Burnside Black Katz

Brewed by Burnside
Style: Mild Ale
Laurencekirk, Scotland

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Gravity, Leicester 2011. The most complex and conditioned beer of the fest so far, hands down. Mahogany with a wink of copper, sinking tan collar. Aroma difficult to pin down; blackberries wreathed in chocolate. Mellow soapy blackcurrant and black grape skin taste flecked with roast. Ash-scattered afters. Thick oatmeal mouthfeel. Deeply impressive, with flavours that overlap with dark beers three times as strong.

Cask at the Grill, Aberdeen. It pours deep brown, with a bubbly off-white head. The nose is roasted malt, nut and a touch of chocolate. The taste is much the same - roast, chocolate, nut and weak coffee, with a dry finish. Thin body and soft carbonation. Straightforward and fairly unexciting, but there is nothing wrong with it.

UPDATED: FEB 18, 2012 Cask at The Grill, Aberdeen. Dark brown pour with a small, bubbly tan head. A bit of roasty toast in the nose. Light some flavor, kind of roasty, some burnt leaves, bitter cocoa. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Dry, bitter cocoa finish with lingering dry roast and burnt toast. So so.

Cask conditioned at Birmingham Beer Fest ’11. Dark chestnut with slight head. Quite a thin beer, watery but with a light fruitiness. Easy drinking but really not that interesting.

deep black ... thin tan head ... soft nice chocoale woody toffee roast ... nice soft easy chocolate roast ... light roast toasted malts ...but maybe a little thin

16 June 2011, tap at SRAF. really dark brown, bubbly thin head. soft black malt and oatmeal stout. really thin and watery. softly oatmeal and burnt toast. too watery to be nice.

[cask at SRAF’11] Pours a deep brownish black with a thin white head. Good roasty aromas from the glass, together with a touch of sweet coffee. On the palate, thin as milds inherently are, but before the finish washes away there’s a great deal to like - toasted coffee bean bitterness, dry, slightly smoky finish. Good flavours for it’s abv [15062011]

Cask (handpump) at the Darlington Spring Thing beer festival 2011. ABV is 3.6%. Black colour, ruby in the highlights, low beige head. Aroma of nutty and slightly roasted malts, hints of coffee. Nutty and dry flavour, notes of weak coffee. Medium bitter espresso aftertaste, hints of ashes.

Very dark body with a brownish tint. Naked surface. Weak smell of malts and salty water. Taste of dark malts, oysters and prawns. A bit diluted in the mouth. Unusual. Cask, half pint at Market Porter, London 3 Oct 10.

Cask på Market Porter, Borough 3 Okt 10. Sort. Aroma? Lavt kremskum. 0 kullsyre. Smaken vassen. Svakt syrlig ettersmak.