Hello and welcome back to another edition of Reviewin The Brews, where we concentrate one specific brew from one specific company. As many of you know, I'm a guy who loves his dark beers no matter what, which I guess is unusual as for many craft beer lovers, they gotta be in the right mood for it. Stouts and porters are great and comfortable when the season calls for it, but for me it shouldn't matter what kind of season it is. Whether it's the peak of summer or the dead of winter, a dark brew will always sound fantastic and today, we got a porter from the UK called Old Engine Oil. If you are a longtime beer fanatic, this one might be familiar to you, so let's take this time look at how this beer came about
Origins: The Old Engine Oil Porter comes from a Brewery called Harviestoun in Scotland. The first batch was made in 2000 and it quickly has gone on to be one of their premiere brews. Contrary to a popular legend, the creators did not make this due to a love of classic cars, something the Head brewer actually collects. The real reasons was due to the appearance and viscosity that the beer has. I myself have seen this on beer menus for more international flavors. I am very eager to try this out, so let's get started!
First Impressions: Old fashion automobiles from what looks like the 1920's grace the can along with a really nice description of the beer as well as a pretty cool preparation to drinking it as if it's directions on how to change the oil of a car.
Appearance: When I was about to pour the glass, I was expecting a completely black color to come down if it's suppose to look like engine oil, but it has more of a color of dark chocolate. Head is medium sized
Aroma: Almost like chocolate and cherries, faint coffee
Taste: Has a strong coffee flavor both at the beginning and aftertaste, a bit of molasses, a bit of caramel. Surprised there isn't a chocolaty flavor to go with the chocolaty appearance. Very creamy in texture, I like it
Final thoughts and rating: Even in the summertime, I would still drink this up. Not overpowering, comfortable, and well worth another batch to try again. This gets a solid ****.25/5
As always, thank you all for reading, your contribution just by taking the time and seeing what goes on is very appreciated and I am looking forward to a brand new series to share with all of you for this blog in my next post. But until then, this is Andrew saying Cheers To You!
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