Cairngorm Brewery Black Gold (Cask)

Black Gold (Cask)
(Batch of Black Gold)

 

Cairngorm Brewery in Aviemore, Highland, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Stout Regular
Score
7.01
ABV: 4.4% IBU: - Ticks: 129
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.

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at Bow Bar. Poured dark with mild bubbles. nice malt aroma and chocolate taste. Very well done IMO.

Tried from Draft on 20 May 2025 at 00:56


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask, half pint. @The Winking Owl, Aviemore (Scotland). 02/08/2023 [#6.640 Global - #180 Scotland - #5 Cairngorm Brewery Co.] Pours dark brown with a creamy tan head. Aroma: coffee malts, liquorice and light earthy hops. Taste: liquorice, coffee malts, dark chocolate and mild toffee. Smooth roasty mouthfeel. Next one please!

Tried from Cask on 24 Aug 2023 at 07:35


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

Cask at Old Inn, Gairloch. Black colour, beige foam head leaving lacing and aroma of roast malt, soya sauce. Taste is dark malt, roasty, sweetish, dried fruity, chocolate & coffee, with earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry roasty bitter finish. Quite drinkable

Tried from Cask on 17 Aug 2019 at 12:11


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at Winking Owl, stable creamy head, opaque black color, aroma of coffee, chocolate and some roasty notes, flavor of chocolate, coffee, metal and an empathic roasty bitterness. Really nice and highly enjoyable.

Tried from Cask on 18 Aug 2018 at 20:56


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Half pour (cask) at the Briar Rose. Dark brown, light coming through, small skin of head. Light roasty aroma, tadte too. Lighter than the norm for a stout, almost porter. Cask makes for a nice feel.

Tried from Cask on 17 May 2018 at 11:50


6.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Vom Fass im Winking Owl Aviemore 2017-09 getrunken. Trotz des leichten Körpers hat dieses Stout feine Schokolade und Kaffeearomen. Ein echt süffiges Bier.

Tried on 02 Oct 2017 at 09:44


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at the Loch Ness Lodge Hotel bar. Nose is light roasty coffee, chocolate, and a hint of vanilla. Extremely dark brown with a big, heavy lacing, tan head. Flavor is lightly sweet, lightly bitter, with lots of chocolate from the fairly viscous body of an ale which is only 4.4% ABV.

Tried from Draft on 15 Sep 2017 at 15:43


7

Tried on 28 Oct 2016 at 15:55


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Pours black with a small frothy tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, and black coffee. A sweet malty taste, lots of chocolate, some licorice, and a roasted coffee bitter finish. Nice one.

Tried on 27 Apr 2016 at 14:36


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Highlander Inn, Craigellachie. Pours black with beige head. Roasted malts, bready, note of coffee. Sweet with bitter finish. Medium bodied.

Tried from Cask at Highlander Inn on 10 Feb 2016 at 14:05