Black Gold
Kent Brewery in West Malling, Kent, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.62
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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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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Craft Holborn, 27/08/14. Dark chestnut brown with a moderate beige covering. Nose is fruity, caramel, light hop notes, orange pith. Taste comprises mellow fruit vibes, red berry tang, caramel. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a lightly roasted wash. Nice fruity bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Aug 2014
at 13:54
8/10
Tried
on 27 Aug 2014
at 11:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Battersea beer festival 06/02/2013. Dark ruby caramel colour. No head. Nose is piny fruity hops. Some caramel sweet malt. Flavour follows. Good hop forward AmericAn c hops. Roast bitter coffee finish.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Feb 2013
at 10:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ Craft Beer Co - Clerkenwell, Farringdon EC1. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy flavor with weak roasted caramel hints. Has a fruity malty hoppy citrus finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Dec 2012
at 02:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From cask at Craft Beer Co. Pours dark brown with a deep amber glare and a small white head. Roasted malty and light fruity aroma. Bitter, fruity and toasted malty.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Nov 2012
at 14:38
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
36th CAMRA Cotswold beer festival (July 2012) in the lovely 15th century Tithe Barn: the setting for my tasting of this beer. Gravity poured half-pint: almost black in colour with an off-white head which started and finished rather thin. The smell was roasted/toasted malts with hints of a hop content if you sniffed hard enough. The taste was a blend of hoppiness and maltiness, each vying for domination: the hops just about winning, although your eyes try to tell you it is maltier because of its colouring.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2012
at 02:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
cask. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Dark red-amber colour. MOderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Mar 2012
at 04:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap @ Craft Beer Co. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, catamel and hops. Oily palate.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2012
at 12:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Kent Beeriodical, Seven Stars, Bristol February 2012. Ruddy brown in colour with a decent, off-white head. Sweetish, earthy malt aroma with some berry fruits and grassy hops. Flavour was similar with a decent, bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Mar 2012
at 03:11
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@Southampton Arms, London. Black colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruity, caramelly, mildly dark fruity and ashy. The flavour is similar. Actually a rather mellow brew where the rich hopping actually fits the ashes and mild roasted malty notes quite well.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Dec 2011
at 07:09