Orkney Dragonhead Stout (Bottle)

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

Thick and malty,very easy to drink,a nice session ale,a nice chocky and hoppy aroma.

Drinking this and rating it simultaneously. Black with a light tan head, minimal lacing, nice aroma of roasted coffee, flavor is similar, light roasted coffee, hints of chocolate, some and a slight watery, coffee finish. Very nice and enjoyable beer.

Pours a rich black with a decent tan head. Aromas of roasted malt, coffe, and dark fruit greet the nose. Flavor is very malty with emphasis on the roasted, chocolate, and toasted malts. Finsih is smooth and with a nice touch of roastedness.

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. ,

Bottle. And the caps off...this stout pours a very, very dark brown, you could say black but the mind and eye is known to play tricks. The head is tanned and the foamy layer leaves a nice lacing around the inside of my chalice glass. There’s a big roasted aroma here, slightly burnt too. Actually it’s quite dominate and really holds back any other aromatics coming through. Dark chocolate and coffee are competing for a place but once again the burnt malt pushes them aside for the final sprint. I’m anticipating the flavour to mirror the nose and sure enough it doesn’t let me down. It’s bitter in the mouthfeel and the body is somewhat thin and watery. There’s as much balance here as a playground seesaw sitting a six foot ten steroid abusing sumo wrestler on one end and Mary-Kate Olsen on the other. It’s not a bad stout by any means it’s just not that great either.

OK I just love the Orkney Breweries pint bottles..great shape and classy label.With Viking longship prow. This is a beautiful beer to behold very solid black..with a great coffee and creme coloured head..very attractive. Smell also is good..very strong hints of chocolate , roasted malts..fresh despite it being all the way here in Oregon. The taste is rather weird though,,but in a good way..very woody, salty..on top of dark chocolate I wonder if they used the same process for growing the barley Heather Brews used for "Kelpie"? MOuthfeel while comfortable..ios too thin for a great stout. Overall a good drinkable stout..nice for the low alcohol.

Black with a big tan long lasting head. THe biggest thing that I notice about this is that it has this strange thin body and the taste seems to be just a bit dilute. THere is a sweeping malt flavour but it comes and goes. Tastes like a stout some of the time.

smooth and very typical of a stout. all you would expect in proper measure. low alcohol not noticeable and extra points for that. velvety and creamy but not too much so. touch of chocolate this is fairly good.