Ola Dubh 40 Year Special Reserve

Note: This beer is 8% ABV in bottle, 10.5% in cask and keg.

We make Ola Dubh 40 by taking our Old Engine Oil (amped up to 10.5%) and aging it for up to 6 months in casks that previously held Highland Park’s phenomenal 40 Year Old single malt whisky.

Ola Dubh (pronounced ‘ola-doo’ and Gaelic for ‘black oil’) was conceived in 2007. It was the first ale to be matured in whisky barrels from a named distillery and, with traceable casks and numbered bottles, it is a beer with real provenance.

This amazing brew has been aged in selected oak casks formerly used to mature Highland Park 40 Year Old Single Malt Whisky, adding complementary whisky notes to our chocolatey, bittersweet beer.

Ola Dubh 40 pours black with a small tan head. On the nose there’s some intensely dark, melted chocolate, hints of hardwood smoke and a touch of saltiness. In addition to the chocolate, coffee and oaky notes embodied in the flavour of its younger siblings, you’ll pick up some over-ripe berries, polished leather, possibly a cigar leaf and a lovely, gently-peppered spice.

HOPS: Galena, East Kent Goldings, Fuggles

MALTS: Roast barley, oats Show Less