Dark, intense and full-flavoured, it is our tribute to the Vikings and their cultural legacy in Orkney. The first thing to touch the islands would have been their long ship's Dragonhead.
Dragonhead is brimming over with rich roast malt and roast barley flavours. Aromas of bitter chocolate, roast coffee and spicy dark fruits are complemented by a complex, bitter blend of hop varieties.
Hops: Challenger, East Kent Goldings
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Chocolate, Malted Wheat, Black, Roasted Barley
Dragonhead is brimming over with rich roast malt and roast barley flavours. Aromas of bitter chocolate, roast coffee and spicy dark fruits are complemented by a complex, bitter blend of hop varieties.
Hops: Challenger, East Kent Goldings
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Chocolate, Malted Wheat, Black, Roasted Barley
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5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled (Bierzwerg, BB 05/2010)
Dark brown, almost opaque color, firm beige head, lace. Sticky odd herbal-vegetable aroma with some cold coffee. Flavor has also similar strange herbal grainy notes. Also coffee beans, dark malts and lactose. Decent body for 4% beer. Cooked vegetables or beans - are really strange in this beer. Bottle was not ok?
Dark brown, almost opaque color, firm beige head, lace. Sticky odd herbal-vegetable aroma with some cold coffee. Flavor has also similar strange herbal grainy notes. Also coffee beans, dark malts and lactose. Decent body for 4% beer. Cooked vegetables or beans - are really strange in this beer. Bottle was not ok?
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2010
at 12:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Black, small tan head. Aroma has some roast and dark fruits but is mainly the surprising walnut oil mentioned below. Taste is slightly sweet and a little singed, but again very nutty. Finish has some malt bitterness and smoke. Remarkably complex for a stout of this weight.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2010
at 04:25
6.4/10
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Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Literally black with some ruby sparks, stable tanned head with a good lace; walnutty-oily nose with a sweetish roast-malty background and a subtle fruitiness; drier bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied; lingering, even a bit drier, light roast-malty finish with hints of huile de noix, again. A bit thin, but good, no doubt.......
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2010
at 03:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Corks, Bristol. Jet black in colour with a big, tight tan head. Big, roast aroma with plenty of dark chocolate and some prunes. Flavours of black coffee, more chocolate, a hint of lactose and ashy dry finish. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2010
at 15:02
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Ye Old Mitre, Holborn, London EC1. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma with some fruity hints. Fruity malty roasted dark fruit flavor with hints of caramel. Has a roasted malty caramel and dark fruit finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Dec 2009
at 04:30
7/10
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Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(bottle) Dark brown colour with a dense and thick foamy head. Slightly sweet and moderately roasted dark malty aroma with notes of (milk-)chocolate, leather, mocha, peat and subtle berry-fruity notes. Moderately bitter flavour, light to medium bodied with a smooth carbonation. Dry mouthfeel, moderately roasted and peaty malty taste with notes of chocolate and subtle fruits; dry and moderately roasty and hop bitter, also a bit slim finish. Still a very aromatic and peaty Stout. 09.XI.09
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2009
at 12:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Compact 500ml bottle carried back home from Centra Colosseum Park, Oslo. The beige-brownish head stays well and is packed with small dimples. More or less Devil black in body appearance. Nice label, too. Prominent smell of dark chocolate with hints of liquorice. Taste of peatsmoke malts and roasted grain, paired with hints of leafy hops developing into a relatively short bitter ending. Dry textured. Good, but a bit thin bodied. However, a beer that grows on your palate (at home, TromsΓΈ 23.10.2009).
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2009
at 04:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. A gorgeous looking black beer with a dense. finger-thick, tan head. Peat, licorice, sea, some dried fruits, beefstock, tar and burnt malts in the aroma, quite complex, but sort of too much on the burnt side. The flavor is much the same, but troubled with some vegetal notes. Medium body, rather dry, and a roasted bitterness in the finish. Iβm not certain if I like the flavor of this one, but the aroma is rather fancy. 090724
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2009
at 07:53