Brass Castle Brewery Bad Kitty

Bad Kitty

 

Brass Castle Brewery in Malton, North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular
Score
7.06
ABV: 5.5% IBU: 34 Ticks: 66
A chewy chocolate-vanilla dream of a porter. Bad Kitty earned its name from the antics of the two original brewhouse cats, who delight in mischievously supervising proceedings.
 

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7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Aroma: Roasted malt with notes of chocolate. Flavour: Very sweet with chocolate and light bitterness. Aftertaste is sweet, bitter. Colour: Black with a tan head. From: Can @ a good case webshop.
Tried from Can on 26 Feb 2026 at 17:30

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
44cl can from AbeerVinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours dark brown, with no foam. Aroma is toasty. Body is just above average, with moderate carbonation. Taste is strong toasted. Final is average.
Tried from Can on 20 Jul 2025 at 11:30

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can 44 cl. Pours black with an orange hue and a rough, beige head. Sweet roast aroma with a hint of diacetyl. Medium body, sweet roast and licorice with a low carbonation. Very British. 270525
Tried from Can on 27 May 2025 at 14:14

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
440ml can. Black with moderate sized beige head. Roasted malts, vanilla, chocolate, cola in aroma and taste. Sweet and sour note in the finish, moderate bitterness. Medium bodied, a touch sticky. Enjoyable.
Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:25

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Black with a tan head. Aroma of vanilla coffee. Flavour is hints of cherry gateaux, vanilla bean on a sweet chocolate base.
Tried on 11 May 2024 at 21:40

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
(Cask at Cock Tavern, Hackney, London, 17 Nov 2023) Dark brown colour, almost black, with brief head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of chocolate, vanilla, milky coffee and caramel. Malty, roasted, sweet taste with chocolate, vanilla, caramel, nuts and a mild roasty bitterness. Medium body, quite sweet. On the sweet side, but rich and really tasty. Very nice.
Tried from Cask on 25 Mar 2024 at 21:23

7/10
Tried on 27 Mar 2023 at 18:12

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask, third pint. @CAMRA GBBF Winter Festival 2023, Burton-On-Trent (UK). 17/02/2023 [#5.860 Global - #637 England - #1 Brass Castle Brewery (My English Brewery #206)] Pours very dark brown with a tan head. Aroma: loaded with chocolate malts and vanilla. Taste: again dark chocolate and vanilla. Roasty mouthfeel. Mild bitterness. Next one please!
Tried from Cask on 05 Mar 2023 at 13:38

05/12/2014. PIVNI, 6 Patrick Pool, YORK, North Yorkshire, England (PIVOVAR)
Tried on 11 Nov 2022 at 09:43

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
440ml can @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, August 22. Final beer of the night and I think we'd all had enough by this point. Pours black, good tanned topping. Aroma of chocolate, mild vanilla. Indeed, vanilla seems quite low in the mix overall, semi-sweet malt with a nice drinkability. Not bad.
Tried from Can on 24 Aug 2022 at 19:08