Orkney Dragonhead Stout (Bottle)

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

Bottle. Poured Dark Brown with a tan head. Tasted strongly of roasted coffee and malt. Slight bitter taste for the finish. A good first experience of Scottish brews!

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Lovely complexity. Lots of chocholate/ coffee roasted flavor. Yet really easy to drink.

Bottle. Bishops Arms. Järntorget, Gothenburg. Black colour with a small brown head. Roasted malt, coffee, licorice, light sweetness, earthy hops, faint smoke, mildly sour. Light bodied. Good, drinkable session beer.

Bottle (500ml). Poured black with a good sized, thick, foamy, tanned head which lasted extremely well. A rich chocolate aroma with toasted malts, cappuccino, leather and plums. Flavor was a mild sour/lactic bitterness with bitter/dark chocolate, black coffee, almond loaf, light woody notes, hints of prune juice and an earthy finish. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation, a dry mouthfeel, medium texture and a good length finish. A superb session stout - drinks well above its alcohol content.

Bottle. Similar to the Old Ale. But a little more bitter. Good. Dark, and roasty. Good flavor. Would drink again. Recommed.

Bottle at home. Appears as an opaque black beer with a large dense cafe latte coloured head that provides decent lacing. Strong roasted malt aromas of burnt coffee beans, bitter dark chocolate with hints of herbal hops and smokiness. Nice and smooth on the palate with a medium body and bittersweet dark malt flavours before a gentle spicy hop finish. At 4% ABV it is less rich and filling than other stouts I have tried but I am certainly not complaining.

50cl dark brown bottle, label different from the one pictured (it’s black, like the beer). Colour is pitch black, with a impressively huge, soapy beige head. Decent retention, generous lacing. Intense aroma of caramel, oak and banana, with a slight note of vanilla. Low to medium carbonation, medium body, smooth mouth feel. Taste is mostly of roasted malt - again, nowhere near as sweet as the smell indicated. Coffee dominates throughout, with a whiff of vanilla on top. Kind of like a strong Italian lungo with whipped cream. Stout character is not dissimilar to Guinness Draught Original. Short bitter finish and mildly coffeeish after taste. Not the most complex stout in the world, nor one of the heavier ones, but it’s impressive for its dry character and easy drinkability. For those who like their stout lean and dry, this is actually nicely sessionable.