Orkney Dragonhead Stout (Cask)

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

grainy malty nose,dry bitterish chocolate coffee flavours dryish finish,a bit thin for a stout but very satisfying

Sampled cask conditioned at Akkurat, Stockholm.
Black with beige head. Roasty and creamy. Beautiful soft malt character. Roasty and velvetty. Remains from despite a light body. Salty, woody finish. Thoroughly pleasant.

Cask conditioned at the 32nd Cambridge Beer Festival, gravity dispense. Black colour, low head. Roasty aroma, hints of dark chocolate. Flavour is decidedly roasty with coffee notes, quite dry. Not very complex, but beats Guinness any day!

Big fan of this fellow. Aroma is very similar to dark island with loads of roasted malt and goodness. Taste is similar, and a bit dangerous with its drinkablity. Great session ale.

Cask, Guildford Arms, Edinburgh. Aroma of roasted malt, some hop, laurel, licorice. Taste of roated malt again, quite bitter, laurel comes up again just as in guinness. Smooth mouthfeeling. Good stuff!

1. Cask Stillage at the Howcroft Inn, Bolton 12/10/2001 Dark coloured and fruity. Spicy aroma. Woody roast finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Smithfield Hotel, Manchester 25/09/2003 Black with some spicy aroma. Bitter dry oyster finish.

Cask at Fox & Anchor, Smithfield. Dark brown, small tan head. Not in best condition but could tell it was a decent beer. Coffee, dark fruit, pleasant but not overpowering bitterness. Good solid beer.

Cask conditioned at The Horse & Groom, Caulcott, Oxon. Dark brown to black beer with a whisp of a tan head. Initially a little sweet and fruity, though somewhat thin the beer then gives a dry bitter finish. Hoppy at the end, the chocolate malt is somewhat restrained.