Ola Dubh - 21 Year Old Special Reserve
Harviestoun in Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
7.53
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We make Ola Dubh 21 by taking our Old Engine Oil (amped up to 10.5%) and aging it for up to 6 months in casks that previously held Highland Park’s phenomenal 21 Year Old single malt whisky.
Ola Dubh (pronounced ‘ola-doo’ and Gaelic for ‘black oil’) was conceived in 2007. It was the first ale to be matured in whisky barrels from a named distillery and, with traceable casks and numbered bottles, it is a beer with real provenance.
This amazing brew has been aged in selected oak casks formerly used to mature Highland Park 21 Year Old Single Malt Whisky, adding complementary whisky notes to our chocolatey, bittersweet beer.
Ola Dubh 21 pours deep brown with a burgundy flush and a head the colour of milled oatmeal. On the nose it has gently-finessed top notes of fresh heather and honey, subtly toasted malts and vanilla with balancing hints of red fruits and a distant, beguiling smoke. The flavour has elegantly-subtle developing wine-like notes; from bitter chocolate and espresso beans into to a sustained, oaked conclusion. Extended, oaky finish with pine resin, juniper, perfumed honey and traces of peat.
Hops: East Kent Goldings, Fuggles, Galena
Malts: Lager Malt, Pinhead Oats, Roast Barley
Ola Dubh (pronounced ‘ola-doo’ and Gaelic for ‘black oil’) was conceived in 2007. It was the first ale to be matured in whisky barrels from a named distillery and, with traceable casks and numbered bottles, it is a beer with real provenance.
This amazing brew has been aged in selected oak casks formerly used to mature Highland Park 21 Year Old Single Malt Whisky, adding complementary whisky notes to our chocolatey, bittersweet beer.
Ola Dubh 21 pours deep brown with a burgundy flush and a head the colour of milled oatmeal. On the nose it has gently-finessed top notes of fresh heather and honey, subtly toasted malts and vanilla with balancing hints of red fruits and a distant, beguiling smoke. The flavour has elegantly-subtle developing wine-like notes; from bitter chocolate and espresso beans into to a sustained, oaked conclusion. Extended, oaky finish with pine resin, juniper, perfumed honey and traces of peat.
Hops: East Kent Goldings, Fuggles, Galena
Malts: Lager Malt, Pinhead Oats, Roast Barley
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Nearly black, seems clear. Tiny offwhite head. Aroma has wood, chocolate, peat, smoke and dark sugar. Flavour is peaty, smoked with warming alcohol. Brown sugar and syrup, strong whisky notes. Sticky, boozy finish. Really nice.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2015
at 23:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Taps Beer Bar, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a deep mahogany with a frothy off white head. The aroma is roasted malt, light vanilla caramel, liqourice. The flavour is strong bitter with a rich oily, malty, chocolate, light coffee, light alcoholic palate. Full bodied with soft carbonation. I was a baby when that whisky was first distilled...well, in my dreams at least. Everything is relative eh :-)
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2015
at 09:52
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from web SB cons 2015-01-11 Duved AR: fruity peatiness, wee tar, chocolate AP: dark brown, wee stouty brown deminshing head F: fizzy, peaty fruitiness, tar, hollow - watery thin feeling, bitter finish, dry, wee tobaco and leather,
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2015
at 11:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at Craig’s. Pours clear, amber-brown with a light, creamy tan head. Nice aroma with kicks of peat smoke, earth, mild cocoa. Medium sweet flavor with oily, peaty character, some baking cocoa, scorched earth. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Nice peaty finish with further char, bitter cocoa. Solid stuff. Highly drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2015
at 14:34
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Beersiveknown, many thanks Steve. Almost black color with medium beige head. Surprisingly mild aroma of roasted malt, coffee, alcohol. Coffee dominates the taste, complemented with vanilla, milk chocolate, light notes of peat, whiskey, wood. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2014
at 13:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
33 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted dark malty and chocolate. Sweet, chocolate and slight vanilla. Toasted malty and lingering dark malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2014
at 09:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Almost black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, dark chocolate, wood and light peated. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish with a little warming alcohol. Oily. 271214
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2014
at 08:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Højbjerg juletasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are vanilla, wood, roast malt, chocolate and peat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2014
at 08:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 8%. Almost black with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, little whisky and a litlte liquorice. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, liquorice, whisky, peat, medium sweet, hop, notes of vanilla and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2014
at 08:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Very dark brown with a small creamy tan head. Aroma of malt, caramel, wood, dark chocolate, little dark fruit, light smoke. Flavor is malt, light smoke, peat, dark chocolate, caramel, ittle whiskey. Medium body, soft carbonation, light warming alcohol in the finish. 271214
Tried
on 27 Dec 2014
at 08:06