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Orkney Dark Island
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Orkney Dark Island

Color:

Dark

Type:

Old Ale

Alcohol percentage:

4,6 %

Rec. serving temperature:

5° - 10°C | 41° - 50°F

Brewery:

Orkney

Country:

United Kingdom (UK)

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Orkney Dark Island has an aroma of bitter chocolate, figs, toffee and hints of fruit. On the palate, this resolves into beautiful, silky-smooth, coffee-and-chocolate flavours, followed by figs, dates and dried fruits, with a very appealing, lingering aftertaste of fruits and hop bitterness (www.sinclairbreweries.co.uk, 2012).

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Orkney Dark Island

Did you know?:

Dark Island is an iconic beer: a standard-bearer for traditional Scottish ales. In cask, this beer has twice won CAMRA’s Champion Beer of Scotland (www.sinclairbreweries.co.uk, 2012).

Brewery

Orkney

Stromness, United Kingdom (UK)

Orkney Brewery was established in 1988 with commendable ecological awareness that allows the breweries waste water to be filtered through two neighboring lochs that support fish and waterfowl. The...

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