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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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Almost Black colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Rasin notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Some oeasted whisky notes. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2014
at 08:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at a tasting at Dancing Camel Florentin. Black with a nice tan head. Aroma of whiskey, peat, oak, roast, cocoa and some dark fruits. Mildly sweetish flavor with malt, whiskey, some peat, some dark chocolate, a bit of dark fruits and some oak. Medium to full-bodied. Good, but not one of the best versions of Ola Dubh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2014
at 08:22
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
bottle at home .. deep black ... thin tan lacing ... soft chocolate malts .. deep black .. thin tan lacing ... sofr chocolate malts ... light roast .. big berry fruit .. dark malts .. dark malts .. soft chocolate roast ,, mellow and round balanced bottle at home .. deep black ,,, thin tan lacing ... sofft chocolate .. soft roast ... soft malt nose ... dark fruits ... dark malts ... soft chocolate ...light whisky ...nice3.9
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2014
at 14:42
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours dark brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of whisky, light chocolate. Taste is whisky, boozy, chocolate. Finishes a bit thin, but decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2014
at 14:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours black, nose is light chocolate and smoke, taste is dry, light smoke, some chocolate, whisky.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2014
at 14:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Svart farge med tynt beige skum. Lukter sjokolade, alkohol, mørke stenfrukter. Fyldig med sjokolade og vanilje i smak. Fin balansert avslutning. Noe alkoholvarme.
Tried
on 06 Nov 2014
at 11:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Svart med tynt lavt lys brunt skum. Sjokolade, trevirke, sviske, vanilje og noe røyklukt. Smaker salt lakris og bittersøt brent karamell. Fyldig.
Tried
on 06 Nov 2014
at 11:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty whisky and caramel aroma. Slightly roasted malty caramel and whisky woody flavor. Has a slightly roasted malty woody whisky and caramel finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2014
at 08:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled:
Pours black with a mid sized head.
Aroma is tar, peat, iodine and a little bit of chocolate.
Smooth mouth feel.
Taste is tar, licorice, iodone, grass and alcohol.
Pretty good, but will probably improve with age.
Pours black with a mid sized head.
Aroma is tar, peat, iodine and a little bit of chocolate.
Smooth mouth feel.
Taste is tar, licorice, iodone, grass and alcohol.
Pretty good, but will probably improve with age.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2014
at 10:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle @ weekly tasting shared with Dutchdrebus. Opaque pitch black color, medium sized light brown head that lasts for quite a while and leaves good lacing. Aroma is malts, lightly sweetish, a touch of dark chocolate. Taste malts, some liquor, liquorice, slightly sweet. Medium body, low carbonation. Hmm a but disappointed with this one. Decent beer but I expected more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2014
at 14:19