Castle Rock Black Gold

Brewed by Castle Rock
Style: Mild Ale
Nottingham, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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UPDATED: OCT 17, 2005 Dec, 2003. Gravity fresh @ Pig’s Ear Festival, East London. Rather dull and muddy mild. A smokey red berry fruit aroma. Clean and refreshing, but fairly dull. [2.5]
Oct, 2005. Wallington Fest. Caramel tinged session bitter with juicy low citric notes coming through in the finish to linger pleasantly, developing into faint roasted notes. Difficult to get a grip on this one, but generally - while not being bad - I wasn’t impressed. [2.8]

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.

A - wheat with mild fruit and iodine A - dark with frothy head T - light sweet with light bitter P - full to mid and soft O - alright

Cask at Wheatsheaf. Dark red/brown - offwhite head. Burned. Nutty. Licorice. Smokey. Tobacco. Dark bread. Ryebread. Nice.

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.

Ruby shades to a pitch black body. Tiny, lacing head. Aroma of dark malts. Blended flavour of grainy malts and blood oranges added by a touch of spices. Malt bitterness to the ending. Watching Spain against Netherlands at Mr Foleys Cask Ale House in Leeds, 11.07.2010.

Cask. Aroma is roasted malt with some caramel, darkest brown, a touch of red at the sides, some lace too. Flavour is a roast malt, again some caramel with a touch of toffee. Light bodied, very well balanced, creamy smooth, like suppin’ a Caramac bar with a bit of toast. Lovely!

These notes are written in such a fair condition that I don’t even try to find out what they are saying. There’s definitely a smiley face used in a sentence. I think it is a plus.

Cask at In de Wildeman. Clear reddish black colour, soapy head. Aroma of light roasted malts, caramel, light laurel. Flavour is sweet, some laurel, light roasted malts, ending in a bit skunky grainy bitter finish. Oily mouthfeel, light bodied. Onset is good, finish is bad.

Cask at Gallows XIII Real Ale Fest. Pours clear, dark ruby brown with small, frothy, light brown head. Taste has moderate bitterness, body feels dry and quite flat. Aromas have dark bread, toasted malts and cinnamon.

(Cask at Gallows Real Ale Fest ’10) Poured deep reddish brown with small, ragged and white head. Aroma contained malts and boiled vegetables. Palate was medium bodied and dry with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, roastedness, sweetness, hops and bitterness. Aftertaste was bitter.