Black Gold
(has 6 batches)
Central Waters Brewing Co. in Amherst, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.00
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One of our most limited and highly sought-after beers, bottles of this bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stout get released at the brewery every October, with every year's batch being a different recipe than the last.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
Bottle bought at kihoskh
no vintage on label
no abv on label
in kihoskh's system it was registered as the 2022 version, so I'll go by that
cap was dark blue with what looks like a bird's feet.
pours very dark brown, settles black iwth a brown head with black bubbles. soon becomes a film head then soon becomes just a ring head.
extraordinarily well balanced bourbon and roasted malts aroma. so smooth. so clean. wood and bourbon and roasted malts. lots of subtle notes but all tracable to these 3 things. bourbon county stout level of greatness. aroma is quite intense, i think my nose tilted after a few sniffs.
flavor is roasted malts, bourbon, licorice, wood, hard roasted malts, faint coffee, faint generic whisky boozy notes. end is roasted malty and everlasting. i think i might be able to just barely taste the hopping, yielding a subtle bitterness and very very subtle herbal tea like note - but it could also be just malty bitterness and wood. seriously good "traditional" bourbon BA imp stout.
tasted 2026-08-23 so has aged a bit. Feels totally fresh though.
no vintage on label
no abv on label
in kihoskh's system it was registered as the 2022 version, so I'll go by that
cap was dark blue with what looks like a bird's feet.
pours very dark brown, settles black iwth a brown head with black bubbles. soon becomes a film head then soon becomes just a ring head.
extraordinarily well balanced bourbon and roasted malts aroma. so smooth. so clean. wood and bourbon and roasted malts. lots of subtle notes but all tracable to these 3 things. bourbon county stout level of greatness. aroma is quite intense, i think my nose tilted after a few sniffs.
flavor is roasted malts, bourbon, licorice, wood, hard roasted malts, faint coffee, faint generic whisky boozy notes. end is roasted malty and everlasting. i think i might be able to just barely taste the hopping, yielding a subtle bitterness and very very subtle herbal tea like note - but it could also be just malty bitterness and wood. seriously good "traditional" bourbon BA imp stout.
tasted 2026-08-23 so has aged a bit. Feels totally fresh though.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Kihoskh
on 23 Aug 2026
at 12:18
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, woody, vanilla, coconut, taste is similar, lots of barrel. 8/9/8/8/8
Tried
on 05 May 2026
at 08:22
8.5/10
Taplokaal Gist. Vatgerijpt. Post-Midwinterprog
Listed as the general Black Gold 13.5%
Listed as the general Black Gold 13.5%
Tried
from Draft
at
Taplokaal Gist
on 07 Feb 2026
at 22:50
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Draft at festival vatgerijpt. Color: Black, no head. Taste: Roasted malt, molasses, Bourbon, vanilla, dark chocolate, subtle boozy. Oily. Sweetish but not too sweet. Spicy rye. Full body, low carbonation. Medium sweet, moderate to over moderate bitterness. Nice slow sipper.
Tried
from Draft
at
Taplokaal Gist
on 07 Feb 2026
at 13:02
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Немного разочеровался. Очень тяжело, бочка овер сильная, шоколад сильный, но без сладости особой. Классика вроде, но ожидал большего.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2025
at 23:27
6/10
Too boozy in a harsh way. Some vanilla and milk chocolate. Also mushrooms. Almost savoury. Good example of a beer that is not well balanced.
Tried
on 29 Mar 2025
at 23:46
8/10
Malm� March 2024 tasting - roasted and sweet dark malty with opulent chocolate, some caramel and fudge like sweet malty support, brown sugar, full bodied with a smooth mouthfeel, big bourbon hit into the warming malty close.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2025
at 05:53
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
From tap at Bierfestival Groningen 2019. Big bourbon barrel aroma with vanilla, roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, some fruity hints, mild booze. Medium sweet with a roasty bitterness. Full body, rich. Pretty velvety and balanced, wonderful stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2025
at 11:57
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black with a brown head - Dark malt and wood barrel aroma - Dark malt body with wood barrel flavours - Dark malt goes into the finish - This was good
Tried
on 09 Jan 2025
at 18:54
10/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2024
at 21:57