Orkney Dark Island (Bottle)

Brewed by Orkney (Sinclair Breweries)
Style: Old Ale
Stromness, Orkney, Highlands & Islands, Scotland

Pours a nice deep dark reddish brown color. Big roast malt aromas with hints of smoke/coffee/chocolate. Flavor is a dark smokey chocolate with the slightest tingle of hops.

For a 5% beer this was very smoky, oily, and peaty. Abundant but fine carbonation. Very soft, medium-heavy mouthfeel. Body is dark and murky. Nutty notes. Some fruitiness or acidity might have balanced this out a little better. Very nice, but somewhat overwhelmingly peaty.

Brown colour with a tan head. Light roasted malty aroma with a fruity touch. Burnt coffee flavor.

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.

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.

Bottled. Clear brown coloured with a beige head. Fruity aroma with roasted notes. Fruity and roasted flavour with notes of coffee.

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.

(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