Black Cat (Cask)
(Batch of Black Cat)
Moorhouse's Brewery in Burnley, Lancashire, England 🏴
Mild - Dark Regular|
Score
6.62
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A legendary black mild with a distinct chocolate malt taste and a hop fruit finish.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Amazingly this is the first review for NINE YEARS of the cask version of one of the country’s top milds. I’ve drunk it several times in the past (and surely more recently than that) but this time it was Cask at Petersgate Tap, Stockport. Pours almost black with a small foamy cream head and good lacing. The aroma has chocolate malts and a hint of blackberries. In the mouth it is sweet and creamy but with a little underlying bitterness. Flavours start with malts and dark fruits and expand into milk chocolate and a hint of biscuits later on leading to a fairly fruity finish. This is decent and lives up to its reputation.
Tried
from Cask
at
Petersgate Tap
on 15 Apr 2026
at 14:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask Alexandra Derby. 10/09/16. Not much of an aroma. Deep and dark. Drops a point for lack of head. Sweet and sour. Soft. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Sep 2016
at 08:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity dispense at the Falcon BF, Wooburn Green, 09/07/16. Light black with a decent khaki head. Nose is light charr, dark toffee, brown bread, cocoa powder. Taste comprises earthy fruit, tobacco, cocoa rub, dark malt, molasses. Light to medium body, soft carbonation, light dryness in the close. Decent flavoursome mild.
Tried
on 10 Jul 2016
at 04:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
8th April 2015: hand-pulled pint in the Trafalgar, Ramsey IoM. Black body with a good tanned topping. Malty from the start, it has a solid backbone of chocolate maltiness in the aroma which carries on into the taste, mildly bitter in the finish and almost semi-sweet initially. I liked it, the huge swan neck it was pulled through gave it a good swirl around and once settled it looked a picture.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2015
at 01:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A colablack beer with an almost medium and beige head. The aroma is balanced mix of roastiness, coffee and chocolate. Surprisingly rich. Taste is also nice, roastiness, some coffee, hint of chocolate. Unfortunately, the light body is disturbing in the taste, low carbonation. Tasteful and easy beer with a rich flavours.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2015
at 12:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Old Joint Stock; dark brown pour with a bubbly tan head, coffee and roast malt aroma, taste has light malts, some biscuit, milk chocolate.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Nov 2014
at 04:17
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (Rose of England, Nottingham) - Very dark with some red tinges. Cocoa, roasted malt and blackberries in the aroma. Blackcurrant, blackberries, roasted malt and raisins feature in the taste. A very good mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 May 2014
at 00:49
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
It’s rare to see a good mild these days. And I liked this one. Dark mahogany colour, with a slightly sweet aroma. Taste roasted malt and toast. A little watery maybe but a nice find.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2014
at 11:08
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sort skum råhvid Kaffe træ brændt citrus Bitter moderate Sur lidt Vanded flad @gbbf ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
on 14 Aug 2013
at 04:55
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Med dark brown color. Very strong woody and chocolate character that I didn’t really care for. Malty, dry, not very subtle and not to my taste.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2013
at 05:37