Black Gold

Cairngorm Brewery in Aviemore, Highland, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Stout - Milk / Sweet Regular

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6.90

ABV: 4.4%

IBU: 45

Ticks: 131

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.

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6.5

simontomlinson (7969) reviewed Black Gold (Bottle) from Cairngorm Brewery 3 years ago

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

Fmungenast (3177) ticked Black Gold from Cairngorm Brewery 4 years ago

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2021 at 21:11

Eddie78 (1316) ticked Black Gold (Bottle) from Cairngorm Brewery 5 years ago

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

danlo (13133) reviewed Black Gold (Cask) from Cairngorm Brewery 6 years ago

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

WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Black Gold (Bottle) from Cairngorm Brewery 6 years ago

Tried on 01 Jun 2019 at 17:26

6.8

Borresteijn (12407) reviewed Black Gold (Bottle) from Cairngorm Brewery 6 years ago

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

TDA (6957) reviewed Black Gold (Cask) from Cairngorm Brewery 7 years ago

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

stevoj (18327) reviewed Black Gold (Cask) from Cairngorm Brewery 7 years ago

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

minutemat (16258) reviewed Black Gold (Bottle) from Cairngorm Brewery 7 years ago

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

Tdtm82 (4807) ticked Black Gold from Cairngorm Brewery 7 years ago

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

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