Wicked Tales of Scotland - The Black Cat
Amager Bryghus
- From:
- Amager Bryghus
- Denmark
- Style:
- Baltic Porter
- ABV:
- 12%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.86 | pDev: 5.44%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 31, 2025
- Added:
- Feb 15, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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From our series "Wicked Tales of Scotland" - 4 whisky barrel-aged beers released at the brewery February 2nd 2019.
10% Whisky Barrel Aged Peated Baltic Porter (Bowmore)
The Black Cat – or cat sith in the local tongue – is a fairy creature, always known for the white spot on its chest and for being as large as a grown-up dog. Known to haunt the Scottish Highlands, it was feared by the Scots, especially around the time of a death. If the corpse had not yet been buried before the Black Cat appeared, it would steal your soul before the gods claimed it. What was left behind was a soulless spirit, doomed to forever roam the borderlands between Heaven and Hell. Oh yes indeed, the Black Cat is a beast largely to be feared. Temperamental as most felines and risky to deal with. Some households feared that only a constant supply of fresh milk in the barn in a specific Black Cat saucer would keep them fortunate. And those farms that did not put out a saucer of milk would be cursed by having all of their milch cows run dry.
10% Whisky Barrel Aged Peated Baltic Porter (Bowmore)
The Black Cat – or cat sith in the local tongue – is a fairy creature, always known for the white spot on its chest and for being as large as a grown-up dog. Known to haunt the Scottish Highlands, it was feared by the Scots, especially around the time of a death. If the corpse had not yet been buried before the Black Cat appeared, it would steal your soul before the gods claimed it. What was left behind was a soulless spirit, doomed to forever roam the borderlands between Heaven and Hell. Oh yes indeed, the Black Cat is a beast largely to be feared. Temperamental as most felines and risky to deal with. Some households feared that only a constant supply of fresh milk in the barn in a specific Black Cat saucer would keep them fortunate. And those farms that did not put out a saucer of milk would be cursed by having all of their milch cows run dry.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark
3.84/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Copenhagen 9/3 2019. 33 cl bottle from Mikkeller Web-shop. A part of their Wicked Tales of Scotland series. Very intense looking black cat looking threateningly at me from the label.
Pours hazy, dark brown with a small off-white head. Settles as thin patchy layer of foam unable to cover the surface of the beer. Very modest lacing.
Aroma is potent with heavy dark sweetness, oak soaked with alcohol and sharp boozy notes.
Low carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, texture.
Flavor is heavy sweet followed by a modest bitterness. Aftertaste is heavy sweet with an oaky boozy feel. Lingering.
A very sweet mouthful but with a distinct oaked, barrel vibe.
Oct 31, 2025Pours hazy, dark brown with a small off-white head. Settles as thin patchy layer of foam unable to cover the surface of the beer. Very modest lacing.
Aroma is potent with heavy dark sweetness, oak soaked with alcohol and sharp boozy notes.
Low carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, texture.
Flavor is heavy sweet followed by a modest bitterness. Aftertaste is heavy sweet with an oaky boozy feel. Lingering.
A very sweet mouthful but with a distinct oaked, barrel vibe.
Reviewed by colts9016 from Idaho
3.49/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Review: 2234
Name: The Black Cat
Brewery: Amager Bryghus
Location: Kastrup, Denmark
Style: Baltic Porter
A.B.V.: 12%
Canned: Unknown 1811
Date: 28 October 2024
I am still determining where I acquired this; it is one of my COVID-19 beers. I heavily supported breweries because I worked so much and could not go anywhere. I served the beer at 44 degrees using a Belcher glass. The pour created a creamy, one-fingered, light tan head with poor retention. The quick dissipation left no lacing on the glass. I am charting the color at SRM 34: dark brown, nearly black, and opaque. The appearance is average for this style.
Nosing the glass, I smell char, coffee, chocolate, light Maillard, anise, and earthy. Smelling the glass again, I detect molasses, wood, port, cherries, prunes, floral esters, peat, and light smokiness. I do not smell any burnt notes. The malt complex is toasted, with roasty notes, bready, and malty sweetness. The aromas are what I would expect from Baltic Porter.
Wow, the smoked peat, scotch, and iodine come out strong with the first sip. Sipping the glass again, I tasted bread, anise, prunes, raisins, earthy, floral esters, char, Maillard, wood, port, vinous chocolate, coffee, and dried cherries. The malt profile is roasted, toasted pumpernickel, and malty sweetness.
The body is medium and has medium carbonation. The mouthfeel is smooth with a warming finish.
The beer smells and tastes like a smoked peat bog in iodine. It is a challenge to drink. The last Baltic porter I had was manageable, unlike this one. It is too much for me. I did not detect any off-flavors.
Oct 29, 2024Name: The Black Cat
Brewery: Amager Bryghus
Location: Kastrup, Denmark
Style: Baltic Porter
A.B.V.: 12%
Canned: Unknown 1811
Date: 28 October 2024
I am still determining where I acquired this; it is one of my COVID-19 beers. I heavily supported breweries because I worked so much and could not go anywhere. I served the beer at 44 degrees using a Belcher glass. The pour created a creamy, one-fingered, light tan head with poor retention. The quick dissipation left no lacing on the glass. I am charting the color at SRM 34: dark brown, nearly black, and opaque. The appearance is average for this style.
Nosing the glass, I smell char, coffee, chocolate, light Maillard, anise, and earthy. Smelling the glass again, I detect molasses, wood, port, cherries, prunes, floral esters, peat, and light smokiness. I do not smell any burnt notes. The malt complex is toasted, with roasty notes, bready, and malty sweetness. The aromas are what I would expect from Baltic Porter.
Wow, the smoked peat, scotch, and iodine come out strong with the first sip. Sipping the glass again, I tasted bread, anise, prunes, raisins, earthy, floral esters, char, Maillard, wood, port, vinous chocolate, coffee, and dried cherries. The malt profile is roasted, toasted pumpernickel, and malty sweetness.
The body is medium and has medium carbonation. The mouthfeel is smooth with a warming finish.
The beer smells and tastes like a smoked peat bog in iodine. It is a challenge to drink. The last Baltic porter I had was manageable, unlike this one. It is too much for me. I did not detect any off-flavors.
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
4/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
330 ml bottle, shared with Holmen1 and Holmen2. ABV is 10%. Dark ruby colour, off-white head. Malty and oaky aroma, notes of Scotch whisky. The flavour is also malty and oaky, again with notes of Scotch whisky. Warming mouthfeel.
Dec 29, 2020
Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain
3.79/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
De Tercertiempocervezas. En copa Mahou Barrica. Jugando a Spider y luego a Gylt. Perfil eminentemente peated, aunque por suerte no llega a saturar y eso que a mí no son notas que me agraden. De la baltic porter de base no queda rastro.
Jun 14, 2020
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