Finn (18112) reviewed Wildcat (Cask) from Cairngorm Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
Cask at The Market Porter London Bridge 5 Feb 08. Dark brown coloured. A longlived tiny tanned head. Modest spicy aroma. Flavor of over-ripe plums. Dry aftertaste
Finn (18112) reviewed Black Gold (Bottle) from Cairngorm Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at The Bricklayers Arms Putney 4 Feb 08. Black. A small tanned head. Aroma of coffee and chocolate. Modest roasted flavor. Well rounded.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Black Gold (Cask) from Cairngorm Brewery 18 years ago
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)
pivnizub (12821) reviewed Black Gold (Bottle) from Cairngorm Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Literally black, mid-sized fluffy tanned head, distinctive roast-malty nose with traces of milk-chocolate and a tinge of black-currant; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, soft MF, light bodied; a mix of roasted malt, fruits and some hops in the finish, accompanied by a light acidity. Good, plesant stuff........
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Highland IPA from Cairngorm Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at Volunteers Arms, GBBF 2007. A slightly hazy dark golden beer with a fine beige head. The aroma is sweet fruity and malty with a light touch of diacethyl. The flavor is sweet malty and fruity combined with lighter notes of toffee, leading to a slightly bitter finish. The body is thin - no wonder in a 3.6% IPA - this would never have made it to India!
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Wildcat (Bottle) from Cairngorm Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle (bb.28.03.08) bought at Utobeer on my last trip to London almost a year ago. Served at the right drinking temperature in a Camra-glass. Shining rosewood body topped by a beige, foamy head, slowly fading. Moderate glass-lacing. Smell of blackcurrant supported by a slightly touch of caramel. Fine malty foundation in flavour very well mixed with dark fruits and berries added by a spicy (pepper) hint. Soft bitter backnotes. Moderate mouthfilling (11.01.2008).
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Black Gold (Bottle) from Cairngorm Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle at home ... Deep solid black ... light chocolate and malts...very coffee ... huge ammount of roast malts... very smooth very well balanced... This is one of the UK ales that i think the scores doesnt reflect just how good a pint this is.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Sheepshaggers Gold from Cairngorm Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask Ultimate Glasgow tasting afters pub crawl: Poured a golden color with white head. Aroma is soft fruit. The taste was balanced with malt and hops.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Santa's Sledgehammer from Cairngorm Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
cask Aberdeen Beer festival 07 ... brown ... rich sweet malt nose ... more sweet malt in flavour with some caramel... bit 1 dimensional.
pivnizub (12821) reviewed Blessed Thistle from Cairngorm Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Clear, amber coloured, mid-sized, slowly collapsing lacy head, zoasted-malty nose with discreet hints of Golding hops; moderate bitter-sweet flavour, smooth MF; distinctive peppery bitterness in the finish. Pleasant stuff........