Orkney Dark Island (Bottle)

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

Date and dark bitter chocolate nose. Striking black with a nice tan head. Dark bittersweet chocolate dominates followed by fig and dark fruit flavors with coffee, burned caramel, and earthy notes finishing off the flavor. Nice mouth feel, nice weight and clean finish. Overall it’s not overly complex, but has alot going on. Very good and drinkable!

(SCOTLAND) Pours a nice dark brown almost black in color with a med off white head. The aroma is of dark malts, hops, and chocolate. The taste has a pleasant smoky flavor with some chocolate, malts, and a hint of espresso. The mouthfeel has a nitro feel to it that is very smooth and refreshing !!! There was also some wonderful lacing in the glass.

Bottle from ’Beersofeurope.co.uk’: Pours a rich, thick almost black colour. Very nice aroma of sour roast malt and chocolate. The flavour is roast malt, with a little chocolate and fruit. Slight sourness as you’d expect from an old ale. This is a really good example of an old ale.

Bottle, 4.6%. Papery, sour, roasted, and vinous aroma. Almost black colour, red shine. Small light brown head. The flavour is mostly roasted, slightly smokey. There is a lot of cream to it along with a little vinousness. Thin mouthfeel, could use some oats or something.

From Skjold Burne, Aarhus, DK. Bottled. Dark brown with a red shade. Aroma of malt and fruit. Flavor of roasted malt, chocolate and red berries

pours opaque with a ruby tint, small khaki head, good lacing.
smell of malt, touch of citrus, cocoa, roastiness.
taste is tart, dark chocolate, sour malt, some licorice, some vanilla, touch of woodiness.

50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a golen amber glare and a light tan head. Light dark fruity aroma and mild malty aroma. Flavour is roasted mild and mild smoked. Smooth and roasted acidic at once. A bit thin bodied. Light smoked note into the finish.

Taste 7/8 Bottle (Best by 1/9). Looks: Black purple with mild lace. Smell: Sweet, grape, sticky, grain, Choc and espresso. Taste: Thin to medium bodied. Espresso, roast, grape, floral. Mild hops spice. A little earthy. Good.