Black Gold
Castle Rock Brewery in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴
Mild - Dark Regular|
Score
6.28
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A well balanced dark mild ale with some bitterness, full bodied, but not overly sweet. An award winning mild that delivers a light fresh taste to one of the more traditional of beer styles.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ the Wellington, Birmingham City Centre. Translucent dark brown, flat. Scent of chocolate, coal fire, malt vinegar. Boring bittersweet taste, leading to a slightly more bitter finish. Surprisingly chewy palette. Very meh.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Nov 2014
at 11:14
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried at the Nottingham Beer Festival. Off black colour with small off white head. Roasted malts, dark fruits, nice mild.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2014
at 03:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask @ GBBF14. Malty-sticky, not too deep, slightly smooth. fresh, but not too much deepness Nice smooth ale characteristic. The aftertaste is smooth, malty, fresh, with a nice bitter ale-typical ending.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2014
at 13:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (Vat & Fiddle, Nottingham) - Dark brown with red tinges. Blackcurrant, blackberries and treacle in the aroma. Slightly sweet taste with liquorice, fudge and blackberries detected.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jun 2014
at 17:17
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hand-pulled pint in the Castle Rock owned ’Eagle’, in Boston Lincs on 24th May 2014. Like it’s bottled brother it pours a deep, dark reddy brown with a solid tan head. The malty nose is also very similar. Semi-sweet and smooth in texture (compared to the bottled version). Easy drinking and pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2014
at 14:38
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ GBBF 2013. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty roasted caramel aroma. Fruity malty roasted caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Sep 2013
at 03:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours dark brown with a deep amber glare and a small tan head. Aroma is toffee malty and caramelish. Bitter, dark malty, roasted and toffee. Bitter and dark malty finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2013
at 10:00
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Cask at Crown and Anchor, Welby. Dark with a decent head. Fruity with a slight liquorice hint. Nothing special but perfectly drinkable beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jul 2013
at 06:59
6/10
Tried
on 27 May 2013
at 12:22
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle: BBD 25 May 2013. Poured (twice) into a Palm badged stemmed tulip at home on 26 Apr 2013. Deep, dark reddy brown with a good solid tan head on top from both pours. Mildly malty in the nose: coming stronger as the beer warmed in the glass. Slight smokey feel (peat bog style) to the semi-sweet malty taste. The beer appeared to be ’on the turn’ as I got stale and vinegar flavours within the brew: I’ve scored as if they were not there!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2013
at 12:39