Orkney Raven Ale (Cask)

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

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, toasted, toffee, light to moderate hoppy, grass. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090806]

Cask @ Halfway House, Edinburgh. Honey colored golden pour. Boddingtons like creaminess. Creamy white head. Ringwood like aroma. Medicinal hop flavors, leafy hops, Pretty good

Cask - The Duke of Wellington, Norwich. Golden orange body with a small, white head. Dry hoppy hay and sweet fruity malt aromas. Fruity flavour profile, a bit tangy and lemony, some grassiness with a slight dry earthiness and malty balance. Light and summery, acidity in the finish.

Cask@GBBF2009. Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is hops, earth, bready notes as well as quite much toffee and earth. Flavour is fruits, wood, nectar and mild honeyish notes as well. Grassy/hayish finish.

Cask@GBBF 2009. Golden color, small white head, some lace. Sticky aroma of wet socks and hops. Light palate. Sweet malts, hayish hops. Nothing to rave about.

Cask-conditioned at the Bon Accord, Glasgow 1/07/09. Deep golden with a moderate, off-white head. Slightly malty aroma with some summer fruit and hay. Flavour began with some sweet malts, before citrus hops took over leading to a middling bitter finish. Ok.

Cask conditioned gravity dispense Royal George Cottingham. A golden coloured beer with a whitish head. The aroma has nice orangey hop notes. A good clean citrus taste. Bittersweet and tasty.

From cask at Charlies. Pours clear and golden orange. Light fruity and slight yeasty. Dry bitter, orange fruity and slight yeasty flavoured. Grassy touch. Bitter orange fruity and acidic finish.