Orkney Dark Island Reserve

Brewed by Orkney (Sinclair Breweries)
Style: Barley Wine
Stromness, Orkney, Highlands & Islands, Scotland

Black colored brew. Roasted, sweet aroma. Flavor is chocolate, oak, coffee and vinous flavors. Some licorice and hops. Nice one.

Smoky licorice, chocolate and sweetness in the aroma. Dark fruit too. Black pour with a thin head. The flavor profile is made up of smoke chocolate, dark malt, salt, bacon. Full almost heavy body. Lots of smoke in the finish, almost to the point of dryness.

Aros Ølfest, Aarhus, DK. Bottled, 241008. Dark brown with mall white head. Aroma of roasted malt and wood. Flavor is complex of chocolate, coffee, caramel, oak, oats and dried fruits.

Bottle, thanks to WeeHeavySD for sharing. Pours a deep black with a light tan ring. Huge aroma of sweet toasted malt, scotch, oak, chocolate, bread. Taste is rich, of sweet malt, scotch, oak, oats, chocolate, coffee, a hint of dark fruits. Lingering malt and scotch flavors. Delicious.

Pricey 750 I’ve had for a while now that I bought at the Pizza Port Bottle Shop. Pours black black black with a 1 finger tan head. Nose is smokey with big roasty chewy malts. Great awesome nose. Taste is chocolaty and roasty and smoky with lots of dark chunky characteristics. Not sure I’d call this a Barleywine by the taste I think its more an old ale or traditional by my measure. Tasty indeed, lots of character, and overall a nice experience. Great mellow vibe, can’t taste the booze. Shared with Dalekliz and my girlfriend Cyn

bottle- bought at the cave last christmas, vintage 2006. pours dark engine oil with a bit of sparkle. nose is vinous. with notes of butterscotch ans brandy, chocolate complexity. seems to be opening up more as time goes by like a fine wine, toast, and biscuit comes through now.sticky mouthfeel, with a vinous slightly oxidized taste, lingering hints of wood and whisky is definite in finish. dry, and fruity a bit lighter than i imagined. it was meant to be my 10th anniversy drink with my wife, but the bottle opened slightly in the plane ride to norway. and it might have altered the taste of this rating. either way very good stuff.

Well well well...this wasn´t my cup of tee...but you can surely tell its scotish origins. The colour is deep brown - almost black like soya. The aroma is vinoes and you sense the scient of wood and spicies. The taste was massive and very strong. It was vinoes and sour like vinegar and salty like it was brewed on water from the Northsea. The palate was tame and pale. Not good for me - sorry

Deep black color with a thin brown head. Aroma is chocolate and walnut meats, figs and leather. Flavor is big, bold, walnutty, whisky, chewy chocolate, black strap molasses, figs - WOW! Not too sweet, not bitter - very well balanced. Texture is velvetty smooth on the tongue. A truely lovely beer from Scotland!