Orkney Dragonhead Stout (Bottle)

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

My only complaint is that it is too watery. Very fine tasting stout otherwise. Pours jet black with a nice thin head. Tastes of roasted coffee and not much else. Very refreshing for a stout. I picked this up at the Bier Stein in Eugene. It was expensive, but the taste is very unique and well worth the price. At 4% alcohol though....I think I could have done better. Worth trying at least once, but I would love to have a fridge full of this just to sip on all day.

This pours a very deep, nearly black body with a thick, creamy light brown head that "laces" in sheets as you drink. The aroma is of lightly roasted malts with a splash of coffee and cream and a light smokiness. Very smooth and soothing palate. The flavor continues with the lightly roasted malts, coffe & cream, a hint of smoke, and just a dab of bittersweet chocolate. Very good sessionable beer.

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Pours black with thin head that disappates rather quickly. Has a rather smokey aroma, flavor is balanced, with a fairly strong initial taste followed by a very smoky aftertaste; reminded me of roasted espresso bean. The richness of this stout does not measure up to others I have had, and the taste does not match the darkness and aroma. Still it is better than many, and while not a rogue or a guinness, it does offer a nice variety that should be sipped and enjoyed.

Toasted, nutty, cream and coffee aroma. Good bottle, pitch black beer. Big Khaki eternal head. Mostly smooth, a bit of coffee acidity, mostly dry. Medium bodied. Finish is quick, given the roastiness of the beer. Overall, this wasn’tt as complex as I would have liked, but very good and smooth.

Bottle. Black color with a large light brown head that diminished slowly with good lacing. Moderate roasted malt aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture. Moderate roasted balanced flavor with a smooth bitter sweet finish of moderate duration. Solid drinkable brew.

Dark ruby with foamy head of large bubbles - roasty, smokey aroma, with hints of wood, cocoa, some light mineral character - very dry and chalky - almost too dry - it feels like it’s sucking the moisture right out of my tongue - rather thin flavor - some cocoa and anise come through - perhaps if it weren’t filtered it would be more flavorful, but this really doesn’t do much for me.

Nice-looking stout, with a lush, light tan head with some big bubbles around the sides of the glass AND a very, very dark reddish brown body. Ashy, cocoa, roasted malt aroma. The flavor is similar except a heavy dose of smokiness is evident here as well. A pretty weak stout overall, not much uniqueness in general. I imagine, with its low alcohol content, that this is more of a beer to enjoy with a heavy dinner, rather than an after-dinner enjoyment brew. This is just OK for me.

Bottle 5/1-06. Thanks to Jonas Ahnfelt. Dark red/brown colur, with a nice brown foam. Aroma of dark chocolate and dry bitterness. Balanced sweetnes and bitternes in the end . Medium body, and and a little bit to short finish is my upinion.