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Orkney Dark Island (Bottle)

Orkney Dark Island (Bottle) - Old Ale

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 Percentile 
88
overall
Brewed by Orkney (Sinclair Breweries)
Style: Old Ale

Stromness, Orkney, Highlands & Islands, Scotland

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3893.51/5.03.5/5.04.6%78.3English pint, Snifter
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Commercial Description:
"The nose on this beer is ripe and fruity with slightly vinous esters, married to interesting hop notes - the colour of a glorious red ruby wine."
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 ThomasE (5179), Copenhagen, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 24, 2005  
Brown colour with a tan head. Light roasted malty aroma with a fruity touch. Burnt coffee flavor.


 mkobes (2103), paramus, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
Nov 15, 2005  
Bottle. Deep brown in color with a nice lacing. Smokey fruity and roasty aroma. Chocolate notes. Fruity peaty and roasty flavor. Smokey. Light bodied. Finish is bitter. Nice beer. Interesting.


 beerbuzzmontreal (2909), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Nov 3, 2005  
Pours a reddish brown color with a thick tan head that leaves rings of lace on the glass. Interesting aroma of smoked and roasted malt. Good flavor of peated and roasted malt, coacoa and earthy tones with a bitter finish.The body is light with a dry mouthfeel and strong carbonation. Very surprising and interesting.


 joergen (8430), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Oct 31, 2005  
Bottled. Clear brown coloured with a beige head. Fruity aroma with roasted notes. Fruity and roasted flavour with notes of coffee.


beeriodic (61), Longmont, Colorado, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Oct 31, 2005  
Looks like CocaCola in the glass. Almost no head. A hint of malt in the nose. Lots of chocolate malt in the flavor. And some black patent, too, because it’s a very burnet flavor. Grainy mouthfeel. Like a homebrewed porter.


 Papsoe (14642), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 23, 2005  
(Bottle 50 cl) Pitch black indeed with only a small head. Very malty character, not only roasted but burned malt - almost peat-like. Very drinkable, but it honestly reminds me more of a porter. 230201


 fluids (364), USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 21, 2005  
Nose is a mocha coffee and with a medium head. It has a semisweet smokey chocolate coffe taste with the body of an average porter.


 Falconseye8 (525), Cartersville, Georgia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 18, 2005  
Lots of chocolate and bitter in the Dark Island. Not as impressed with it as I was Red or the Skullsplitter. Maybe I got a bad bottle. Will revisit this beer again.



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