Moorhouses Black Cat (Bottle)

Brewed by Moorhouses
Style: Mild Ale
Burnley, England

Courtesy of Tony @ OTH. Pours black/ruby, beige head. Aroma is roasted and chocolate. Taste, nice chocolate malts, light coffee roastiness, light malty aftertaste. Finish leaves some light hoppy / metalic feel. Good brew, everything is well balanced but a little on teh weak side.

Big thanks to BMan113VR for brining me back this Mild from LA. Dark reddish brown color with a small bone colored head that is rocky. Nose chocolate, roast, and a bit of cinnamon and something stale. Taste is weak coffee, roasted malt, and water. Very mild, quite similar to guinness. Not bad. Decent lasting finish.

.5L bottle served in an English pint glass. This is my first mild so bear with me if I say something stupid. Only a hint of light passes through the ruby-brown liquid that is topped by a small but lasting beige head. Smells of chocolate, dark fruit, nutty. Flavor is very porter-like: cocoa, coffee, earthy. Well balanced with an edge toward dryness. The palate is thin but at only 3.4% abv I can really fault them for it. I can see why these are so popular in England, I know I wouldn’t mind drinking this all night.

Bottle from BTB in Vancouver, WA--A dark ruby ale with a rich dry chocolate malt taste. Poured a deep dark color with a nice thin beige-tan head. Silky, thick, yet mild bodied. Chocolaty, nutty, mildly smoky. Crisp. Only 3.4% ABV. RIch bodied in roasty smokish finish. Good beer to go the distance.

Opened up nicely as it warmed. No head and a black colour. Malt and cough syrupy. For the price I’d prefer a Tooheys Black. Low ABV.

Red-brown, like a cola. Small, fast beige head. Almost headless. Fairly mild Chocolate malt aroma. Flavor: Dark choclolate, roasted malt, coffee, sweet. Dry, somewhat bitter finish. Reminds me of a Porter although it has a lighter mouthfeel yet bursting with flavor.

It’s been about a year or so since I last had this fine brew, and it’s as good if not better than I remember it. Probably in part do my furthered understanding and appreciation of different beer types.
Black Cat poured nice and black into the glass with a small head and a bit of dark ruby clinging to the edges where light tried to pass through. In the nose I caught heavy malty sweetness with a bit of burnt raisins or licorice. overall, a very malty sweet beer, a bit on the dry side which helps balance the sweet roasted malts, raisins and dark cherries I picked up. About halfway through, I detected a bit of hop spice on the sides of my tongue, but overall it is the malt which dominates Black Cat. Definitely a medium body weight, heavier than some other black ale I have drank, but still a very easy drinker. I found my glass empty before the end of the hour long episode. I don’t know how or when it happened, but I made some pretty quick work of the Moorhouse Black Cat.
Overall, a fine example of a black ale. I would rank her up there with some of the best. If this Black Cat should stumble across your path, don’t run away, but instead bring her home with you and give her a loving home.

Bottle at Cockney Pub, Århus. Pours a clear, almost black body with a small beige to tan head. Lightly roasted and toffeeish aroma, sure on the malty side, but with a little fruits and hops in the background. Chocolate and toffee, some roasted malt and coffee notes in the flavor. Not much fruityness or hoppy bitterness here either. Watery mouthfeel. Roasted finish. Boring but drinkable. Session style, not by-the-fireplace style. (080517)