Harviestoun Old Engine Oil (Bottle)

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

330 mL bottle. (Best before March ’09). Very dark chestnut brown with a ring of brown head. Lots of roast in the aroma, but no acidity or bitterness. There is roast in the flavour as well, along with some semi-sweet chocolate and a little dark fruit. Slight bitterness at the finish, although it’s as much from the roast as the hops. Quite smooth and creamy. Lightly carbonated, and a medium to full body. Great name, decent beer. I expected a little more bite and complexity.

Bottle. This stuff is pretty black with a small tan head. It doesn’t appear overly viscous, but has nice lacing and a fairly dense body. The aroma is sweet with pleasing hints of chocolate, molasses, plums, a bit of leather, and dark bread. Flavor highlights rich chocolate with soft suggestions of ripe fruit. Hops come out in the finish every so slightly and give a wimpy edge to the sweet body. This is a pretty darn tasty brew. The overall mesh of qualities makes an insanely drinkable beer. My only complaint, and this is probably only spurred by the claim of "old engine oil" is the comparatively light palate. I preferred it to the special reserve stuff, however, and I will most likely buy again and enjoy.

330ml Bottle Very black with a beige head, Smooth Chocolate, Coffee flavour with a long aftertaste.

pours pitch black with a frothy tan head,roasty chocolate malty nose,med mouth feel roast coffe/chocolate light bitter finish,clears the palate rather quickly..good but nothing unbelieveble.

Pours dark brown almost black with lite beige head that is small leaving some lace and froth in the glasses middle.Carbon good.Aroma chocolate,coffee malt roasted,a spicy touch,flavour roasted coffee and some fruit notes.Good bitter this reminds me of Guinness Export one of my favourites,finish is malty and mellow,very good.

Bottle. Pours pitch black, oil black with a beige head. Aroma is roast malts, coffee, dark fruits, vinous. Taste is chocolate, smooth, coffee, malts. Finish is bittersweet, long lasting aftertaste.

Bottle courtesy of Carlus12. Chocolate and coffee nose. Some roasted malts also present. Pours a dark thick beer. Taste is silky, malty, roasted elements. Some hops in the finish giving a bitter sweet tast overall.

Bottle- Black in colour with a vinous, biscuity roasted aroma with chocolate. Roasted, malty, chocolatey taste with a pleasant bitterness with chocolate and coffee being noted. Very nice.