Sneaky Wee Orkney Stout
Swannay Brewery in Swannay, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
Stout Regular|
Score
7.02
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A dry hopped brown stout with a creamy tan head. Look out for smooth roasted malts, chocolate and liquorice on the palate. A perfect sneaky wee session stout.
Malts: Maris Otter Wheat Roast Barley
Hops: Celeia El dorado HNB Motueka Northern Brewer
Malts: Maris Otter Wheat Roast Barley
Hops: Celeia El dorado HNB Motueka Northern Brewer
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Deep ambery brown colour, small beigeish brown head. Aroma is liquorice, toffee, vanilla and some slight spicy notes. Flavour is liquorice, roasted malts, vanilla and some toffeeish notes. Balanced.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jun 2012
at 21:07
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
On cask @ Cloisters Highland Tap takeover. Pours a nice opaque black with a fawn creamy head - it looks like a stout in other words. The nose seems gentle to start with giving some chocolate and creamy aromas but this really develops as the head dissipates slowly. It develops into hints of charcoal and big charcoal notes. The same really happens with the taste as the charcoal and liquorice flavours intensify with the head going down. The palate is excellent, being medium to full bodied despite the sessionable ABV and there is a lovely creamy texture. Like the Orkney Porter it has an elegant gently falling away finish.Overall, I am really impressed with this beer - some flavours like charcoal I associate with a dry stout whilst others like the chocolate are what I usually find in the stronger stouts. This is the best session strength stout I’ve tasted from a Scottish brewer! It was mentioned on the night that there’s a 9% version - now that is sneaky!
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Apr 2012
at 12:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Brandling Villa, Gosforth, Newcastle 230312
Black, thin creamy tan head, hardly any light through
Aroma - soft roasted malt.....hint of wood...light aroma
Taste - soft sweet roasted malt...light coffee and plain chocolate...dark sugars..hint of wood ...good balance
Palate - soft carb...thin body...bit creamy texture. Finish as main flavour...bit dry...silky...soft roast...clean finish
Overall - Often find stouts at around this abv a bit disappointing but this one doesn’t
Black, thin creamy tan head, hardly any light through
Aroma - soft roasted malt.....hint of wood...light aroma
Taste - soft sweet roasted malt...light coffee and plain chocolate...dark sugars..hint of wood ...good balance
Palate - soft carb...thin body...bit creamy texture. Finish as main flavour...bit dry...silky...soft roast...clean finish
Overall - Often find stouts at around this abv a bit disappointing but this one doesn’t
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Mar 2012
at 17:38
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
cask at bow .... soft fruity toffee malts ... rich dark roast ... light charcoal ... light dark fruit ... decent body if a litte thiner than id like ... long sweet black currant linger ...Earlier Rating: 2/9/2010 Total Score: 3.5cask at cloisters ... great looking black with nice tan head ...light roast and hop ...soft chocolate roast ... little toffee ... little thin ... wishy washy finish ... cask at cloister ... dark ... thin tan head ... soft dark roast ... soft mellow chocolat roast ... deep rich fruits ... dark malts ... sublime 4.2Cask at the bow... Deep brown.. Thin tan head... Soft dry chocolate roast malts nose.. Dry roast soft malts.. Soft chocolate Cask at the hanging bat m.. Dark black... Thin tan head... Soft sweet chocolate sweet malts nose... Soft chocolate roast malts... Ligh sweet chocolate roast malts.. Easy drinking. 4.0
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jun 2010
at 04:39