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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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 beerandrugby (210), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/515/20
Feb 14, 2005  
bottle. poured a very deep burgandy with a frothy white head that lasted and laced quite nicely...initial not at all sweet malt with a very smokey, peaty, roasted, toasted, coffee, wet card board flavor, bitter almost sour hop finish, reminds me of a smokey porter, good.


 crzybob77 (528), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Jan 10, 2005  
Rather dark brown. Light smokey aroma. Flavor is rich roasty, smokey malts. Pretty good, nothing incredilble.


 DrnkMcDermott (1832), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 10, 2005  
Bottled. First impression is that it’s not that alcoholic for what should be listed as a Scottish beer. Still malty, but those malts have a light chicory coffee and toffee note, with some plums toward the end. Not cloying at all. A well-rounded session beer.


 SilkTork (4156), Rochester, Kent, England
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/104/511/20
Jan 9, 2005    Updated: Feb 1, 2006
Sept, 2002: Filtered Bottle.The flavour is splendid, lots of morello cherries and licorice, but the body is a little thin. On first gulp I thought this was an awesome world class beer, but as the glass progresses the sweet-water quality of the brew starts to disappoint. By the end of the drink I was starting to think that this was a gutter rat’s reject piss. All the flavour appears to be in the head (which foams up a treat - an absolute cathedral of foam) - but as the head evaporates, so does the rich dark malt flavours, leaving only a sickly sweetness. If this is drunk quickly in small doses it’s a wonderful beer, but a full pint is way too much. [2.7]


 gsteph (263), knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/515/20
Dec 20, 2004  
Dark brown, opaque pour. Dense and foamy lasting tan head. Rich aromas of heavy malt. Earthy, peaty, and smoky with a touch of sweetened cocoa. Fair flavor development. Hearty smokey flavor but all other constituents lack ranging from peaty, coffee, and bitter chocolate, lack some and could stand to be more pronounced. Somewhat thin but not too watered down. The aroma here could really sell it by itself. The flavors really don’t do it justice. The overall brew is blended well though with a good malt and hop balance.


 IslandHaole (1035), Onna-Son, Okinawa-Ken, Japan
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/516/20
Dec 7, 2004  
Very dark brown, with a volumnous tan head, foamy and lasting. A rich, smokey, peaty, roasted malt profile. Smoked, like a Rauch with cocoa and roasty flavors. A bit thin bodied but that’s the only real negative with this delicious beer.


 footy (334), scottsdale, Arizona, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 26, 2004  
Bottled 500ml. Good beer. On the sweetish side. I like skullsplitter much better.


 TBone (6681), Pori, Finland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Nov 13, 2004  
Bottled
Dark ruby, almost opaque black. Small tanned head. Crisp aroma. Roasted, chocolaty, a bit sweet flavor. Aftertaste brings some English hops.



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