Orkney Dark Island (Bottle)

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

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.

Dark garnet color with a large off white head. Roasted malt aroma with some prune and smoke. Roasted smokey flavor with some coffee and a sour bite in the finish. Minimal hops flavor. Went down smooth.

Pours a nice dark brown with a bubbly choco head. Aroma is a faint choco malt. At first I thought it would be weak because of the smell, but it turned out to be a rich roasted malt flavor. It was quite nice and better if drinken slowly.

Pours beautifully dark, tastes a bit too smooth if anything. The smoky flavor of heath and hops slide across the palate, giving you little to fight with. Not a bad beer, but priced like a great beer.

16.9 oz bottle-A dark brown with a nice tan head. Aroma of smoke. Taste of smoke and malt with more smokeand caramel. A nice tasting beer.

Aroma is creamy, caramelized malt, smoked grains. Taste is carbonation, smoke, roasted caramel, with kind of a club soda finish. Pretty decent. Love the smoke, wish this had a touch more age on it. Would like to try again.

Bottle at in-laws. caramel, roasty, resin, black, frothy, medium bitterness, medium body, sticky, soft carbonation,

An almost black colored beer, dark thick and big beige head. The aroma of coffee, smoked malt, a little chocolate, fruity, like dark cherries. The taste of rich dark malts, a little chocolate with dark fruits, some sweet. The aftertaste has some sweets with a little bitter.