A Silver Lining for Winter’s End at the Orkney Brewery

The Orkney Brewery in Quoyloo, has received national recognition for their much-celebrated cask beer, Orkney Dark Island. The beer picked up a silver award, in the Champion Winter Beer of Britain competition, run by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).

The awards were made at the CAMRA’s Great British Winter Beer Festival, in Rotherham, last Wednesday. Orkney Dark Island took silver in the category Brown Ales, Red Ales, Old Ales, and Strong Milds. Other beers from the brewery were also featured at the festival including the much admire Cliff Edge IPA.

The Orkney Brewery, originally started brewing on Orkney in 1988, in an old schoolhouse building at Quoyloo. The brewery has been consistently recognised nationally and internationally, for the quality of its brewing and range of beer.

Orkney Brewery’s Managing Director, Norman Sinclair said “It is wonderful news to end a busy winter trading period and fantastic again, to be recognised for the quality, of our island inspired brewing. The standard of this competition is extremely high. To achieve recognition for our Dark Island, again demonstrates the skill and endeavour of our brewing team and continues to maintains our reputation, for beers of great quality and depth of flavour.”