Ola Dubh - 12 Year Old Special Reserve
(has 2 batches)
Harviestoun in Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
7.64
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Ola Dubh, meaning ‘Black Oil’ in Gaelic, is craftily created by taking our Old Engine Oil and maturing it in 12 year old Highland Park whisky casks. The process is far from simple, but the result is a beautiful brew with complimentary whisky notes and a chocolate, roasty and bittersweet aftertaste. All thanks to the labour of love of our master brewers.
Brewer’s Notes: Ola Dubh is a labour of love. Everything about it is extreme. The brew team fill the mash tuns to the brim with roast barley, pinhead oats and malted barley. It ferments more slowly as the the yeast struggles to move around in such a viscous beer! The base beer is Old Engine Oil which they then put into Highland Park Whisky casks and it stays there for at least 6 months. During this time the flavours from the wood enter the beer to produce Ola Dubh. It is ready only when our Master Brewer, Stuart, deems it ready!
Brewer’s Notes: Ola Dubh is a labour of love. Everything about it is extreme. The brew team fill the mash tuns to the brim with roast barley, pinhead oats and malted barley. It ferments more slowly as the the yeast struggles to move around in such a viscous beer! The base beer is Old Engine Oil which they then put into Highland Park Whisky casks and it stays there for at least 6 months. During this time the flavours from the wood enter the beer to produce Ola Dubh. It is ready only when our Master Brewer, Stuart, deems it ready!
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ Home. Pours bblack with a fading light brown head, lacings. Aroma of malt, caramel, wood, nuts, whisky, little spicy, light smoke, peat, sweet dark dried fruit. Flavor is light sweet, malty, caramel, oak, whisky, light smoke, dark fruit. little alcohol. Medium body, lively carbonation, light warming alcohol. 030415
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2015
at 13:44
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
na een voetbalwedstrijd en wat gangbare Amsteltjes in de 3e helft dan nu tijd voor wat beters. Fles #6907. Schenkt zwart met schuimige en fijne bruine kraag. Aroma van volle mouten, donkere chocolade, gebrande en geroosterde mouten, vanille, koffie, whisky. Smaken zijn redelijk zoet, matig bitter, koffie, sterk, matig donkere fruiten, pruim/rozijn, sterke mouten, héérlijke whiskysmaken. volle body, romig in de mond, lange prettige en zoete afdronk met goede whisky. Uitstekend in balans, prima smaken !!! --- Beer merged from original tick of Ola Dubh 12 Year Special Reserve on 18 May 2018 at 14:32 - Score: 8
Tried
on 09 Mar 2015
at 15:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black color with nearly no beige head. Woody, roasted malts, vanilla, caramel. Rich taste, not intense on the caramel and vanilla, but quite complex mixture between the malts and the whisky. Smooth carbonation and mouthfeel. Nice, but not overwhelming.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2015
at 13:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Black oily pour. Aroma of brown malt, milk chocolate, whiskey and ash. Taste of fruity whiskey, some peat, coffee, vanilla and a little smoke. Bitter boozy finish. Slick mouthfeel. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2015
at 16:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: As black as expected with a small and slowly collapsing tanned head; robust nose of roasted malt, seaweed and dried berries; robust dryish bitter flavour, not without a well detectable sweetness, nearly full bodied; lingering bitter chocolatey finish, toasted malt detectable as expected. Very good, but not really great...
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2014
at 01:29