Orkney Dragonhead Stout (Bottle)

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

Handpump pint at the Maltings, York. Not sure of the difference between this and the cask version here, since they both say cask in their description? So I’ll keep it here. Pours pitch black with a lasting, creamy and dense tan head that laces considerably. Nose is indistinct, slight roasted malt and a considerable chocolate presence. Taste is really superb: strongly roasted and coffee upfront, fades to a heavily bitter finish that lasts and coats. Echoing the sentiments of some raters before me: this makes for an exceptional session stout and as such gets a few extra bumps from me.

Black. Big, dense, bubbly, creamy light brown head. Roasted malt and burnt chocoffee aroma- touch of lactose, also. Same flavor, bitter finish and aftertaste. Smooth, medium body is very drinkable. Would go nice with some waffles at breakfast. Good brew.

For sure a cool label, this one sure let me down. Not that it tasted bad really...more just that it didn’t have much of a taste at all. A Stout this one is not, drinks much more like a porter. Does pout a nice looking deep, dark brown with lots of lacing. Flavors are water, water, carmel, cold coffee, dark fruit, and water. At 4% ABV, there isn’t anything here to pack a punch, and very little that even reminds me of a stout; no chocolate, no alcohol, no roasted barley, nothing. Does have a coffee flavor, but it is more like cold coffee than coffee beans, and is diluted by the water. I just didn’t get this one at all.

Bottle sampled. Pours black with a large tan head. Aroma of roast, chocolate, and hops. The flavor is sweet upfront, chocolate, mostly roast, and finishes bitter.

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.

Bottle 5/1-06. Thanks to Jonas Ahnfelt. Dark red/brown colur, with a nice brown foam. Aroma of dark chocolate and dry bitterness. Balanced sweetnes and bitternes in the end . Medium body, and and a little bit to short finish is my upinion.

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

16.9 ounce bottle in pint glass. Black with dense light brown head and some lace. Chocolate syrup, coffee, and chocolate chip cookie aroma. Roasted chocolate flavor with clean medium bitter finish. Medium body and carbo. A nice sessionable stout.