Orkney Brewery (Sinclair Breweries)

Microbrewery in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Associated Venue: Orkney Brewery

Established in 1988

Contact
Quoyloo, Stromness, KW16 3LT, Scotland
Description
Orkney Brewery was founded in March 1988 by Roger White at the old schoolhouse in Quoyloo, Orkney. In June 2004, the Orkney Brewery was acquired from its retiring founder by the shareholders of Atlas Brewery (founded in 2002 by Neill Cotton ) to form Highlands and Islands Breweries. Highland & Islands was taken over by Sinclair Breweries in 2006.

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6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 6
Utseende: Gulbrun.
Lukt: Humle, malt, anelse smør.
Smak: Humle, malt, smørmalt.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-5-5-8-6=6.0, Flaske@500ml, ABV@4,5%, Når@17.01.2025.
Hvor: Kjøpt@Vaaland, Bryne, Nydt@Hjemme.
Puffin
BITTER - ORDINARY / BEST BITTER
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2025 at 12:38

6/10
Sweet, caramel, toffee, alcohol, booze, roast, raisins
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jan 2025 at 13:31

7/10
Magus, karamelline, linnaseline, puuviljane, rosinane, kerge alks. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jan 2025 at 13:09

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at the Peterborough Beer and Cider Festival 2024 with Grumbo and ITFCDan. Aroma is piney, fruity, grape, chocolate and citrus. Good body that really allowed the aroma to follow through. A very good example of a Black IPA.
Tried from Cask on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:54

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can from Beers of Europe. Pours clear golden with a thick white head. Aromas of light tropical fruit and light wort-iness. Taste is more of the same. Decent mouthfeel and finish for the strength.
Tried from Can from Beers Of Europe on 02 Jan 2025 at 21:22

6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Cask at the Briar Rose; quite a fruity number with a bitter finish
Tried from Cask at Briar Rose on 02 Jan 2025 at 20:21

7.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Clear amber with good solid off-white head. Aroma is quite leafy and nutty with some toasted malt and mixed fruit. Taste again quite leafy with spice notes, toasted malt and fruit, quite drying in the finish. Nice light to medium body but slick. Its very good tasty stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:05

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Clear amber with small white top. Bready aroma with flora, spice and stone fruity noted hops. Taste has that fruitiness but more notable is how spicy and bitter the hop profile is. Slight toastiness to the bready like malts as well. Quite a bold gold it must be told. I like it.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:05

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Beers of Europe, online. Pours a glowing orange-gold with small white head, decent lasting top. Aroma is floral, grassy, light toffee malts, metal, hint of fruitiness. Taste of toffee, biscuit, metal, grass, light zestiness and stone fruits come through with a moderate bitter finish. Medium bodied, slightly oily and resinous. A bit mixed.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:03

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours a dark brown with moderate sized beige head, nice retention. Aroma of light roast, coffee and dark chocolate. Taste is the same, quite dry, rich and yet a little thin in the mouthfeel. Quite nice but it left me wanting more for this beer.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:03