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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6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Black colour with no head. Aroma has some smokiness and dark malts. Fairly bittersweet

Tried on 21 Jan 2016 at 16:00


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

Black colour, white head. Aroma of caramel, bread, sweet note, roasted malts. Sweet flavour, light smoke, caramel and butter. Finish butter, caramel, fudge and chocolate.
(from draught @ GBBF ’14, London, day 2)

Tried on 09 Nov 2015 at 04:06


6

Tried on 28 Oct 2014 at 12:55


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask @ GBBF 2014. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma. Roasted malty caramel and chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate finish.

Tried from Cask on 27 Oct 2014 at 07:09


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Cask at Spoons/SRAF. Pours black, nose is coffee, chocolate, taste is similar, rich, creamy.

Tried from Cask on 17 Oct 2014 at 01:12


4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Sampled @ GBBF day 2. Dark brown to black color, small beige head. Smell and taste malts, lightly roast, lightly liquorice, a bit weird. Average to medium carbonation. Don’t like it.

Tried on 19 Aug 2014 at 10:18


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

Cask - Dark roast malts, sweet dark chocolate. Jet black with a reasonable head. Sweet dark chocolate and a long finish. Pretty good.

Tried from Cask on 13 Aug 2014 at 07:13


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

Gravity dispense at the Happy Man May 2014 BF, 22/05/14. Black with a big old tan head that retains well. Nose is big roast malts, liqourice stick, treacle toffee, earthy cocoa, tar. Taste comprises treacle toffee, moderate roast, sweet licks, tar, another big liqourice injection. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light dryness in the close. Solid stout.

Tried on 23 May 2014 at 05:17


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Very dark. Sweet character, little bit of butter, some nuttiness but gotta get that diacetyl out of there.

Tried on 10 Mar 2014 at 23:57


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask @ Master Mariner, New Brighton. Very dark with a creamy off-white head. Lovely and smooth in texture with assorted aromas including a light roast, it has a milky aftertaste.

Tried from Cask on 10 Mar 2014 at 04:50