Orkney Dark Island (Bottle)

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

Bottled. Clear brown coloured with a beige head. Fruity aroma with roasted notes. Fruity and roasted flavour with notes of coffee.

Looks like CocaCola in the glass. Almost no head. A hint of malt in the nose. Lots of chocolate malt in the flavor. And some black patent, too, because it’s a very burnet flavor. Grainy mouthfeel. Like a homebrewed porter.

(Bottle 50 cl) Pitch black indeed with only a small head. Very malty character, not only roasted but burned malt - almost peat-like. Very drinkable, but it honestly reminds me more of a porter. 230201

Nose is a mocha coffee and with a medium head. It has a semisweet smokey chocolate coffe taste with the body of an average porter.

Lots of chocolate and bitter in the Dark Island. Not as impressed with it as I was Red or the Skullsplitter. Maybe I got a bad bottle. Will revisit this beer again.

IT was mor elike the Stout kind of beers. BUt anyway, I had a good time, I like this kind of beer. BUt I want to taste them in Orkney.

Black/dark brown. Thick, creamy, light tan head. Roasted malt and chocoffee aroma similar to a porter. Interesting. Burnt coffee, roasted malt, bitter chocolate, touch of licorice, tastes like a porter. Medium body, a bit sweet, well carbonated. Pretty good, evidence that a beer does not need high abv to have some depth.

Dark clear brown pour, with a ruby-glinted pour. Topped with a quickly fading bubbly tan head. Earthy and grassy strong oats and wheat aroma, very grainy and malty. Coarse, yet enticing. Some chocolate aroma. Watery and crisp, with a smooth oaty and earthy. Lots of horseblanket and sheep barn. A tinge of chocolate, no alcohol burn. Very drinkable. Much like a beefed up Mild Ale to me.