Kent Brewery Black Gold

Black Gold

 

Kent Brewery in West Malling, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.63
ABV: 4.0% IBU: - Ticks: 32
Rich and dark coloured with many of the flavours and easy drinking qualities of a Golden Ale. A light and refreshing dark beer.
 

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6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Half pint on cask at the Hallcross
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light chocolate.

Tried from Cask at Hallcross on 07 May 2025 at 07:34


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Reddish brown pour with a beige head. Liquorice, treacle toffee & chocolate aromas. Taste is much the same. Quite bitter.

Tried from Cask on 17 Jan 2025 at 15:47


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the Chappel Beer Festival with Grumbo and ITFCDan. Aroma is malty, caramel, dried fruit and biscuit. Taste is moderate sweetness with bitterness developing. Big become a bit sweaty. Drying bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:54


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

6/9/2024. Cask at the 37th Chappel Summer Beer Festival. Pours dark chestnut brown with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is malty, cooking chocolate, caramel, biscuit, dried fruits. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, slightly oily, average to soft carbonation. Quite likeable.

Tried from Cask on 07 Sep 2024 at 11:04


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at Brunswick, Derby. Pours a dark reddish-brown with minimal off-white head and good lacing. There’s malts and some hints of floral hops in the aroma. Dark fruits are prominent in the mouth alongside roast malts and raisins plus hints of berries and aniseed. Dried fruit lingers in the finish. Not at all bad, but I wouldn’t class it as a bitter. Maybe a mild or old ale ?

Tried from Cask on 14 Nov 2023 at 22:36


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (Oliver Twist, Stockholm) - Black in colour. Stewed fruits and some roasted notes in the aroma. Roasted and slightly hoppy taste with notes of coffee and berries.

Tried from Cask on 31 Mar 2023 at 17:42


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at Southampton Arms. Dark red brown colour with golden head. Aroma is hoppy, touch of stink, citrus and a bit of creaminess. Taste is bitter, creamy and lemony, not much roast. Bit fruity towards the end, maybe orange and strawberry. More of a black coloured IPA, than a black IPA, if that makes sense. --- Beer merged from original tick of Black Gold on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:06 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Cask at Southampton Arms. Dark red brown colour with golden head. Aroma is hoppy, touch of stink, citrus and a bit of creaminess. Taste is bitter, creamy and lemony, not much roast. Bit fruity towards the end, maybe orange and strawberry. More of a black coloured IPA, than a black IPA, if that makes sense.

Tried from Cask on 09 Sep 2019 at 15:54


6

Tried from Cask on 01 May 2019 at 18:26


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Near black. Mild toasty nose. Mid dry with light-medium body and soft mouthfeel. Toast with notes of coffee and grass. Low-medium bitterness. Pleasant.

Tried from Cask on 08 Jan 2019 at 16:26


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

(Cask at St Urhos Pub, 20181126) The beer poured deep reddish brown and clear. Its head was small, nearly white and it lasted long. Aroma had pine, earth, caramel and toasted malts. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were pine, earth, grass, toasted malts, caramel and bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy and bitter. A pleasant hoppy brew with toasted malts.

Tried from Cask on 26 Nov 2018 at 18:55