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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7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tried from Cask at Peterborough Beer Festival (CAMRA) on 25 Aug 2025 at 13:48

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
20/8/2025. Cask at the 46th Peterborough Beer Festival. Good pour. Toffee, woody, marzipan, dried fruit, fruit cake, touch spiced aroma. Very smooth. Sweet initially, with long drying bitterness. Good body. Enjoyed this.
Tried from Cask on 20 Aug 2025 at 12:51

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Cask up the White Lady. Pours cleat golden yellow with a creamy white head. Aromas of light citrus and vanilla. Taste is biscuit and bitter orange. Bitter finish.
Tried on 01 Aug 2025 at 15:45

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8
On cask at the White Lady.
Appearance - hazy golden yellow with a creamy white head.
Nose - custard creams and vanilla.
Taste - biscuit, mineral and bitter orange barley water.
Palate - light bodied, very bitter finish.
Overall - OK.
Tried from Cask at White Lady (JDW) on 28 Jul 2025 at 16:41

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
24/7/2025. Cask at The Dove Street Inn Summer Beer Festival 2025. Nicely done, very nice bitterness. A little creamy. Beat expectations.
Tried from Cask at Dove Street Inn on 24 Jul 2025 at 17:09

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Tight white head on finely carbonated golden coloured body.
Fruity, floral & pale malt aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth with a clean back.
Stone fruit, grainy, spiced & light malt tastes with peppery hopped finish.
Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2025 at 16:09

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Purchased at the Tesco Supermarket in Lerwick Shetland Islands UK. Nose is very light cocoa not chocolaty as the label claims. Black with a big tan head. Flavor is light sweetness with contrasting bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jul 2025 at 17:42

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at home with Barbecue, 3rd July 25. Pours clear and blond. Aroma is light straw and light floral. Taste is fine, straw, citrus and floral, just an easy drinker
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2025 at 05:30

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Bottle at home with barbecue, 1st July 2025. Pours a clear golden. Aroma is citrus, light aromatic. Taste is refreshing, citrus and aromatic, light to medium bitter
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2025 at 15:35

6/10
Bought from Beers of Europe, drank at home. Nice, tasty bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2025 at 21:00