Orkney Dragonhead Stout (Bottle)

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

Very dark tan head on very dark stout,good carbonation,creamy rich aroma,molasses,liccorice spicyness,mint like note.Flavour coffee,malt,spicy,aniseed taste,roastedflavors.Has a creaminess,bit of spiciness and sharpness,full flavours at the finish. ,

Bottled(500ml). -Deep black coloured, medium sized dark brown head, light smoked chocolate cocoa nose. Very smooth, roasted malt, chocolate and strong bitter coffee taste. Lack of alcohol is obvious. Pleasant lingering bitter chocolate aftertaste.

Bottle. Strong coffee malty aroma but a pretty watery taste. Good but bark > bite.

Pours very dark brown with a dark tan / orange head. The aroma has roasted malt, cream, vanilla and a mix of milk and dark chocolate. Medium thick body with a bit of creaminess at first and then it gets overly thin on the finish with very light carbonation. The flavor starts with charred malt, bitter dark chocolate and a slight bit of citrus. The finish is a bit astringent. Overall it is a respectable stout.

0.5L bottle poured deep dark brown with mocha head. The aroma is a mix of gingerbread, fruit cake, molasses, rum cake and caramel. Smells nice but not what I was expecting. The taste begins with roasty burnt malts. I then get vanilla, burnt molasses and faint dark fruity esters. It ends roasty and toasty leaving burnt malts, chocolate malts and a dash of coffee grounds lingering into the after taste. Tastes a bit different than it smells.

From Skjold Burne, Aarhus, DK. Bottled. Black with brownish head. Aroma of roasted malt. Flavor is coffee, wood and fruit notes

Poured black, tan head. Quite a bit of maltyness, some nice roasted notes. There wasn’t a large pallet with this one, but the earthy roast coffee is adequate. Clean finish and very drinkable. I thought this was pretty standard. The unusually low abv doesn’t mean it can not be good. I don’t know if some reviewers here were expecting an Imperial, it is not as bad as some on here say. There is someone who thinks that a tan head on a dark beer is bad? huh?

Bottle. Black pour with a big brown head. Has a nice roasted aroma with a hint of some spice. Roasted flavor becomes burnt, like charred wood, in the bitter finish. If you like your stouts with a burnt flavor (like i do) then this is a good one.