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Orkney Skull Splitter (Bottle) 3.57 980

Orkney Skull Splitter (Bottle)

Percentile
91
overall
Brewed by Orkney (Sinclair Breweries)
Style: Barley Wine
Stromness, Orkney, Highlands & Islands, Scotland

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9803.57/5.03.57/5.08.5%60Snifter
Commercial Description:
Available filtered in 330ml bottles.
"Named after Thorfin Hausakliuuf, the seventh earl of Orkney, this reddish coloured ale has an intense vinous nose, is rich and satiny in the mouth with a long dry finish and deep rich fruity notes. Described as ’Satiny smooth in the mouth, deceptively light and dangerously drinkable’."
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 fakepurseninja (785), Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 11, 2006    Updated: Feb 5, 2007
Sweet scotch ale with many interlacing fruit flavors. Low carbonation, small frothy head. Strong roasted, earthy malt pressence and well balanced. Very nice drink.


 LinusStick (1846), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Nov 8, 2006  
All the greatness of a semi bitter ale with the dinkability of water. Great beer!


Yeggo (37), USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/104/516/20
Nov 5, 2006  
Bought this one from the Whole Foods I work at. GORGEOUS color to it, and at first taste, I thought it was going to be really bitter, but it moderated quickly.


festyzizzle (30), Brooklyn, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/517/20
Nov 4, 2006  
Dark red body and a fruity aroma. Flavor of rasin and wine. Aftertaste has some alcohol to it. Overall a great beer


Chucks66 (84), Beachwood, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/513/20
Nov 3, 2006  
Red color, malty and sweet, iron in flavor, copenhagen in taste... Alcohol is present but covered by malt


 chicagobears (336), Elk Grove Village, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/103/516/20
Nov 2, 2006  
Reddish brown. A sweet malty aroma. Very flavorful, spicy, nutty, rasins, smokey...quite complex. Easy drinkabitlity too . Real delicious and warming brew.


 biznizness (940), Mooresville, North Carolina, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Nov 1, 2006  
Solid beer, but an unspectacular barleywine. Sort of nutty, almost a nutty brown nutty delicious ale. Yum.


 Trooper11 (467), Suffolk, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/515/20
Oct 25, 2006  
Dark brown, clear with a reddish hue and a foamy tan head, very heavy bready yeast aroma with notes of dark grapes. A bit of a wine-like alcohol aroma too. Flavor is dark fruit and finished very dry. I like it except for the big dryness.



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