Orkney Brewery (Sinclair Breweries) Dark Island

Dark Island

 

Orkney Brewery (Sinclair Breweries) in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular
Score
6.89
ABV: 4.6% IBU: 19 Ticks: 204
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
 

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6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Co-op, Burntisland.
A: hazy black, stable, foamy, beige head.
A: toast, fondant, chestnut, almond, mocha.
T: sweetish dried fig & blackberry, coffee, some umami mushroom.
F: earthy hops, brown bread, nuts.
P: light to medium body, slick texture, soft carbonation.
Good, a tad more body could have boosted the flavour.

Tried on 05 Oct 2024 at 14:49


6

Tried from Bottle on 04 Aug 2024 at 09:50


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

50cl bottle from Abeervinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours dark brown, almost black. Aroma is malty and caramel, toasty. Body and carbonation are average. Taste is medium sweet. Final is average.

Tried from Bottle on 06 May 2024 at 20:08


7

Ich mag diese englischen Rösthämmer, kann man ohne Kohlensäure und viel Prozenten gut reinkippen

Tried from Bottle on 15 Nov 2023 at 18:21


7

Mørkebrun med rødskjær og beige skum som daler sakte. Aroma vanilje malt melkesjokolade mørk karamell. Smak mørk karamell svisker røsted malt sjokolade krydder. Fyldig og smaksrik, saftig øl. Delt med Synny og DjOeye

Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2023 at 17:42


7.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Sort med beige topp. Aroma; vanilje, Lakris, mørk karamell, toffee og hint av bjørnebær. Smak; kaffe, toffee, lakris, mørk karamell, ristet malt, hint av svisker og rosiner. Kjøpt på butikk i Aberdeen-Skottland.

Tried on 16 Oct 2023 at 15:43


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Mørkebrun med rødskjær og beige skum som daler sakte. Aroma vanilje malt melkesjokolade mørk karamell. Smak mørk karamell svisker røsted malt sjokolade krydder. Fyldig og smaksrik, saftig øl. Delt med Synny og DjOeye

Tried on 16 Oct 2023 at 15:42


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ The Old Bell Tavern, London. Aroma of malts and vinegar. Taste of figs, plums, dates, malts, vinegar and treacle with some hints of chocolate and coffee. Low bitterness. Low carbonation. Decent.

Tried from Cask on 15 Oct 2023 at 14:21


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On tap at the brewery. Pours a very dark brown with short bubbly head. Aromas of nuts and toasted malts. Flavors of almost sour dark fruit, nuts, stale coffee and biter malts.

Tried from Draft on 18 Jul 2023 at 11:19


7.5

#regions

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2023 at 12:10