Black Gold
Cairngorm Brewery in Aviemore, Highland, Scotland 🏴
Stout - Milk / Sweet Regular|
Score
6.90
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A Scottish stout with a wonderful rich dark colour. A smooth full bodied beer with subtle bitterness giving way to late sweetness and underlying roast barley hints.
Only ratings of the cask version should be entered here. The bottled version has a separate entry.
Only ratings of the cask version should be entered here. The bottled version has a separate entry.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thin beige head on a still black body. Malt & liquorice aroma. Medium to thin bodied, smooth & clean. Malt, liquorice, sarsaparilla, nutty & sweet berry tastes with a tangy finish. Decent.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2022
at 17:15
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2021
at 21:11
7/10
Bottle from Beersofeurope. Pours a pitch black colour with a medium to large sized thick creamy beige head. Aromas of roasted malts, coffee, chocolate and hints of brown sugar. Taste is similar to the aroma with more of the same notes. Medium bodied, smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Roasty, slightly bitter and ashy finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2020
at 17:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Old Inn, Gairloch. Black colour, beige foam head leaving lacing and aroma of roast malt, soya sauce. Taste is dark malt, roasty, sweetish, dried fruity, chocolate & coffee, with earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry roasty bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2019
at 12:11
7/10
Tried
on 01 Jun 2019
at 17:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50cl Bottle from the brewery. Black colour, beige head. Aroma of some roast, chocolate, cocoa. Flavour of coffee and cream, chocolate, cocoa, mild roast, nutty, bitter finish. Light bodied. Decent, but much preferred their Loch Ness stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2019
at 12:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Winking Owl, stable creamy head, opaque black color, aroma of coffee, chocolate and some roasty notes, flavor of chocolate, coffee, metal and an empathic roasty bitterness. Really nice and highly enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2018
at 20:56
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Half pour (cask) at the Briar Rose. Dark brown, light coming through, small skin of head. Light roasty aroma, tadte too. Lighter than the norm for a stout, almost porter. Cask makes for a nice feel.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 May 2018
at 11:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours black i guess, small foamy tan head. Light on the palette with very light dark malt, cola, distant lactic notes and some interesting, light smoky woody tobacco notes emerging alongside a dry finish. Carbonation seems a little firmer than necessary though not off-putting. Nice, light milk stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2018
at 20:28
7/10
Good balance on lactose. A little chalky. Blackcurrants. Oats. Licorice. Thick and guey. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Feb 2018
at 14:11