Orkney Brewery

Microbrewery in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Owned by Sinclair Breweries
Associated Venue: Orkney Brewery

Established in 1988

Contact
Quoyloo House, Quoyloo, Stromness, KW16 3LX, 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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7.6/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at Ryrie's. Pours clear dark brown with s thin crema head. Aromas of chocolate, honeycomb, light roast. Taste is dry roast coffee, cocoa powder, caramel. Dry finish. Decent body.
Tried from Cask on 22 Aug 2023 at 18:03

7/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at Ryrie's. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light caramel and dried fruit. Faint floral hops on the tase, more caramel> Light sweet finish.
Tried from Cask on 18 Jul 2023 at 16:38

7.4/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a bright dark mahogany with short head. Aromas of dry caramel, raisins and bready malts. Flavors follow same but with drier more bitter malts more like bread crusts.
Tried from Draft on 18 Jul 2023 at 11:24

6.5/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at the brewery. Pours a very dark brown with short bubbly head. Aromas of nuts and toasted malts. Flavors of almost sour dark fruit, nuts, stale coffee and biter malts.
Tried from Draft on 18 Jul 2023 at 11:19

6.9/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear amber with a moderate head. Aromas of light toasty malts and grass. Flavors of cereals, grass and noble hops. Bitter finish.
Tried from Draft on 18 Jul 2023 at 11:11

6.6/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
500 ml bottle. Pours a bright clear amber with moderate head. Aromas of earthy toasted malts and fresh bread. Flavors of sweet fluffy malts with a little fruitiness.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2023 at 21:22

6.8/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 5
On tap. Pours a copper color with moderate head. Aromas of biscuity malts and a bit of dry caramel. Flavors of same with a little bittering hops.
Tried from Draft on 17 Jul 2023 at 20:54

7/10
Cask at ryries... Golden amber.. Small white head... Soft sweet caramel fruit nose... Soft dry fruit.. Soft fruit.. Light juicy floral fruit
Tried from Cask on 17 Jul 2023 at 17:58

6.8/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
On cask at Ryries. Appearance - fairly clear and golden. Creamy white head. Nose - lemon, meadowsweet and apple. Taste - apple predominant, then lemon zest and some floral. Palate - light bodied, creamy middle and quite a bitter finish. Overall - not bad.
Tried from Cask on 17 Jul 2023 at 14:01

7.2/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Lukt: Citrus, honning. Utseende: Gulbrun. Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum, heng. Smak: Citrus, honning, bitter avslutning. Medium: Rating:747414, Flaske@500ml, ABV@4,7%, NΓ₯r@07.07.2023. Hvor: KjΓΈpt@Vaaland, Bryne, Nydt@Hjemme. Orkney Cliff Edge IPA (Bottle) IPA - English
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2023 at 10:51