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Cairngorm Gold (Cask)

Score
4980
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by Cairngorm
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Aviemore, Scotland

bottling
unknown

on tap
available

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RATINGS: 12   MEAN: 3.19/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.04   EST. CALORIES: 135   ABV: 4.5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Only ratings for the cask conditioned version should go here. There is another entry for the bottled version.

A light golden, almost continental lager style beer with a gentle malt flavour. The variety of hops creates a subtle bitterness subsiding to a smooth flavour and aroma. The Cairngorm Mountains stand supreme in the heart of the Scottish Highlands, their vastness and natural unspoilt beauty and abundant wildlife set them aside as some of the finest mountains in Europe.

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Benjii (1686) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - AUG 3, 2011
On cask at The Caley Sample Rooms. Pours a gold colour with a lacy white head with large bubbles. A musty honey and caramel nose with similar flavours and some tar. Yeasty, pepper finish. Not my favourite.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
imdownthepub (7171) - Banbury, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - MAR 26, 2011
Cask conditioned, Gravity poured at Far From the Madding Crowd, Oxford. Burnished Gold with off white head. A bit of an off note to start with, the old butterscotch hint, but then it flowers in to a fruity, light beer, plums and strawberries, squidgy ripeness. Would have liked a little more bitterness, but overall quite reasonable.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
gowdy (387) - Ferney-Voltaire, FRANCE - FEB 21, 2011
Pint at Sir Walter Scott (Weatherspoons) at EDI. Medium brown and hazy. Fairly thin head to start with that disapears.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
JohnRMurdoch (1387) - Glasgow, SCOTLAND - JAN 17, 2011
Cask @ The State Bar. Mild resin aroma. Rich golden colour with a good head. Sweet resin flavour. Smooth. Nice one.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Svesse (4215) - Hässelby, SWEDEN - DEC 5, 2009
(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 4 Dec 2009) Golden colour with foamy, white head. Fruity nose with notes of apricots, citrus and honey. Fruity taste with apricots, citrus, grass and malty sweetness. Rather light body. A decent golden ale, but a touch too sweet for my liking.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 10/20
omhper (15600) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - DEC 3, 2009
Cask at Akkura, Stockholm. Hazy golden. Fruity nose. Fairly sweet with rather light body and rounded mouthfee, Low on hops, notes of honey. Low bitterness. A rather unremarkable semi sweet ale.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
cgarvieuk (7985) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - FEB 3, 2009
Cask at halfway house edinburgh ... Light amber ... thin creamy white head ... very light sweeet fruity hops ... sweet caramel honey ... fruity and sweet.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
downender (4186) - Bristol, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND - JAN 29, 2009
Cask-conditioned at the Victoria, Clifton, Bristol 29/01/09. Dark gold with a slight, off-white head. Aroma of caramel, strawberries and floral hops. Flavour began with a whiff of diacetyl, before some more fruit and a good dry finish. Drinkable.


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