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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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured into a taster showing a black center with thin coffee rims and very sparse coffee brown foam around the edges. The nose shows a lot of chocolate and roasted malts. Very faint notes of ground coffee bean. The palate is thick, oily bodied and moderately carbonated. Dark flavors of dark chocolate and roasted malts on the first impression and mid palate. Very faint hints of black cherry also. A nutty finish with a tart coffee bitterness. Quite powerful in flavor I’d recommend this for a slow sipper.
Tried
on 05 Aug 2015
at 07:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared at the De Molen monthly tasting. Pours very dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of roast, coffee, toffee, dark fruits, light burnt notes, caramel and light earthy hops. Flavour is over moderate sweet and bitter. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2015
at 14:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330 ml. sampled @ Maldegem tasting. Thanks! Black, little head. Nose is oily, herbal, sugar, thicker faintly umami malts,… Taste is herbal, sweet sugar, oily, malty, lightly umami, thin chocolate, light coffee & spices. Med. tad umami body. Good but not exemplary.
Tried
on 26 May 2015
at 12:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Black colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, fruit, some vanilla.
Body: Full body, low to medium carbonation.
Flavour: Chocolate, coffee, some spices, alcohol, some liquorice.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Black colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, fruit, some vanilla.
Body: Full body, low to medium carbonation.
Flavour: Chocolate, coffee, some spices, alcohol, some liquorice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2015
at 05:36