Black Gold
(has 2 batches)
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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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity dispense at the Happy Man May 2014 BF, 22/05/14. Black with a big old tan head that retains well. Nose is big roast malts, liqourice stick, treacle toffee, earthy cocoa, tar. Taste comprises treacle toffee, moderate roast, sweet licks, tar, another big liqourice injection. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light dryness in the close. Solid stout.
Tried
on 23 May 2014
at 05:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle kindly shared by Stefan at a rating session. The body is black as pitch. Tan-coloured head, diminishing to a remaining layer. Loose lacing. Roasted dark malts to the nose with moderate hints of liquorice. Slightly roasted taste with a touch of dried fruits and earth, mid-sweet. Roasted ending as well. Smooth and nice in the mouth, a little thin bodied though (Tårnrommet, Tromsø 15.05.2014).
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2014
at 11:27
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the William Robert Loosley (JDW), High Wycombe. Black with a thick beige head. Pleasant sweet smooth chocolate with a hint of blackcurrant is rudely interrupted by some cheap black coffee and sour creosote. Nice at first but rather went off it by the end of the pint.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jan 2014
at 10:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Pitch black in colour with a loose tan head; aroma of well roasted chocolate malts; very sweet and rather thin in the mouth with a malty chocolate taste; and a dry and pleasantly bitter finish. Unfortuanately rather one-dimensional.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jan 2014
at 13:02