Dark Island
Orkney Brewery (Sinclair Breweries) 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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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask pint at the Halfway House. Black pour with a light beige creamy head. Light roasty aroma. Taste is roasty, burnt toast, and chocolate. Creamy and smooth, full feel.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Feb 2022
at 17:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Appearance: foggy deep brown with a large off-white creamy head of nice retention. Aroma: toast, caramel, dried fruit, oak barrel, bread. Taste: medium dry. Good dark malts, bread, oak barrel, British hop. Light ending bitterness. Mouth feel: medium minus body, velvety, average carbonation. Overall: good stuff. A tiny bit overpriced.
Tried
on 16 Jul 2021
at 22:23
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle from PivoLuchshe in Moscow. Pours dark brown with a medium-sized frothy head. Aroma is wood, toffee, malt, coffee notes. Taste is medium sweet, toffee, vanilla, woody, lightly roasted. Light bitter finish. Wonderful stuff, seems a bit overpriced (440 roubles) here in Moscow, however.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2021
at 12:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. A- Dark fruit, malt, burnt caramel. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, tan head. T- Molasses, toffee, malt, dough. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, malty finish. O- Nothing exceptionally special but easy to drink and paired well with corned beef and cabbage. Enjoyed this a bit more than I thought I would.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2020
at 23:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask @Luppolo Station (Rome). Bruna, intensa, schiuma avorio media e persistente. Al naso note di frutta secca, nocciole, caffè. In bocca è dolce all'attacco, con lieve acidulo in chiusura. Corpo medio-leggero, carbonazione soft. Buona.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Oct 2020
at 19:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
bottiglia 50 cl, schiuma color cappuccino fine media persistenza, colore rubino al naso cacao caffè caramello vino porto malto tostato, in bocca cioccolato al latte frutta secca datteri leggero liquirizia leggera affumicatura, corpo leggero, watery, acidula, carbonazione moderata, amaro moderato. Molto Buona c. Cantina della birra 09.10.20
Tried
from Can
on 09 Oct 2020
at 18:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
0.5 l bottle from 'Homberg's große Bierwelt', best before December 2020, I guess more than a year old. Clear, very dark ruby to black with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, beige head. Sweetish-malty aroma of nuts, cocoa and caramel. Gently sweet, moderately bitter, rather malty taste of caramel, nuts and cocoa, followed by a short, moderately bitter, slightly roasty and a little dry finish with a touch of dark fruits. Medium body, smooth and slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Pleasant but monotonous, a tad too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2020
at 19:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Adding in my 300 Beers To Try ticks because I want to see how they impact my stats and some of them I will never see again. Will however re-rate them when practical. Hogs Back shop. Good stuff.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2020
at 11:17
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - deep brown with red chunks. Off white creamy head. Nose - chocolate and caramel biscuits. Taste - chocolate hobnobs with light smoke. Palate - crunchy textured and medium bodied. Burnt / crunchy finish. Overall - challenging but good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2020
at 16:31