Old Engine Oil (4.5% Cask)
(Batch of Old Engine Oil)
Harviestoun in Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.99
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This beer is just the job for anyone who appreciates beautifully engineered stuff that used to be made properly. So undo the top button of your pressed pits overalls, ease into the wingback and roll out a rare taste of a truly great British beer.
Old Engine Oil is a remarkably smooth, creamy brew with a beautiful velvety mouthfeel. Enjoy flavours of coffee, slightly buttered toffee, dark chocolate and earthy hops. You may find some mild cherry fruit within the residual sweetness, neatly accompanying the roasted flavours that ride with you all the way to the finish.
Born in 2000, this winner of the first ever Tesco Beer Challenge was always designed to have a thick, dark, gloopy appearance. We piled in the oats to smooth out the bitterness from the roast barley and laid on a super-high-temperature mash to make the wort less fermentable. The result is a really black beer that has a greater sweetness and fuller flavour than many other stouts and porters, as well as a surprisingly light texture.
HOPS: Galena, East Kent Goldings, Fuggles
MALTS: Roast barley, oats
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eurosoba (18570) ticked Old Engine Oil (4.5% Cask) from Harviestoun 2 years ago
04/04/2008. KING OF WESSEX, 5-10 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask at Cross Keys. Dark brown bubbly golden head. Aroma is chocolate, bit of cream, slight fruity pluminess. Taste is nice, smooth and sweet. Chocolate again, vanilla, bit roasty, hint of something floral, small amount of sweet fruitiness. Pretty solid beer. Might actually prefer the lower alcohol version.
ShivanDragon (10851) ticked Old Engine Oil (4.5% Cask) from Harviestoun 7 years ago
reidyboy (3578) ticked Old Engine Oil (4.5% Cask) from Harviestoun 7 years ago
Nice balance of roasty and fruity.
Stuu (34525) reviewed Old Engine Oil (4.5% Cask) from Harviestoun 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at the haymarket. Pours black, nose liquorice, chocolate, taste is sweet, toffee, liquorice, doesn’t benefit from the drop in abv.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Black ale with a thin brownish head. Light, malty aroma. Bitter taste of malt and coffee with a hearty, earthy aftertaste. I could have gone a bit more sweetness but it’s nice.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Old Engine Oil (4.5% Cask) from Harviestoun 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask handpull at Lord Moon of the Mall Spoons. Black beer lasting tan head. Chocolate and roast malt on the aroma. It’s good condition. Finish has roast some toast. Quite a dry beer. Quite a decent dark beer.
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Old Engine Oil (4.5% Cask) from Harviestoun 11 years ago
MusingAnorak (11819) ticked Old Engine Oil (4.5% Cask) from Harviestoun 11 years ago
allmyvinyl (21071) reviewed Old Engine Oil (4.5% Cask) from Harviestoun 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at Windsor Buffet. Pours dark brown with a thick tan head. Aromas of chocolate and little else. Tastes similar, sweet chocolate finish. One-dimensional, but nice.