Cairngorm Brewery Black Gold

Black Gold
(has 2 batches)

 

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

  Stout - Milk / Sweet Regular
Score
6.90
ABV: 4.4% IBU: 45 Ticks (all batches): 136
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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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Appearance: Very dark brown. Nice dark tan head.
Aroma: Dark malt, dark cherries. Coffee.
Taste: Dark malt, roasted, some coffee. Nice.
Bought: Beers of Europe, 500 ml, £2.49
Info: 31/1-2015, 68/300M, BB: 28/1-2015
Tried on 02 Feb 2015 at 08:16

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Sample at the delft monthly tasting. Thin creamy tan head. Deep burgundy pour. Chocolate in the aftertaste. Nice
Tried on 24 Nov 2014 at 14:16

6/10
Tried on 28 Oct 2014 at 12:55

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask @ GBBF 2014. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma. Roasted malty caramel and chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate finish.
Tried from Cask on 27 Oct 2014 at 07:09

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sampled @ Finest Spirits and Beer Convention Bochum 2014: Sehr dunkelbraunes Bier mit geringer beiger Schaumkrone. Geruch fruchtig, Karamell, würzig, hopfig. Geschmack scharf röstmalzig, fruchtig, Karamell.
Tried on 19 Oct 2014 at 10:34

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Cask at Spoons/SRAF. Pours black, nose is coffee, chocolate, taste is similar, rich, creamy.
Tried from Cask on 17 Oct 2014 at 01:12

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate and coffee, taste is similar.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2014 at 01:11

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Svart med høyt lys brunt skum som legger seg for fort. Lukter kaffe og melkesjokolade. Tynn med lett bitter og søt smak. Medium kullsyre.
Tried on 14 Oct 2014 at 11:55

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
Sampled @ GBBF day 2. Dark brown to black color, small beige head. Smell and taste malts, lightly roast, lightly liquorice, a bit weird. Average to medium carbonation. Don’t like it.
Tried on 19 Aug 2014 at 10:18

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask - Dark roast malts, sweet dark chocolate. Jet black with a reasonable head. Sweet dark chocolate and a long finish. Pretty good.
Tried from Cask on 13 Aug 2014 at 07:13