held up against sunlight. Moderate light brown head that lasted beyond mid-glass and left spotty lacing. Pleasant aroma of chocolate and roasted malt. The flavor is again chocolate with roasted malt and some light coffee as well, especially near the finish. Very smooth with some light hops bitterness at the close. Good one!


 ILduce (133), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 8, 2008  
Bottle: Almost black with thin tan head. Pleasant aromas of burnt coffee beans, dark chocolate and roasted malts. Tastes like toast with molasses and dried figs. Nice body but still not as rich as I’d hoped. Alcohol hides well...sweet end. Solid olde ale.


rob6239 (25), Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/58/104/517/20
Mar 7, 2008  
Tried this in bottle. Very dark, but not quite black as I expected and a light brown head. Strong pleasant aroma. Great mix of bitter and sweet and chocolate/nutty tastes.


 BossHossBikes (147), Tennessee, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 7, 2008  
Bottle. The pour doesn’t look as black and viscous as the rear label so claims. It is black but thins around the edges to where light easily passes through. The beige head is quickly dissipating. The aroma is a little roasty with notes of chocolate, coffee, and wood. The flavour, at first, seems very porter-like with light cocoa qualities and some robust coffee and roasty qualities as well as a hints of plum. However, as the brew leaves the taste buds, extreme nuttiness hits with subtle sweetness. There was so much sudden nuttiness that it just completely surprised me. After the initial sip, it felt like I ate peanutbutter on a loaf of bread. It was surprising because I didn’t detect a whole lot of this in the aroma. A nice blend of a sweet cocoa, nuts, hints of coffee as well as a slight bitterness of the hops is a nice balance of flavour in the dry finish. I was skeptical at first, reading the rear label. But this is quite enjoyable.



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