Black Cat
Moorhouse's Brewery (Burnley) Ltd
- From:
- Moorhouse's Brewery (Burnley) Ltd
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Dark Mild Ale
Ranked #29 - ABV:
- 3.4%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #24,558 - Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 10.97%
- Reviews:
- 166
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 04, 2022
- Added:
- Mar 26, 2002
- Wants:
- 37
- Gots:
- 7
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Rated by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.85/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On the 1001. My review to come.
Reviewed in Roger Prost's CAMRA classic "300 Beers To Try Before You Die."
Mar 05, 2017Reviewed in Roger Prost's CAMRA classic "300 Beers To Try Before You Die."
Reviewed by DrAnnaNemis from Illinois
3.69/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Kind of nice! A dark brown ale with no head. Smells of earth and wood. Maybe some tea. Taste is similar with some ash. Thin, watery and no carbonation. Seems to work. Nice pint!
Jan 28, 2016
Reviewed by tekstr1der from New Hampshire
3.85/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Nice color to this, pour is slightly more ruby than mahogany. No head or retention to speak of. Aroma is the best part - full of toffee, cocoa, and malt. Very similar to Dark Island on the nose, but even weaker, somewhat watery in flavors that are just too light for my liking. Fairly pleasant malty finish.
Nov 20, 2015
Reviewed by TheSixthRing from California
3.2/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.2/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Appearance - Pours cola brown with a paltry quarter-finger head that quickly flattens out to a thin, broken layer of surface suds. A few spots here and there is all you get for lace.
Smell - Mild notes of toffee and chocolate with a bit of earth.
Taste - starts with mild toffee and caramel malt notes backed by a moderate amount of earthy, nutty character, like liking a walnut shell. Faint traces of chocolate. Finish has a light staleness.
Mouthfeel - Light in body with low to moderate carbonation. Dry finish.
Overall - The bottle says it has rich flavor, but I found it mostly bland and uninspiring. It's a fair beer that will be quickly forgotten.
Oct 02, 2015Smell - Mild notes of toffee and chocolate with a bit of earth.
Taste - starts with mild toffee and caramel malt notes backed by a moderate amount of earthy, nutty character, like liking a walnut shell. Faint traces of chocolate. Finish has a light staleness.
Mouthfeel - Light in body with low to moderate carbonation. Dry finish.
Overall - The bottle says it has rich flavor, but I found it mostly bland and uninspiring. It's a fair beer that will be quickly forgotten.
Reviewed by rawfish from California
4.02/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.02/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Porter-like dark coloration with a standard 2 finger high head of shell beige. Quite a bit of lacing gets stuck to the glass.
The roasted malts are full and centered adding a light coffee ground, baker's chocolate, browned toast and golden raisins into the mix.
Smooth grains, essence of raisin bran with iced coffee, medium toast and pleasant acidity. Finishes with that roasted acidity and earthy hops, lightly balanced, bitterness and clean finish.
Light and easy with substance, it's a damn shame this style gets passed over.
A terrific easy drinker when you need something dark and alot of it. The nose and flavor gives me that satisfying dose of roasted malt and coffee nuances with a lighter body.
May 03, 2015The roasted malts are full and centered adding a light coffee ground, baker's chocolate, browned toast and golden raisins into the mix.
Smooth grains, essence of raisin bran with iced coffee, medium toast and pleasant acidity. Finishes with that roasted acidity and earthy hops, lightly balanced, bitterness and clean finish.
Light and easy with substance, it's a damn shame this style gets passed over.
A terrific easy drinker when you need something dark and alot of it. The nose and flavor gives me that satisfying dose of roasted malt and coffee nuances with a lighter body.
Rated by QUINNY0960 from England
4.73/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75
4.73/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75
One of my favourite brews to date and it's a local beer for me
Jan 28, 2015
Reviewed by chogm54 from Australia
3.39/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
3.39/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
Black, pours a thin offwhite head. Smell of roasted malt and dark choc. The taste is similar, with a real dry finish (like cooking chocolate). Low carbonation, feels very watery. Ok if you are after a mid strength dark ale.
Dec 19, 2014
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