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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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ The State. Black colour, beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, hops, licorice, smoke. Flavour is roasted malts, licorice. Well drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Mar 2010
at 14:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Akkurat) Poured black with small and light brown head. Aroma contained coffee and roastedness. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were roastedness, coffee, bitterness and malts. Aftertaste was strongly bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Dec 2009
at 10:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark brown with a smakk off-white head. Roasted aroma with chocolate and coffee. Sweetish roasted flavour with a lasting roasted aftertaste
Tried
on 16 Nov 2009
at 13:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity cask from the Brewery Bar, third day at GBBF 09. Wholesome black appearance with a small beige head. Smoky malts to the nose. Liquorice and coffee from the dark malts, with tasty hints of dark berries and dark, mid-bitter fruits. Smooth on the swallow. Well made and pleasant to drink (Earls Court, 06.08.2009).
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Sep 2009
at 09:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@GBBF 2009. Almost opaque brown color, small tan head. Nice licorice and tar in the nose. Sweetish flavor with loads of sweet licorice and caramel. Light tar in the aftertaste. A bit smokey too.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2009
at 14:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask@GBBF2009. Pitch black colour, small brown head. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, roasted malts, liquorice and some slight dark fruits. Flavour is quite much the same. Dark fruits, fudge and coffee along with some slight roasted notes dominate the quite pleasant aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2009
at 01:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Hillgrove Porter Stores, Bristol 31/1/09. Near black in colour with a creamy tan head. Aroma of liquorice, caramel, and dried fruit. Flavour was also sweet, with some prunes, blackcurrants, more liquorice and and long dry finish. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jan 2009
at 13:57
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask gravity at Ealing BF 2008. Black with thin tan head. Bit of liquorice on aroma. Thick and syrupy in mouth, some coffee and choc, but this dry liquorice comes through. Not great for me. 635310 2.7/5.0 Re-rate Founty Hotel Ashford. First pint out of the barrel and glorious. Beautiful roast aroma with a touch of bonfire. Full in mouth then this juicy blackcurrant and blackberry finish. Really good.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jul 2008
at 12:47
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (handpump) @ The National Winter Ales Festival 2008, Manchester, UK. Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, mild chocolate, sugar, vanilla, black currant. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (170108)
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Feb 2008
at 13:43
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
On draught at the Halfway House: Literally black, small foamy layer, caramelly, fruity nose with traces of Port and almonds, a bit like a liquid X-mas cake; medium-bodied, smooth MF, moderate sweet-bitter flavour; long-lasting sweet finish, that becomes later more bitter and roastmalty. Yeah, a fine brew......
Tried
on 26 Aug 2007
at 11:43