Black Gold (Cask)
(Batch of Black Gold)
Castle Rock Brewery in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴
Mild - Dark Regular|
Score
6.35
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A well balanced dark mild ale with some bitterness, full bodied, but not overly sweet. An award winning mild that delivers a light fresh taste to one of the more traditional of beer styles.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (Vat & Fiddle, Nottingham) - Dark brown with red tinges. Blackcurrant, blackberries and treacle in the aroma. Slightly sweet taste with liquorice, fudge and blackberries detected.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jun 2014
at 17:17
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hand-pulled pint in the Castle Rock owned ’Eagle’, in Boston Lincs on 24th May 2014. Like it’s bottled brother it pours a deep, dark reddy brown with a solid tan head. The malty nose is also very similar. Semi-sweet and smooth in texture (compared to the bottled version). Easy drinking and pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2014
at 14:38
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ GBBF 2013. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty roasted caramel aroma. Fruity malty roasted caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Sep 2013
at 03:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours dark brown with a deep amber glare and a small tan head. Aroma is toffee malty and caramelish. Bitter, dark malty, roasted and toffee. Bitter and dark malty finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2013
at 10:00
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Cask at Crown and Anchor, Welby. Dark with a decent head. Fruity with a slight liquorice hint. Nothing special but perfectly drinkable beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jul 2013
at 06:59
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Gravity-fed cask at Barista, Chelmsford. Quite a basic mild, almost black with a tan head. Mild chocolate aroma. Not bad, inoffensive. but afraid there are much better milds about, maybe its aim at the ’younger palate’ making it rather more bland...
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Mar 2013
at 01:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green - 21/04/12. Dark cola brown with medium off-white head. Sweet malt nose backed by hops and a little whiff of smoke. Malts, wood and a little dark fruit in the taste. Lightish bodied - a little on the watery side even for a mild, but drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2012
at 14:34
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at Wellington, Birmingham, 3.8% ABV
The color is very dark, almost black, with creamy head. It has a mild and fresh aroma, light roasted malt and light apple juice, with traces of peach. The mouthfeel is light and smooth; the dark caramel and chocolate flavor is mild, subdued; it has a light fruity and lemony trace too. Balance and elegance. Some roasted malt appears in the final.
Excellent modern take for a Mild.
The color is very dark, almost black, with creamy head. It has a mild and fresh aroma, light roasted malt and light apple juice, with traces of peach. The mouthfeel is light and smooth; the dark caramel and chocolate flavor is mild, subdued; it has a light fruity and lemony trace too. Balance and elegance. Some roasted malt appears in the final.
Excellent modern take for a Mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jul 2012
at 14:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
June 2009
Draft. Clear dark brown beer. Soft palate. Very well balanced. Just a touch sour which makes it interesting. Malty sour with a little hop. Semi dry finish.
Draft. Clear dark brown beer. Soft palate. Very well balanced. Just a touch sour which makes it interesting. Malty sour with a little hop. Semi dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Apr 2012
at 07:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Edgar Wallace. Pours a dark, ruby-brown with a slight, beige foam. Charming aroma, definitely some citrusy, resiny hops in there. Nice flavor, a tad soapy but some nice grapefruit, slight bread, juicy oranges. Weird, delicious, but nothing like the milds I know. More like a black IPA I’d say. Light to medium in body with fine to average carbonation. Some nice, understated bitterness in the finish, very citrusy with faint malts and fainter roast. The only thing holding this beer back are the soap notes. Otherwise, great stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jan 2011
at 14:45