Black Gold (Cask)
(Batch of Black Gold)
Cairngorm Brewery in Aviemore, Highland, Scotland 🏴
Stout Regular|
Score
7.01
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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.
Only ratings of the cask version should be entered here. The bottled version has a separate entry.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at GBBF 2011 (as well as many previous occasions). It pours opaque black, with a thick foamy light tan head. The nose is smoke, bonfire, toasted sesame seed, milk chocolate and toffee. The taste is caramel, toffee, milk chocolate, smoke, peat, lactose and dark fruit. Medium body and low carbonation. Good balance. Smooth, drinkable and very flavoursome. A great beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2011
at 05:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask, gravity at a pre-Candleford Beer Festival tasting 09.06.11 many thanks to John, Roger & all of the organisers for inviting me over Pours black with a tan head. Soft in the mouth, very easy going roastiness with coffee (cappuccino) and a light creaminess. Dangerously drinkable. Good stuff. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jun 2011
at 00:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Gravity cask at the Bree Louise. Pours dark brown with a slight, beige film. Sweet mocha aroma with hints of roast. Flvor is medium sweet with strong notes of maple syrup. Seriously, TONS of maple syrup. The roast character is there but not overbearing, light chocolate, tar and charred wood. Medium bodied with faint carbonation. Finishes sweet, lightly warming, a touch oily with dark malts, and water-tossed-on-burning-wood. Quite a dynamic stout that really picks up speed as you drink it. Very, very good.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jan 2011
at 06:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12th October 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Thinnish palate. Caramelly dark malt. Subtle smoky note. Sweet finish. Nice.
Warning! Early amateur rating! Thinnish palate. Caramelly dark malt. Subtle smoky note. Sweet finish. Nice.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2011
at 07:22
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at GBBF, London Earl’s Court, 4 Aug 2010) Black colour with frothy, pale brown head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of dark bread, roasted malt, coffee and cocoa. Roasted, malty taste with dark bread, dried fruit, coffee, prunes and raisins. Medium body, fairly sweet with a nice, cocoa bitterness. Rather fruity and sweet for a stout, but nice and tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Sep 2010
at 14:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
scura schiuma poca note tostate malto torrefatto medio amaro un po poco corpo
Tried
on 11 Aug 2010
at 05:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF ’10. Black with a tan head. Earthy aromas of toffee, caramel, butterscotch. Nice nose. Smoky, meaty flavours with some chocolate notes. Malty, bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Aug 2010
at 09:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From cask pours dark brown with a fully gone head. Aroma is dark malty and fruity. Fruity and coffee malty. Bitter and mild acidic with a distinct bitterness coming through. Dry and roasted coffee flavoured with a small bitterness into a coffee like finish. Bitter, roasted and fruity finish. Ends dry.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Aug 2010
at 03:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask - I think it was at Marble Arch, Manchester. A black beer with a brown shine under a thin brown head. The aroma has notes fo malt - some sweet and some hard roasted, as well as notes of alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, over ripe fruits, and alcohol, leading to a fruity finish. The mouthfeel is smooth.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 May 2010
at 14:22
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On cask @ The State, Glasgow. Dark color, short head. Aroma of coffee, licorice, roasted malt. Bit bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Apr 2010
at 10:41