Orchard Road Brewery (ORB)

Microbrewery in Darlington, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2017

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28 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, DL3 7RG, England

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers GB. Aroma is sweet chocolate, dried fruits and plums. Taste is malty sweet malty chocolate, delivers on what the aroma promises. Smooth, dry finish. It is very enjoyable.

Tried on 12 Jan 2025 at 11:07


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

Tap at ORB Darlington. Clear golden colour, white foam head and aroma of grain, grassy. Taste is malt, grainy, fruity, with grassy bitterness. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, drying grassy bitter finish. Quite drinkable

Tried from Draft on 03 Aug 2024 at 20:37


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5


Cask (gravity) @ #NRHBCF 2019 [ The 44th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival (The 12th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], 🇬🇧 Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.

[ As ORB / Saints Row Big Bear's Brown ].
ABV: 4.8%. Hazy medium brown amber colour with a average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, caramel, sweet malt, light chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, caramel, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20191009]
6-3-6-3-11

Tried from Cask on 27 Sep 2023 at 16:24



7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at ash's. Pours deep amber, nose is caramel, vanilla, wood, bit of fruit, taste is toffee, caramel, vanilla, raisin, quite thin.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2023 at 09:41


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle thanks to Samuel. Appearance - deep brown with a beige head. Unfortunately, this one has lost its carbonation. Nose - whisky, wood, raisin and brown sugar. Taste - brown sugar, Jamaica cake, rum and raisin. Palate - full bodied, woody and boozy. Overall - good, though this bottle had lost its carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2023 at 02:55


6

Bottle at ashs....deep black brown.. Mthin tan lacing... Soft earthy.. Big blackcurrant age... Soft sweet caramel woody toffee malts... Boozy.. Flat... Dark woody malts

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2023 at 16:22


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle thanks to Ashton McCobb. Pours clear dark brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of toffee, nuts, sherry. Taste is boozy, thin, wood and whisky and toffee. Carbonation not really there.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2023 at 16:18


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

Sample thanks to Danlo: Poured a dark brown almost black with a beige color head. Aroma is dark fruits, bubblegum, malts, figs, sugary. Taste is dark sugary fruits, figs, malty, dry finish.

Tried on 23 Dec 2021 at 13:29


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

7/5/2021. Cask sample courtesy of danlo, cheers Ed! Pours dark reddish brown with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is plummy, dried fruits, malt, caramel, fig, molasses. Medium plus sweetness and light bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation. Sweet fruity finish. Tasty.

Tried from Cask on 02 May 2021 at 19:27