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Orkney Dark Island (Bottle)

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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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3953.51/5.03.5/5.04.6%77.3English pint, Snifter
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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 HogTownHarry (4007), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Oct 17, 2006  
Bottle (500ml). Shared with biegaman, blankboy and GregClow, GregClow’s bottle. Poured deep clear mahogany with a small off-white head. Dry, roasty, peaty aroma - rich, nutty, drop hops, faint fruit in the background. Taste - light, medium roast, fruity and quick off the palate - sweet, mildly spicy, almost a scotch ale. Decent body, creamy, no linger - really nice!


 Rune (2834), Tromsø, Norway
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 12, 2006  
500ml bottle bought at Utobeer in London. Dark copper body - almost black. Attractive bottle design. Solid dose of tan coloured foam. Peaty aroma of malty sweetness. Roasted and dark flavour of coffee, malts, and grain. A bit cocoa impression. Medium palate. A pleasure drinking a beer like this (18.09.2006).


 aspidites (1274), manteca, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Oct 12, 2006  
Sweet malt with atouch of roasted caramel and toffee. Flavors are clean caramel, leather and cocoa. Clean and easy drinking brew.


 Fin (3423), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 1, 2006  
Bottled. picked up at SH Jones Bicester 28-09-06. Almost black in colour with an absolutely wonderful chocolatey aroma. Taste was a bit sweet, thin, and carried through none of the promise of the aroma some roasted notes but all in all a touch disappointing.


 maeib (4735), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Sep 22, 2006  
Bottled - A black coloured beer witha thin off-white head. The aroma has a little chocoalte and is a touch sweet and lactic. The taste is also sweet with milky charcteristics. No real roasty qualitles butr seems a bit sweet stoutesque. Not as good as, or with the depth of the cask version when it is on form.


 WISEGUY572 (1246), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/513/20
Sep 17, 2006  
Pretty average stuff. Reddish black with almost no head, leaving almost no lacing. Relatively thin and uninteresting. Dark malts with more of a sour than a bitter finish.


 Headbanger (1589), Aurora, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Sep 3, 2006  
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.


 Tmoney99 (4749), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/515/20
Sep 1, 2006  
Bottle. Poured dark brown with an average creamy brown head that lasted with good lacing. Heavy roasted chocolate malty and smoke aroma. Medium body with a creamy texture. Medium sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. This beer goes well with a cigar.



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