Motor Oil
Moersleutel Craft Brewery in Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.74
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A hearty Russian Imperial Stout, deep black in color with a strongly roasted malt aroma, hints of chocolate, coffee and vanilla are prominent in this beers flavor. Motor Oil is one of our 4 beers from our core range and can be labeled our flagship stout.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml bottle pours out black topped with a small tan ring of a head. Nose is lots of roast smoke light coffee and some dark chocolate. Taste is more of the roast malts smoke some ash tray notes and a light chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2017
at 15:27
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle from het Biermoment, batch 16 BB 11.18, 37.5 cl sample. Dark color, short frothy head. Aroma has lots of typical RIS features, but what stands out the most are tar, licorice and roasty ashes. Thick and creamy in texture. Flavor again gives some smoke and tar, lots of roast, but also some sweetness to balance it out. Still a bit rough perhaps, but again has potential to be great. Moersleutel remains to be one of the most promising young breweries we have.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2017
at 14:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ home. Opaque pitch black color, medium sized creamy brown head that lasts for quite a while. Aroma is malts, roast, coffee. Taste malts, dark malts, roasted malts, coffee, slightly chocolate, firm roasted malt bitterness and some chocolate bitter. Medium body, medium oily texture, decent to medium carbonation. Very solid beer once again. This brewery continues to surprise me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2017
at 16:25
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Color: Almost black, no head. Taste: Dark roasted malt, dark chocolate, liquorice, red fruits (cherry, plums). Pretty sweet. Medium to heavy nice bitter finish. Warm mouthfeel (alcohol). Soft carbonation. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Motorolie 10 on 24 Jan 2017 at 14:02 - Score: Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9. Original review text: Bottle. Color: Almost black, no head. Taste: Dark roasted malt, dark chocolate, liquorice, red fruits (cherry, plums). Pretty sweet. Medium to heavy nice bitter finish. Warm mouthfeel (alcohol). Soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2017
at 14:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Nederlands Bieren Festival, (Winter) Delft. Black with a small beige head. Aroma of chocolate, caramel, toffee, roast and coffee. Flavour is heavy sweet and above moderate bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jan 2017
at 07:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml bottle. Pitch black pour with a fine-graned tan head that is slow to rise to the surface - it looks great. Notes of roasted malt, roasted coffee beans, dark cherries, brewed coffee, light citrus hops and some subtle metallic bitterness. The smell is great, the taste almost as good. Full body, medium to low carbonation and a roasty bitter-sweet finish. It kind of reminds me of the Scandinavian Russian Imperial Stouts by To Ol, Nogne O, Ghost etc. Really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2017
at 09:35
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
1/1/17: Creamy and chocolatey. Boozy. Nice and roasted, well balanced, solid. Would happily drink more of this, curious for the others.
2/7/20: Batch 99. Was looking forward to repeating this, and seeing how much it changed over time. Did not get super sweet, which I feared. Loads of roast, giving it a very nice bitterness with plenty of licorice and coffee. Some sweetness. Heavy. Smooth enough.
25/6/21: Black, bit of brown head, gluggy. Smells roast, deep dark chocolate, plenty coffee. Not too thick, but lovely smooth and rich. Taste is bitter, nicely roasty, with a soft sweetness. Loads of dark chocolate going on. A modern classic, maybe? Delicious.
2/7/20: Batch 99. Was looking forward to repeating this, and seeing how much it changed over time. Did not get super sweet, which I feared. Loads of roast, giving it a very nice bitterness with plenty of licorice and coffee. Some sweetness. Heavy. Smooth enough.
25/6/21: Black, bit of brown head, gluggy. Smells roast, deep dark chocolate, plenty coffee. Not too thick, but lovely smooth and rich. Taste is bitter, nicely roasty, with a soft sweetness. Loads of dark chocolate going on. A modern classic, maybe? Delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2016
at 23:00