Harviestoun Old Engine Oil (Bottle)

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

12 oz bottle. Pours a dark brown body with a mahogany edge under a small fine bubbled light brown head that left lots of heavy lacing. Aroma is heavily malty with some roast, coffee, chocolate, and caramel notes. Some light alcohol, licorice, and husky grain. Flavor has lots of chocolate, a little smoke, and a nice slightly sour roasty finish with coffee, a little alcohol, and light bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a nice oily texture and soft fine carbonation. This was a really nice surprise, much better than the Special Reserve version. Not really sure it fits in real well with the Old Ale style, but it’s pretty darn good.

Rich dark solid color, aroma is syrupy and toasty. Chewy palate. Taste is burnt malt with a noticable kick. First taste after swallow is coffee with nice clean hoppy finish at the end.

Bottle at Københavnske øldage. Brown black colour with a tan head. Aroma is roasted, coffee, licorice. flavour is sweet, roasted, coffee, chocolate, licorice. Nice beer.

This is a very interesting beer. Pours a dark brown with a small tan head. Medium balanced chocolate malt and hoppy taste. Medium, bitterness and smooth pleasant finish

Bottle. Oh man they got the name of this beer just perfect. This beer really looks like car oil with an opaque black color with only the faintest gold hues. Small tan head tops it off. Smell is inviting which is strange because it also touches on engine oil but is created by the mixture of chocolate malts, almonds, and some light dry fruit and coffee. Flavor doesnt start with a kick but the dominant chocolate malt soon coats the tongue. Caramel, nuts, and that excellent smoky flavor are also present. Good mouthfeel also present to cap off an excellent beer. Only complaint is that the flavors could have more kick.

Bottle at Københavnske Øldage. A clear, very dark brown beer with a small tan head. Chocolate, mocha, some licorice and coffee in the nose, really pleasant and complex. Very balanced and complex flavor as well, with the same elements as in the nose, finishing with some hops. Quite dry, full body. What a lovely beer! (070512)

[Taster – Seattle International Beerfest]
Dark dark black in color with no head. Aroma of that of a old deep dark roasted ale. The flavor was a strong stout/porter/old ale style. Loved the flavors and this beer. Great drinking and not for those with little beer experience. Not super strong in alcohol but this beer drinks very well and travels great in the keg. Semi strong fruity flavor mixed with some sour notes. This was a good drinking beer.

This beer does not pour like engine oil. If you are going to call this beer engine oil then it better be thick. I smell the fruit and molasses smell. Very strong sour smell as well. I am not getting excited about trying it to tell the truth. It has a weird smell to me. A bit of soy sauce smell. Wow, I just tasted the beer, and I actually enjoy the taste. Toffee, wood, burnt toffee, wood, and a smooth sweet. I pick up on more of the wood, and toffee notes. Pretty good flavor. The smell does not do the beer justice. I was surpised to have actually enjoyed this beer. The palate is crap. The beer is too thin. I enjoy the taste, which is most important, I do not enjoy the palate or smell. The fruity flavor, and sour flavor do not taste as much as they smell. Decent beer.