Black Cork was a beer brewed in Edinburgh in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was brewed by Bell's brewery which used to be located where the Pleasance Theatre now stands. The recipe and secret of brewing Black Cork seems to have died with it's last brewer Robert Keir in 1837. “At a distance from Nicolson Street on the east is another suburb of Edinburgh called the Pleasance This formerly belonged to the Earls of Roxburgh and was from one of them by the magistrates of Edinburgh AD 1638 The Pleasance consists of one mean street it lies the principal road to London There is nothing remarkable in this suburb except a large brewery with vaults belonging to Mr Bell where the best strong beer made of any brewed for sale in Scotland. The quality of is indeed so good as to recommend itself to be purchased not only for home consumpt but also for exportation" Hugo Arnot The history of Edinburgh: from the earliest accounts to the year 1780 1816 p251 We have created an intensely dark beer using pale malt crystal malt chocolate malt oats and malted wheat. Hops are added in 3 stages to create a prominent bitterness and hop aroma.