Dark Island
Orkney Brewery in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
6.89
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Dark Island is an iconic beer: The Orkney Brewery's flagship beer. Exhibiting a ripe fruity, chocolate nose, Dark Island is balanced by flavours of dark Chocolate, dried fruit, figs and nuts from the combination of roasted malts and rich hops. A standard-bearer for traditional Scottish ales.
Hops: First Gold: East Kent Goldings
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Chocolate, Malted Wheat
Hops: First Gold: East Kent Goldings
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Chocolate, Malted Wheat
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Weicher Antrunk von Früchten und trockenem Malz. Ein wenig Herbe kommt im Mittelteil hinzu, die Malzigkeit bleibt auf ihrer Intensität, kann sich aber von dem trockenen Anhängsel befreien. Erneut vergoren fruchtig, weniger aber erkennbar nach Kräutern. Dezent röstiger Abgang, in dem alle Aromen des Bieres noch einmal vorhanden sind. Rundes Bier, gut! 7/12/13/12/12/12
Tried
on 08 May 2011
at 07:53
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Deep brown body with a frothy, beige head, mostly diminishing. Aroma of roasted malts, caramel, vanilla, plums. Very much like a roasty Greene King Olde Suffolk. The flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet, lightly to moderately acidic and lightly to moderately bitter. Light to medium body, watery texture turning oily, lively carbonation. Disappointing taste: Light sourness and smelly feet are unappealing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2011
at 19:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very dark brown beer with a medium and beige head. Aroma is nicely complex, roastiness, chocolate, sweetness and some fruityness. Taste is roasted, hint of spicys, some lemon. Quite light to drink, with nice carbonation. Nice, complex and good beer; easy to enjoy, worth to try.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2011
at 08:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
50cl bottle. Poured dark brown color with a thin beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee and slight bitterness. Flavor is similar, coffee, milk chocolate and roasted malt. Finish is dry and bitter. Quite nice, but too thin to be really enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2011
at 03:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at Horniman. Pours cloudy brown with a strong, foamy off-white head. Cocoa and roasted malt aroma. Fairly sweet with a strong hot chocolate character. Medium bodied with fine carbonationM finishes dry and roasty with some dark malt sweetness. Good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Oct 2010
at 13:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
cask - Pours dark amber with a lasting tan head. It smells of roast malt, caramel, and coffee. The flavor is of sweet caramel malt and dark roast bitterness with some hops. It’s medium bodied and enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 May 2010
at 18:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 500ml. @ home.Clear dark dark red brown color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, smoke - peat. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, peat. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100228] --- Beer merged from original tick of Dark Island (Cask) on 07 Sep 2007 at 03:45 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Cask @ GBBF 2007, London. Black color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, light brown head. Aroma is moderate malty, strong coffee, burnt. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to short duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2010
at 13:45