Orkney Brewery (Sinclair Breweries) Island Life

Island Life

 

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

  IPA - Session Regular
Score
6.47
ABV: 3.5% IBU: 32 Ticks: 19
In creating and naming Island Life, we wanted to reflect how great a place Orkney is to live, something that’s regularly highlighted in national surveys. This is a very special beer, just like the islands, and we also hope it’ll perform a great ambassadorial role, helping reinforce Orkney’s worldwide reputation for outstanding food and drink.”

Island Life had been brewed with Citra, Cascade, and El Dorado hops from the US. These offer superb strength of flavour, all wrapped up in a light body of pale malt with a relatively low strength. There are mouth-watering flavours of grapefruit and peach, which lead to a crisp, bitter, zesty finish, to be enjoyed time and time again.
 

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

Bottle at home with barbecue, 11th May 2025. Pours clear straw colour. Atoma is citrus, bright. Taste is citrus, a little bitter and aromatic. Pretty drinkable

Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2025 at 19:41


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Van tap bij Cumberland Bar in Edinburgh gedeeld. Citrus, hoppig, carameltonen, bitters, grapefruit, wat droog. (10-5-2025).

Tried from Draft at Cumberland Bar on 10 May 2025 at 13:17


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Utseende: Gulbrun.
Lukt: Humle, malt, anelse smør.
Smak: Humle, malt, smørmalt.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-5-5-8-5=5.8, Flaske@500ml, ABV@3,5%, Når@17.01.2025.
Hvor: Kjøpt@Vaaland, Bryne, Nydt@Hjemme.
Island Life Session IPA
IPA - SESSION

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2025 at 12:42


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Fell Bar, Penrith. Lightly hazed gold with a white head. Floral, with lemon and a slightly chalky note. Thin, moderately bitter and quite dry. Decent as a lightweight refresher.

Tried from Cask on 25 Sep 2024 at 22:34


6

Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2024 at 08:40


6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at Thomson’s Bar together with Craig, middle April 24. Lightly lemonny, herbal nose, doughy malt. Pale hazy offwhite cream. A bit chew, slightly mealy, a bit umami. Citrus tealike finish.

Tried from Cask on 30 Apr 2024 at 14:06


6

cask at Thompsons ..mgolden yellow m thin white lacing ..soft pithy herbal fruit ..soft fruit

Tried from Cask on 19 Apr 2024 at 17:36


5.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Rocky white head left a froth on an unclear pale golden coloured body. Bitter, pine & resinous aroma. Medium bodied, sharp, gassy & cloying. Pale malt, caramel, bitter, zesty & citrus tastes. Nice Quaffer.

Tried on 29 Feb 2024 at 20:50


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the strugglers inn, Lincoln. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are light fruity tangerine. Slight bitter. Light body.

Tried from Cask on 13 Jan 2024 at 12:46


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

Cask, half pint. @The Pot Still, Glasgow (Scotland). 11/08/2023 [#6.740 Global - #274 Scotland - #3 Orkney Brewery] Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma: grapefruit, yoghurt and elderberries. Taste: citrus, grapefruit and fresh floral hops. Medium bodied and dry finish. Next one please!

Tried from Cask on 14 Sep 2023 at 09:59