Orkney Dark Island (Cask)

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

Dec, 2004: Village Inn, Arrochar, Scotland. Gentle smokey dark malts with a rub of licorice and port in the finish. [3.6]

Highly enjoyable scottish ale. Smokey and full and dark as it should be. Very drinkable as a session and plenty of malts to keep it substantial, yet the smoke and nice hop outline keep it from sticking to your mouth.

Nice dark ale with light brown head. Malty with tastes of chocolate and coffee. Smooth with not much of an aftertaste. Rather sweet.

Man the mexican add’s another fav of mine of cask as iv rated it already. Aroma is roasted malt with a hint of smokeyness and depth. Taste is similar and full but a little sweetness to balance it out. Great ale porter like stout like just unique ale which is excellent. Rerate: Not as good as it used to be since its now getting brewed in atlas brewery.

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 Doctor Duncan’s Liverpool Dark ruby beer with excellent chocolate and coffee burnt malt aromas. Good grainy mouthfeel with a drying finish with more of the chocolate/coffee flavour. One of the best dark beers to come out of Scotland

Cask at Nevisport, Fort William. Almost black red/brown. Malt dominates in the aroma, with chocolate, caramel and a little smoke. Malty, slightly sour finish. Good stuff.

[Draught:wetherspoons] and my 100th rating :D] pours a dark brown colour. nose is malty, strong coffee character, a little dark chocolate and some cherry notes. Body is decent, has a lingering bitter finish.