oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Old Engine Oil from Harviestoun 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. Black couloured with minor brown head. Chocolate and fruits with hints of vanilla in the aroma. Very smooth taste, mainly of malt and smoke, but also hints of coffee in the aftertaste. (8 4 8 4 16)
Casked. Ruby red/black colour with small brown head. Aroma of roasted malts and strange sweetness. The sweetness also dominates the flavour and makes the otherwise so good beer rather unbalanced. I prefer the bottled version of this by far. (6 3 5 2 10)
jhaase (14816) reviewed Bitter & Twisted from Harviestoun 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
For once the commercial description actually fits the beer - a wonderfull flowery hopp aroma even in the bottled version.
omhper (44752) reviewed Jack The Lad from Harviestoun 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Clear deep golden. Hoppy aroma with hay and sock juice. Fairly sweet and medium bodied with some wheat malt flavour and candy underneath a thick blanket of hops. Lingering very bitter finish. Damn good sock juice!
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Old Engine Oil from Harviestoun 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Thick creamy, dirty-greige head over nearly black beer, reddish highlights. Liquorice, sandalwood, drop; dark and very roasted malts, rather sweetish nose. Severe bitter taste, wood, woodstripper, tannines, wormwood, hopoil. In the end it mellows after all, getting a bit more sweetish. Very slick, viscous beer, very heavily bodied. Very dry with long bitter, (hop)oily aftertaste. Certainly lives up to its name. To me, it’s more USA than UK, few if any old ales are so hopped. Thanks to JeanH!
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Navigator from Harviestoun 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
[Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm] A hazy amber beer with a fine dense white head. The aroma is sweet fruity but very light. The flavor is very hoppy and grassy with fresh notes of fruit and malt.
Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed Old Engine Oil from Harviestoun 21 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
This is a truly remarkable and unusual brew! The name and description entices the palate. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer pours thick, black and oily. There is absolutely no head at all. The aroma is oaky and lightly malty. Smells like a snifter of scotch. The texture is thick. The brew is rather bitter with a like oaky finish. Very reminiscent of a strong port. Definitely a slow sipping beer - and not one that I would choose to drink often - but I am definitely glad to have tried it.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Bitter & Twisted from Harviestoun 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
2004 bottle. A light yellow, pilsner looking beer, with a small white head. Filtered it seems. Pasteurised? Most assuredly. Aroma of hay, hops, pepper, flowers and perfume-like alcohol esters. The hops are very fresh and give a nice zing on the nose, very pleasant floral aroma. Flavor. hmm, wasnt expecting this. I actually took a sip and exclaimed to my friends "what the f**k, this tastes like iced tea with a lemon!" That really stuck and I couldnt get around it. It had a tea and lemon sort of thing going on. I realize the low acid hops probably do resemble a brisk tea, and the light lemony citrus is to be expected, but it just seeme to dominate. No sweet notes. I’m sure this is a much different (much better) beer on cask. But as is, I just don’t care for it. Make the lemon go away!
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
A pitch black beer with a fine brown head. The aroma is roasted with notes of chocolate. The flavor is smooth with notes of roasted malt and bread as well ad chocolate.
jhaase (14816) reviewed Navigator from Harviestoun 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ Akkurat, Stockholm Grassy, citric nose. Hazy amber, creamy low head. Grassy, citric and herbal hops on a relatively light malt body. Soft smoth mouthfeel.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Natural Blonde from Harviestoun 21 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
[Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm] A light yellow beer with a small white head. The aroma is sweet malty and the flavor is dry hoppy and bitter while the body is thin.