Orkney Dark Island (Cask)

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

(Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Dark brown colour with ruby hints, frothy pale brown head. Roasted, malty nose with notes of dark fruit, coffee, wild berries and dark rye bread. Malty, roasted taste with coffee, dark bread, chocolate and dark fruit. Balanced coffeeish bitterness in the finish. Lovely balance. Nice dark ale with hints in the porter direction.

cask at tennent’s bar, glasgow. deep dark purple, lasting thin beige head. hint of licorice aroma with some peat and brown sugar. thin texture but some good roasty bitterness, very drinkable

Close to black ale with a firelight tan colour. Delicious roasty+toasty nose with caramel, figs and blue grape flavours complexified by an underlying juicy fruitiness (think dates, pomegranate, blueberry). Absolutely charming and well-made, a coherence malt display. Despite that intention, it finishes dry with its tobacco and ashes nuances in mouth. All along, a soft acidity that never gets obtrusive supervises the development and ensures the desirability of a next sip. Clean medium body with a delicate foaminess.

Cask @ GBBF 2007, London. Black color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, light brown head. Aroma is moderate malty, strong coffee, burnt. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to short duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.

Coffe aroma, dark burgundy colour, coffee roast malts, no carbonation, small head, surprising hoppiness - experimental, light body.

Cask@GBBF2007. Dark rubyish amber colour with small beige head. Aroma is caramel, slight stinging sweetness along with red berries and roasted malts. Flavour is roasted malts, raisins and dark dry fruits. Pleasant and refreshing.

Cask at Tennent’s Bar, Glasgow. Very dark brown. Malty and gently roasty. Sweet and medium bodied with oily mouthfeel and notes of wood. Low bitterness.

(RBESG 2007, Cask at Tennent’s Bar, Glasgow) Nice dark amber color, offwhite/brownish head. Lovely malty aroma, roasted, some caramel, smoky and salty notes. Malty flavor with licorice and some smoky notes after a while. Me like...