Orkney Dark Island (Cask)

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

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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Odeur fruité. Goût acide bien soutenue par un goût fruité. Cacao et noisette en finale.

Cask Conditioned at Charlie’s Pub, Copenhagen
Dark color. Soft Mild Ale, with light sourness and some roasted malt. Caramel. Thin mouthfeel.

Cask, Guildford Arms, Edinburgh. Dark color, brownish head. Rich aroma of roasted malt, bit nutty. Roasted malty taste, fairly bitter, licorice, some coffee, nutty, some chocolat. Better than Guinness!

UPDATED: OCT 6, 2010 1. Cask Stillage at the Memorial Hall, Northwich 22/09/2001 Dark coloured and rich on the palate. Some roast malt in the finish. 2. Cask Stillage at the Mill At The Pier, Wigan 09/03/2002 Black with some fruit flavour. Smooth roast finish. 3. Cask Handpump at the Cross Keys, Knutsford 11/02/2003 Dark coloured and smooth on the palate. Chocolaty roast finish. 4. Cask Handpump at Aitchie’s Ale House, Aberdeen 22/09/2007 Roast aroma. Small beige head. Dark and slightly rich on the palate with some sour fruit flavour. Crisp and dry coffee roast finish. 5. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black JDW, Northwich 04/09/2010 Fruity aroma. Beige head. Dark coloured a little rich on the palate and fruity with a hint of dryness and bitterness in a lasting roast malt finish.

UPDATED: OCT 4, 2006 Dec, 2004: Village Inn, Arrochar, Scotland. Gentle smokey dark malts with a rub of licorice and port in the finish. [3.6]

Highly enjoyable scottish ale. Smokey and full and dark as it should be. Very drinkable as a session and plenty of malts to keep it substantial, yet the smoke and nice hop outline keep it from sticking to your mouth.

Nice dark ale with light brown head. Malty with tastes of chocolate and coffee. Smooth with not much of an aftertaste. Rather sweet.

UPDATED: APR 10, 2007 Man the mexican add’s another fav of mine of cask as iv rated it already. Aroma is roasted malt with a hint of smokeyness and depth. Taste is similar and full but a little sweetness to balance it out. Great ale porter like stout like just unique ale which is excellent. Rerate: Not as good as it used to be since its now getting brewed in atlas brewery.

UPDATED: FEB 12, 2006 Really good ber, not booring and good for having a talk with your friends. MAybe better than the Bottled version. BUt really one of the old clips on cask.

Cask at Doctor Duncan’s Liverpool Dark ruby beer with excellent chocolate and coffee burnt malt aromas. Good grainy mouthfeel with a drying finish with more of the chocolate/coffee flavour. One of the best dark beers to come out of Scotland