Orkney Dragonhead Stout (Bottle)

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

Dark with rocky head. Smoky sweet aroma with a touch of hops. Full mouthfeel, chewy. Tons of chocolate and coffee, with faint background roastiness.

Wonderful aroma that is dry but hints at cherries and bourbon barrels. Some coffee and chocolate. Nice head, but it dies quickly. Medium bodied with a very sharp bitterness. Tastes like wood. This would be better if the aroma gave way to a similar taste. Enjoyable beer, kind of odd stout.

Bottle. Black color with a brown laced head that grips the glass on the way down. A deep roasted bean aroma with plenty of bitter chocolate. The flavor mirrors the aroma with a robust dry roasted malt blast.

Black as night pour with a creamy, lactic, off-white head with sticky lacing. Bitter Coffee aroma with a touch of licorice. Has a bit of a chocolately flavor with some coffee mixed in - notice a bit of frutiness as well. Creamy mouthfeel, but the lacticity gets just a bit cloying near the end and turns a bit too "earthy" tasting. Still, not a bad stout though.

Pours pitch black with a mid-sized, creamy, khaki-colored head. Decent retention and lacing. If all beers could smell this good... rich, malty, chocolatey, nutty (pistachio) and woodsy (walnut). The flavor is almost absent compared to the nose. Well-balanced, but spritzy. Light-bodied with a fizzy mouthfeel. Lengthy, desert-dry finish. Not one of my favorite styles, but a very good dry stout.

Pours near black with a brown halo. The head is brownish red. Nose is roasted malt and burnt wood. Some lighter coffee notes as well. The taste seems more of the same - roasted malt, burnt wood, and some coffee. The body is a little thin but this in no way detracts from the beer. Otherwise the finish is smooth but a little bitter from the light hops and coffee. Good beer!

Very dark brown color with a medium tan head. Smoked wood and roasted malt aroma. Slightly sour lactose, smoked wood and roasted malt flavors. Nice medium body with crisp carbonation.

Coffee and malt aroma. Quite similar to Tsunami Stout, but not as refined. Chocolate, Coffee, cream, malt. Overall its pretty good, nice lasting tan head, black body. It is thin, but it’s still pretty decent.