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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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at The Crown Liquor Saloon. Dark brown with beige head. Malty, slightly roasted, some chocolate, caramel, vague fruit, bit sourish. Low carbonation. Bit Watery. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Cask
at
Crown Liquor Saloon (Nicholsons)
on 29 Jan 2019
at 07:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Clear, darkest brown colour with ruby glimmer and small to average, frothy to creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Toasty, dark malty aroma, hints of dark bread, a cautious touch of honey and thyme, minimally smoky-ashy overtones. Taste is minimally dry and minimally sweet, toasty dark malty, slightly bready and grainy, almost a bit smoky and chocolately hints of dark bread, cautious fruity overtones with a touch of dark berries. Not overly intense - though getting better while warming up.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2018
at 08:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Grog & Gruel, Fort William, small stable creamy head, quite opaque dark brown color with just a reddish hue, aroma of dark bread with butterscotch, mellow roastiness and a vanila sensation in the back, dark bread and vanila flavor with a hint of toastiness and a mellow light bitterness. Really nice and highly enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Sep 2018
at 16:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask. Black pour. Aroma of licorice, chocolate and caramel. Taste has sweet licorice, chocolate, mocha and coffee. Not bad, but too much licorice for me.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Aug 2018
at 18:46
Tried
on 01 Feb 2018
at 19:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle. Pours nearly black, copper glow. Small white head fades within a second. Smell is rich in dark fruityness. Taste is sharp, bit bitter, dades, minor notes of dark chocolate. Mild oxidation notes ( not sure how old the bottle is ) rather thin in MF, but that is to be expected with this ABV. Ok beer in general. Not shockingly good , like the BA was.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2017
at 19:03
6/10
Tried
on 18 Oct 2017
at 13:12
7/10
0,5l Bottle for breakfast in Stromness Instead of a coffee. Punch in the head. --- Beer merged from original tick of Dark Island (Cask) on 17 Sep 2017 at 16:00 - Score: 7. Original review text: Cask @ Ferry Inn, Stromness. Not that big deal that I wanted and idealized but
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2017
at 15:59
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Cask at the Forth Inn in Aberfoyle. Brown, almost black color. A very good beer. Chocolate taste, very good aftertaste. Very fine, since the low abv (4,6%).
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2017
at 16:27
6/10
Tried
on 17 Aug 2017
at 08:26