Harviestoun Old Engine Oil (Bottle)

Pours dark black with a thin tan head and thick lacing. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, ash, candied orange, plum and mint. Taste is sweet with a medium bitter finish. Nice mouthfeel but a touch thin. Another 1% on the ABV and this would be very decent, just falls a little short.

Jet black colour with decent frothy brown foam. Aromas of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee with milky notes and a touch of sweet dried fruit like figs and plums as well as a slight earthy touch. Palate, full body with smooth creamy texture leaving slight bitter finish. Taste bitter of chocolate, and coffee with a touch of cocoa. Overall, the nice rich texture just could be a tad thicker but none the less still an awesome beer.

Bottle @Bir&Fud Bottega (Rome). Nera, densa, impenetrabile, schiuma cappuccino leggera. Al naso sentori di cioccolato fondente, leggera liquirizia, vaniglia, erbaceo. In bocca è molto complessa a dispetto della gradazione alcolica, attacco dolce di cioccolata, con lieve acidità da tostato, finale con leggera liquirizia e amaro. Corpo medio, carbonazione leggera. Gran bella birra.

Dark, bitter beer with chocolate in the palate. Good taste on the tongue, with a punchy bitterness on the palate following on. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle 0,33L. Pours black color with a finger of smooth, creamy, light brown head, that leave excellent lacing. Aroma of strong dark coffee, roasted malts, caramel and smoke.Taste starts light sweet, rich and smooth, slightly chocolaty and moves on to a bitter finish with rich taste of black coffee and dark chocolate. Medium to full body, oily texture and soft carbonation. Very good beer!

Bottle. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.

Dégustée dans un verre"3 loups".Jolie robe brun sombre surmontée d’une mousse couleur café assez persistante avec une carbonatation moyenne.Le nez nous offre rapidement des arômes d’alcool avec des notes liquoreuses et malts grillés.La bouche nous amène sur un délicieux velouté avec des saveurs de café,chocolat qui se mêlent à cet ensemble assez complexe.Le café et une bonne amertume restent en arrière bouche nous laissant sur une touche toujours de"fumé"Un excellent Porter Ecossais !!!17,5/20

Dégustée dans un verre "Les 3 Loups". Température de début 8 à 9°. Superbe robe ébène surmontée d’un col de mousse beige de bonne persistance; carbonatation modérée. Nez très plaisant, riche et complexe sur des arômes tourbés et grillés; on perçoit également des senteurs houblonnées et fruitées. Le goût est remarquable d’équilibre et de velouté avec des saveurs de torréfaction et de feu de cheminée.En deuxième bouche une note d’amertume et une petite pointe piquante font leur apparition et confirment la vaste palette de ce porter. La finale est longue et chaleureuse avec un alcool très bien intégré. Un porter qui se porte comme un stout!!!! 17,5/20

Pours pitch black with a medium, yet quickly diminishing off-white top. Strong bitter aroma upfront, yet roasted barley and coffee aromas kick in right after the first sensation. Taste is very full, oily, grand rexture of bitterness upfront quickly givws way to a strong chocholate presence. Dry finish, smooth aftertaste. An awesome beer.

Pours black, beige head, slippery lace. Nose is smokey cocoa, robust and fresh.... Very inviting. Creamy and rich, slight bite towards the end. Chocolate, lactose, dark fruits, raisin, spice and wood. Complex and delightful. Tons of flavor for the abv.