Harviestoun Old Engine Oil Black Ale

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 flavors 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 flavors that ride with you all the way to the finish. Ken Brooker wanted to produce a beer that had the character of a barley wine, i.e. high PG, lots of mouthfeel and high viscosity but with only 6% ABV, rather than the more normal barley wine ABV of about 8.5%. He has used a high mash temperature to give the required wort profile. The trick is to balance this sweetness with the hop bitterness and acid flavors from the roasted barley.