Orkney Dragonhead Stout (Bottle)

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

Large light brown head initially, then settles into a thin covering, lace is thin but coating. Nose is fruity up front followed by a light roast aroma and maybe a touch vinous. Body is medium, a hint chalky but with a silky mouthfeel, nice. Flavors of chocolate, light roast, cocoa and some earthy dirty notes as well. Finish is fairly dry, roasty and bittersweet. A decent little quaff.

Very dark amber, almost black. Aroma is from cocoa and licorice. Flavor brings chocolate as well as cocoa and licorice. A little creamy feeling.

Pour is a dark black with a small tan head. Aroma is very smoky and roasted malt. Flavor is smoked meat with some coffee and molasses. For only being 4% this is quite a flavorful beer.

Rich black color with healthy tan head. Aroma is slight diacetyl but not in offensive amounts. Peat, salt, roasty toasty, carob powder, some chocolate, creamy mouthfeel, slight sour tang. Substantial and seems healthy.

(SCOTLAND) Black color brew with a dissipating med tan head. Aroma is of coffee and chocolate with a smooth dry roasted malt taste !!! Not very complex but well balanced, I think i would like to have another.

Bottle pours an opaque black with a thick dark tan head that lingers like a frothy cappuccino. Aroma of bitter chocolate, roasted malts, tobacco, and dried fruit. Bitter flavor that includes a nice mix of chocolate, coffee, and smokiness. Smooth and creamy mouthfeel.

500 ml bottle. Freebie from a friend on Halloween. Pours a dark dark brown with a dark khaki colored head. Looks good in the glass and leaves painted wall of lace on the glass as it recedes. Light aroma of roasted malts and alcohol. Not overpowering. Crisp and dry on the palate with a strong taste of hops and charred oak. I don’t get as much malt taste as I would like in a stout. What I do get is the bitter finish of an ale and that omnipresent char. This is not a bad brew. Turn down the char and it would be better. I would buy again if only to see if maybe the batch that produced my bottle had been overdone on the roasting.

1pt bottle: poured a perfect black with a thick head that quickly disappeared. Aroma is of sweet dark chocolate. Taste is very smooth leaving you wanting more.