About
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.
Not always impressed with Orkney beers, but this is superb
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Mar 2024
at 15:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
6/3/2024. Cask at The Dove Street Inn, Ipswich. Pours black with a small creamy/frothy light tan coloured head. Good looking beer. Nice roasted malty, chocolate, caramel aroma with a light coffee ashy edge. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Decent body for its modest abv. Quite smooth, soft carbonation. Well done.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2024
at 17:01
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Rocky white head left a froth on an unclear pale golden coloured body. Bitter, pine & resinous aroma. Medium bodied, sharp, gassy & cloying. Pale malt, caramel, bitter, zesty & citrus tastes. Nice Quaffer.
Tried
on 29 Feb 2024
at 20:50
6/10
0,33 litre Bottle, gifted to me, at home. Cloudy amber with offwhite head. Malts, hops, yeast, booze, some Caramel sweetness, some herbal bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2024
at 20:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Three Horseshoes, Waddington. Deep amber reddish colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty. Fruity and slight bitter. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Feb 2024
at 13:40
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Thin off white head on an unclear pale golden coloured body. Sweet, malt & & peach aroma. Medium bodied, soft with a cloying back. Sweet, bubble gum & malt tastes with a bitter finish. Lacking.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2024
at 19:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Nelson Arms Tonbridge. Clear mid brown colour. Lasting beige head. Spicy fruity aroma. Spicy flavour. Some malty cake flavour. Lots of spice. Decent enough. Fine
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2024
at 17:08
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull at Nelson Arms Tonbridge. Clear gold colour lasting white head. OK golden als. Some citrus some straw. Light bitterness. Pretty ordinary. Touch of diacetyl maybe.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jan 2024
at 14:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
11.2oz bottle. Seems pretty old, in bad shape. Loads of floaties in the murky brown-gray body. Thin off-white head rims the glass. Malty, sweet, no hop tone in sight. True, classic Scotch Ale for sure, but not my favorite example. Pleasant malt tones. Clean for the ABV. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2024
at 04:31
7/10
Smooth mild dry Ale with a dry bitter grainy body. Nice, fruity with a dry grainy and slightly bitter finish. Nice, fruity with a great combination of grain and fruitiness. Nice dry bitter stuff.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2024
at 21:41