Hogshead Brewery Gilpin Black Gold

Gilpin Black Gold

 

Hogshead Brewery in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter Regular
Score
7.26
ABV: 5.6% IBU: - Ticks: 21
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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Proper pint at the brewery. Pours black, with a medium, foamy, beige head. The aroma is cocoa powder, chalk, mild coffee, pecans, pine, and leather. Fairly dry, with a strong, roasty bitterness. Light to medium body, smooth, clean, and sticky. Easy, quality porter.

Tried from Can on 21 Jul 2023 at 21:08


Tried from Cask on 30 Mar 2023 at 18:40


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at GBBF '22 day 1, 02/08/22. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a lasting beige cap. Nose is nutty, dark fruits, raisins, light roast, tobacco. Taste comprises cocoa powder, toffee, roasted bite, nutty, dried fruit rinds. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close. Tidy cask porter.

Tried from Cask on 22 Nov 2022 at 17:30


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

2nd August 2022
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Almost opaque dark brown black beer, small bubbly tan head. Airy palate, semi dry, reasonable fine carbonation. The dark malts are dry but contain a good amount of lacto coffee cappuccino and a little espresso. Light semi dry finish. Nice coffee beer, a tad dry.

Tried from Cask on 19 Sep 2022 at 15:33


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask@The Great British Beer Festival 2022 (Days 1&2) - sweet dark roasted malty with cocoa, dried fruit, toffee, caramel, full body, dark malty into the close. Nice.

Tried from Cask on 04 Sep 2022 at 07:53


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at GBBF 2022, Olympia, London. A very dark brown/black coloured pour with a medium bubbly beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate, caramel taste and aroma. A nice rich tasting porter from Colorado.

Tried from Cask on 03 Aug 2022 at 22:25


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Tried on 02 Aug 2022 at 17:23


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at gbbf 2022 day 1. A dark black coloured pour with a lasting a halo of dark tan head. Aroma is dark toffee, singed brown sugars, apple,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, semi sweet. Woody bark. Grass, bitter roast, bark.. Palate is semi sweet, oily. Toffee. Resinous pine. Sticky bitter toffee.

Tried from Cask on 02 Aug 2022 at 16:16


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at the source. Pours almost black with a beige head. Roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee notes. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2021 at 13:22


7
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 14

Cask. Deep brown body with a froth tan head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malts, vanilla, caramel. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery/sticky texture, moderate carbonation. Taste of chocolate, coffee, light fruit. Enjoyable.

Tried from Cask on 13 May 2019 at 13:23