Orkney Dark Island (Cask)

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

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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Hand pump at the Freshfield, black in colour with an off white head, seriously strong aroma of malt on the nose leads onto coffee and espresso taste, fine stuff, malts dominating too. Finishes ever so slightly dry

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 Guildford Arms, Edinburgh 11 Nov 08. Black colored. A lasting tanned head. Rich aroma of chocolate & roasted malt. Sweet fruity flavor with a dry fruity aftertaste. Some bitterness.

Cask, The Market Pub, Chesterfield, UK. Jet black, thick head. Bitter aroma, black cherry and coffee. Smooth, mild with a bitter fruit finish.

UPDATED: OCT 26, 2011 Cask ... Deep solid black ... Solid head ... Nice roast malt nose ... Smooth sweet chocolate ... no real bitternesss ... lots of sweet roast malts ... some hop in linger ... Good balance... I checked(twice) that this wasnt a rebadge of Dark Island, and was assured it wasnt.
Earlier Rating: 4/9/2007 Total Score: 3.5
Black colour, with a roasted malt nose , deep roast malt flavour thats quite stout like cask at blue blazer .. deep red black ... thin tan head ... soft malty coffee roast ... big licorice ... soft puff candi ... dark roast ... nt great today. 3.4

Cask at Sheep’s Heid in Edinburgh. caramel, roasty, resin, black, frothy, medium bitterness, medium body, sticky, soft carbonation,

Cask @ The Cumberland. Opaque black-brown with tan head. Rich dry dark malt aromas: the dust of coal, coffee, and cocoa. Soft mouthfeel. Tastes sweeter than it smells while still remaining sophisticated, with totally integrated mellow flavors. The flavors really come together. Not chocolate, not coffee , just deep mild rich solid malty goodness. Sessionable!

Cask, Clachnaharry Inn, Inverness. Black with a thin beige head. Aroma is roasted coffee with some dark brandy sodden fruit and smoky liquorice notes. Flavour is full bodied, rich and malty. Coffee, choclolate and some smoky herbiness evident. Very tasty indeed.

Handpulled cask at the Hamilton Hall (JDW) Liverpool St. during recent international beer fest.Almost black with a big khaki head. Rich chocolate and coffee aroma. Espresso flavours dominate,especially towards the finish,but there is plenty of chocolate and hints of berries as well. Well-carbonated.A greatdark scotish beer.

Cask at Horniman. Pours cloudy brown with a strong, foamy off-white head. Cocoa and roasted malt aroma. Fairly sweet with a strong hot chocolate character. Medium bodied with fine carbonationM finishes dry and roasty with some dark malt sweetness. Good stuff.