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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A lower ABV, cask version of Old Engine Oil.
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
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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04/04/2008. KING OF WESSEX, 5-10 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 28 Feb 2023
at 07:59
7.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
7/10
Tried
on 15 May 2018
at 16:26
6.2/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Feb 2016
at 10:44
6.8/10
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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.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2015
at 11:24
6.9/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Oct 2014
at 03:01
8/10
Tried
on 20 Oct 2014
at 02:11
7/10
Tried
on 19 Oct 2014
at 11:03
6.9/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jan 2014
at 01:28