Orkney Dark Island (Cask)

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

My memories of this beer are from sipping it at a pub in Scotland looking out the window at Sterling Castle! What a memory!

Probably one the world’s best beers when at it’s best & well kept in the cask. Lovely colour, and a cracking taste.

Suberb dark ale - nearly a stout, but has a more complex and delicate aroma and flavour. Very well balanced. As close to ’perfect’ as you possibly can get. This rating is based on cask in Scotland.

Had this in Fort Williams at a pub that was listed as Scotish Pub of the year, forget the name. Spent 9 days in Scotland and Ireland and this was the best beer I ran across, better than Guinness at the Storehouse or Davy Byrnes.

Cask at World´s End, Edinburgh. Dark brown/black color with a small pale brown head. Aroma: Roasted/burned malt, coffee, licorice and berries. Flavor: Roasted/burned malt, coffee, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, chocolate and some citrus/sourish notes. A very good and quite complex ale.

malty sweet nose ,rich smokey dry malty flavour with bitter finish ,full bodied

Had this at a pub on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. Black in color with little transparency with a thin, lasting, white head and bready aroma. Tastes malty with slight sweetness and notes of bread and raisins with a bitter aftertaste. Thick mouthfeel characteristic of cask ale. Phenomenal beer--definitely getting a pint next time I’m in Scotland.

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