Old Engine Oil

6% ABV

Old Engine Oil is available in 330ml bottles

An unusual name for an unusual beer. Strong and dark but wickedly, wickedly smooth. Chocolate dominates the flavour, which is nicely balanced by the bitterness of the hops. A delicious "after dinner" beer which leaves a bittersweet aftertaste to savour.

Harviestoun’s original master brewer Ken Brooker spend much of his early life crafting wooden design prototypes for the Ford motor company. This black, viscous beer reminded Ken of thick, gloopy car engine oil, so he named it in honour of his second love, the internal combustion engine.

The goss…

Henry Ford once remarked; “People can have the Model T in any colour--so long as it's black.” Well the same applies to this uniquely atramentous after-dinner ale. Read what some of its admirers have penned below.

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'This enticing version of engine oil is made from pale malt, "masses of roasted barley" and oats. Brooker experimented with variations using chocolate powder and smoked malt, but eventually decided against those ingredients… Old Engine Oil is well-hopped, with the sweetish variety Galena, from Washington State, as well as the more usual Worcester Fuggles (which can have an aniseedy flavour) and Kent Goldings (which I find suitably oily).'
Michael Jackson – www.beerhunter.com

'Dark almost to the point of ebony, with ruby highlights in the light. It's not bottle-conditioned but pours lively, with little head, giving off scents of liquorice and chocolate. The palate is full and malty, with dark burnt fruits and the promised liquorice and chocolate in abundance, with a slightly wine-gum-like quality offset by a bracing coffeish hop bitterness. The finish is dry and tangy with hints of strawberry fruit. A welcome new departure for a brewery known for their lightness of touch, it's a difficult beer to classify, with many of the flavours of a stout but the texture and drinkability of an 'old peculier'-type ale. Far too good to waste on an engine.'
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