Orkney Session
Swannay Brewery in Swannay, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Special|
Score
6.47
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Malts: Maris Otter, Wheat
Hops: Bobek, Cascade, Motueka, Simcoe
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lad_newton (4207) reviewed Orkney Session from Swannay Brewery 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Pocket, Islington on 23rd August 2025. Clear gold with shallow whitish foam and spot lacing. Malty aroma with floral hops. Fruity in-mouth with ripe berries. Fruity end with tangy citrus and re-emerging maltiness. Smooth mouthfeel and a light body. Pleasant though on the sweeter side.
gave a cheers!
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Orkney Session from Swannay Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled. Golden colour with a smal white head. Aroma is sweet floral notes with some caramel, mild biscuity and some earthy tones. Flavour is floral, fruity, wooden and some mild grassy bitterness along with some biscuity maltiness to it.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Orkney Session from Swannay Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Cork & Cask. Pours clear gold with a billowing, frothy white head. Lightly sweet with easygoing pale biscuits, a little dough, faint yeast, hay. Light bodied with active carbonation. Decent balance to finish, crisp pale malts, biscuits, light bitter straw and grass. Fine and drinkable.
Olut (21769) reviewed Orkney Session from Swannay Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Wetherspoon Autumn Beer Festival 2018. Cask @ Barum Top Inn, Halifax. Lighter golden with a creamy head. Hoppy with an easy-drinking strength. Has a light lingering bitterness. Clean tasting in the palate.
Downender (11275) reviewed Orkney Session from Swannay Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask-conditioned, on gravity, at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 11/10/2018. Golden in colour, with a slight, white, head. Citrus hops, sharpish fruits, light malts and a moderately bitter finish. Fine.
Rasmus40 (37007) reviewed Orkney Session from Swannay Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask @ The Windmill, Stansted. Clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, light fruity and light hoppy - citrus and straw. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 211018
saxo (29721) reviewed Orkney Session from Swannay Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask @ The Windmill, Stansted Airport. Nice head with good uration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, malt, hops and little grasss. Light bitter finish.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Orkney Session from Swannay Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
19th Oct 2018; third of a cask pint, hand-pulled in The William Withering (Wetherspoon's), Wellington Shropshire. Creamy head on a pale golden body, light hop aroma and taste, malts in the background, mild bitterness throughout.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Orkney Session from Swannay Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask, gravity dispensed, at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. A bright amber pour with a loose white head; floral aroma with some tangerine; sticky in the mouth, very floral and dry, dry, dry; then finally a touch of sweetness to round things off. Not at all what I was expecting; quite disturbing really.
Parmenion777 (1984) reviewed Orkney Session from Swannay Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours a clear light golden colour with a small white head that quickly disappeared to a thin film. Aroma is light, pale malts and a light herbal note. A light sweet malt taste, light herbal bitterness. Average.