Orkney Dragonhead Stout (Bottle)

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

Mmm... lovely. Its like the perfect mix between a scotch ale and a dry stout. You get the peatiness and maltiness of the scottish ale with the dark toastiness and clean finish of the stout. Complex and refined taste all over your mouth with an extra aftertaste at the end like a smoked out chocolate kiss. YUM!

Bottle: Orgasmic pour ... pitch black with a textbook tan waterfall of a bubbly rising head. The aroma is whiskey and dried dark fruit. This drinks with a robust, dark roasted and smoky peat as the basis. Bit more watery than you’d think for such a big brew. But I could easily see this, at a hair-higher temperature, warming my insides in a dank, damp Scottish pub, instead of my dank, damp Virginia TV room. Excellent stout. Please pass the bangers and mash. (#3173, 11/4/2007)

500ml bottle from Quake1028; Nose of coffee and chocolate; clear, very dark brown with a big tan head; flavor was coffee, some cocoa, a little hop bitterness, and some roastiness. Body very thin. Ok, but not really my cup of tea in a stout when I have Kern River here most of the time.

bottle poured jet black and the head quickly subsides to a thin lace .Aromas of milk choclate, rosted malts and some coffee. It was creamy but the body was not as full as I like for a stout .My tastebuds picked up on the chocolate malts ,some what of a burned after taste there is also a lite hoppyness to it as well . I give the bottle high marks for the art work tho definatly one for the colection

Pours jet black into an English pint. Tan head recedes to skim surface. Milk chocolate and smoke aromas. Oily and slightly thin with upfront espresso and a lasting sour, roasted chocolate finish. Lots of flavor for 4%.

Aroma: smokey, coffee and nicely balanced by dark chocolate roles. Appearance: black, tan, head sheet lacing. Flavour: hazelnut, chocolate coffee in abundance. Palait: creamy, lights carbonated but a touch thin. Finishes fruity/herbal.

This stout pours a deep black color from a 500ml bottle. Large sized white foamy head, long lasting with good lacing. Aroma is chocolate, cocoa powder and dark chocolate. Light to medium bodied stout. Malts are chocolate and coffee. Hops are earthy. Nice balance. Soft mouthfeel with a crisp dry finish. Kind of thin tasting, but that may be due more to the 4% alcohol than any defect in the beer. This is a decent session stout, if such a thing exists. Mouthfeel is a touch thin. Finish is crisp and dry. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

A slightly above average stout. Pours a very dark brown with a small very fizzy active head that quickly disappears. Aroma and flavor are very roasted, malts, some chocolate & coffee. Not too bad. Mouthfeel is kind of thin for a stout, medium carbonation. A decent stout to drink in the summertime, but I prefer heavier, bigger stouts than this.