Old Engine Oil - Engineers Reserve
Harviestoun in Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
7.57
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We brewed this after feedback from US drinkers suggested the ABV of our original Old Engine Oil (6%) was too low for their tastes. So we created this intensely flavoured but incredibly smooth 9% brew especially for them.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Super bitter body on this old ale. Roast and bitter hops. Old leather. Black pour with good long lasting mocha head. Bitter ass finish. Big body. Nice stuff. Tap at Churchkey.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Mar 2024
at 22:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ Brouwerij Lane, Brooklyn (Feb 2024). Inky black with a small foamy tan head, caramel aroma, low carbonation, bitter taste malt taste with molasses, strong rum undertones, thin, smooth body, long bitter finish with alcohol aftertaste. Very potent.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2024
at 19:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled (From Systembolaget Umeå). Pitch black colour with a creamy mediumsized brown head, which leaves good lace. Aroma is roasted and toasted malts with some chocolate, mild lacose as well as some toffee tones. Flavour is toasted fudge, some chocolate, roasted malts, lactose and some sweet sugary tones. Like a dessert version of the normal one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2023
at 10:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Black with a medium sized foamy tan head that faded and left good lacing. Anise, smoke, red wine, wood, coffee, and a hint of cocoa. Very long finish. Moderately full bodied.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2021
at 02:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home picked up from Beer52. A jet black coloured pour with a tidy light tan head. Aroma is earthy meaty roast, liquorice, salty , burnt cake. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, salty roast, savory, rich cakey malts, molases, liquprice, Palate is thick , sugary, medium sweet, fine carbonation. Big meaty one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2020
at 21:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
[33cl bottle at Beer 52's 2nd CyberFest.] A glossy black pour with a thin beige head; oaty aroma; smooth and oily in the mouth with an earthy, fruity coffee taste; and a silky, gently warming finish. An excellent after dinner drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2020
at 21:18
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle: BBE Aug 2021. Drank at home on 7th Jun 2020, the second beer in my 'Dark Beer Tasting' with myself during the virus Lock In. This is a lovely viscous brew and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Black bodied with a tanned head of foam on top. Coffee and singed maltiness in the nose. Taste also has the coffee and over roasted malts as it's base, caramel sweetness and some liquorice flavours appear as the beer warms; nice, easy drinking beer all round, the 9% ABV helps too!
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2020
at 15:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Thin beige head left a small cover on a black body. Liquorice & malt aroma. Medium bodied, nicely carbonated on the front with smooth back. Malt, syrup, liquorice, roasted, bread & burnt tastes.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2020
at 21:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Black. Caramel, soft roast and licorice in the aroma. Full bodied. Sweet flavor, caramel, soft roast, raisin and a hint of licorice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2020
at 21:10
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Fles 33cl thuis. Chocolade, bitters, roasted malts, houttonen, as, molasse, donker fruittonen, oily, koffie, droog, heel licht boozy. Goede balans. (3-1-2020). (2900ste).
Tried
on 03 Jan 2020
at 16:04