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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7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Clear mahogany with small off-white head. Aroma of malts, caramel, berries, vanilla. Taste is caramel malts and spice, some fruitiness in the middle, quite dry, toasty, citrus and grassy bitterness. Light to medium bodied. Very flavoursome bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:03

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours black with small tanned head. Moreish aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, caramel, some smoke. Taste of chocolate, coffee, slightly dry, light smoke and peat finish. Light to medium bodied but gives a refreshing edge to some of the richer flavours. Excellent light ABV stout.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:03

7/10
Malty caramel, moderate bitter with a roasted grainy back. Caramel, moderate nice bitter, very dry. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 22:17

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beers of Europe, online. Pours a murky amber-brown, with small beige head. Aroma is sweet and boozy with notes of sherry, fruitcake, oak, toffee. Taste is malty with caramel and toffee, sherry, wood, dried fruits, booze. Medium to full bodied Heady stuff, I like it.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:22

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tried on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:17



6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tried on 08 Dec 2024 at 08:57

5.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Handpull cask at the Fat Cat, Norwich. Lightish yellow gold, very hazy with a loose white head. Some lemon cream aroma, light ground coriander. Tastes fairly terrible. Sourish and bitter with a slightly acrid note. Lingering sourness. Light body, no carbonation. No. And this is one of the best cask beer pubs in England so it ain't the condition.
Tried from Cask on 30 Nov 2024 at 21:49

7/10
cask at ryries ...dark black ...thin tan lacing ..soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ..soft sweet nutty caramel toffee chocolate roast malts ...Light woody bitter...a nice solid cast porter ...very quaffable
Tried from Cask on 27 Nov 2024 at 15:43