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Black Cat (Smithdown Road, Liverpool)

Location: Smithdown Road, Liverpool, England

Recorded purchases: 70 beers (my records may be incomplete)

Overall Score

63.5%
Weighted Beer Score: 53.6%
%age Excellent Beers: 10.3%
Variety: 100.0%
Consistency: 91.4%
Prolific Bonus: +1.5%
Based on 69 beers (58 scored)

Beers purchased from Black Cat

Unbeliever Tropical Radler

Abbeydale

Pineapple and grapefruit herbed radler

ABV: 2.80%

Purchased: 17 Sep 2023

Scored 11.866%

London Black

Anspach & Hobday

Nitro porter

ABV: 4.40%

Purchased: 6 Jun 2024

Scored 43.347%

Electric Sheep

Azvex

Citra Motueka pale ale

ABV: 5.20%

Purchased: 17 Sep 2023

Scored 59.446%

Swedish Buzzsaw

Azvex

imperial IPA

ABV: 8.20%

Purchased: 7 Jan 2024

Scored 81.490%

The Alignment Problem

Azvex

Centennial Mosaic Azacca West Coast session IPA

ABV: 4.80%

Purchased: 17 Sep 2023

Scored 52.121%

Björn

Black Lodge

Centennial, Sichuan peppercorn and corriander pale ale

ABV: 5.50%

Purchased: 13 Mar 2025

Taniwha

Black Lodge

Nelson Sauvin and Motueka New Zealand-style pale ale

ABV: 4.40%

Purchased: 13 Dec 2025

Scored 48.161%

Native Place

Boxcar

New World pale ale

ABV: 4.60%

Purchased: 17 Sep 2023

Scored 60.403%

Christmas Kitty (w/ North Riding Brew Pub)

Brass Castle

Vanilla and festive spice porter

ABV: 5.50%

Purchased: 13 Dec 2025

Fifty Shades of Ginger

Brass Castle

Gingerbread porter

ABV: 7.00%

Purchased: 13 Dec 2025

Herman Hefe

Brass Castle

hefe weizen

ABV: 5.20%

Purchased: 8 Mar 2024

Scored 57.952%

Kintsugi

Brass Castle

Lemon peel miso gose

ABV: 4.80%

Purchased: 8 Mar 2024

Scored 57.373%

Aye Caramba (w/ Garage Beer Co.)

Bullhouse

New World pale ale

ABV: 5.00%

Purchased: 13 Dec 2025

Scored 48.868%

Budgie Smuggler

Bullhouse

Citra sour

ABV: 4.50%

Purchased: 7 Jan 2024

Scored 53.574%

Comradery (w/ Coalition)

Bullhouse

New World barley wine

ABV: 3.80%

Purchased: 26 Jun 2025

Scored 29.153%

Smiling Politely

Bullhouse

Citra Dynabost, Ekuanot and Cashmere New England pale ale

ABV: 4.50%

Purchased: 26 Jun 2025

Scored 56.319%

Fera Goa

Burnt Mill

Mango gose

ABV: 4.80%

Purchased: 1 Nov 2025

Scored 45.201%

Mug Shot

Buxton

Coffee porter

ABV: 5.20%

Purchased: 13 Mar 2025

Fuzzy

Cloudwater

New England pale ale

ABV: 4.20%

Purchased: 26 Jun 2025

Scored 55.573%

Cool for Cats (for Black Cat)

Colbier

Orange and cranberry winter sour

ABV: 4.00%

Purchased: 24 Dec 2025

Yule Cat (for Black Cat)

Colbier

Citra Amarillo gluten-free pale ale

ABV: 4.40%

Purchased: 24 Dec 2025

Scored 54.922%

Side Burns

Cotswold Cider

cider

ABV: 5.40%

Purchased: 8 Mar 2024

Scored 43.151%

Dedicated Follower of Passion (w/ Zapato)

Farmyard Ales

Passionfruit pastry sour

ABV: 6.20%

Purchased: 7 Jan 2024

Scored 53.162%

Sheaf

Farmyard Ales

Citra Mosaic pale ale

ABV: 4.10%

Purchased: 8 Mar 2024

Scored 58.227%

Zig-A-Zig-Ah

Farmyard Ales

Galaxy Spectrum and Ekuanot Cryo New England IPA

ABV: 6.00%

Purchased: 6 Jun 2024

Scored 64.044%

Pumpkin Spice Latte

Fierce

Pumpkin spice latte amber ale

ABV: 5.00%

Purchased: 7 Jan 2024

Scored 53.500%

Hoop

Full Circle

Gluten-free pale ale

ABV: 4.80%

Purchased: 13 Feb 2025

Scored 43.698%

Le Roux Project

Hammerton

Chocolate salted caramel milk stout

ABV: 5.80%

Purchased: 7 Jan 2024

Scored 76.596%

Tank 6

Hammerton

New England pale ale

ABV: 5.10%

Purchased: 17 Sep 2023

Scored 49.311%

Träume

Hammerton

Black forest gateau stout

ABV: 5.60%

Purchased: 6 Jun 2024

Scored 72.288%

Working from Home

Hammerton

West Coast IPA

ABV: 5.80%

Purchased: 17 Sep 2023

Scored 53.702%

Texan Style Cornish Hard Cyder

Healey’s Cornish Cyder Farm

Cider with demerera

ABV: 5.00%

Purchased: 7 Jan 2024

Scored 29.796%

Nitro Stout

Lervig

Hibernian dry stout

ABV: 4.70%

Purchased: 6 Jun 2024

Scored 51.536%

Norwegian Nitro

Lervig

Hibernian dry stout

ABV: 4.70%

Purchased: 22 Jan 2026

Perler for Svin Grapefruit

Lervig

Grapefruit IPA

ABV: 4.70%

Purchased: 13 Dec 2025

Scored 50.489%

Sunset People

Lost and Grounded

Idaho 7, Chinook, Citra and Centennial West Coast session IPA

ABV: 5.40%

Purchased: 24 Dec 2025

Scored 52.288%

Dive Bomb

Manchester Marble (Marble Arch Pub)

Mosaic Centennial pale ale

ABV: 5.00%

Purchased: 13 Mar 2025

Scored 50.589%

Fruited IPA + Strawberry + Cherry (w/ Makemake)

North Brewing Co.

Strawberry and cherry IPA

ABV: 6.00%

Purchased: 7 Jan 2024

Scored 48.443%

Sparkling Ale (w/ Fuller's)

North Brewing Co.

Australian-style sparkling ale

ABV: 4.00%

Purchased: 7 Jan 2024

Scored 40.887%

Spiced Sour + Plum + Blackberry + Apple

North Brewing Co.

Plum, blackberry and apple sour with cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger

ABV: 4.50%

Purchased: 7 Jan 2024

Scored 44.649%

Greed (Patrons Project 38.05) (w/ Transient Artisan Ales and Lallemand Brewing)

Northern Monk

Kenyan coffee, cinnamon, vanilla, rum and muscovado cane sugar imperial pastry stout

ABV: 8.40%

Purchased: 13 Mar 2025

Scored 87.323%

Greed (Patrons Project 38.05) (w/ Transient Artisan Ales and Lallemand Brewing)

Northern Monk

Kenyan coffee, cinnamon, vanilla, rum and muscovado cane sugar imperial pastry stout

ABV: 8.40%

Purchased: 13 Mar 2025

Scored 87.323%

Hazy Rat

Ossett

session IPA

ABV: 4.30%

Purchased: 1 Nov 2025

Scored 49.146%

King of Terrors

Ossett

New England IPA

ABV: 7.20%

Purchased: 13 Dec 2025

Punch Rat

Ossett

Sabro Talus Citra Pina Colada New England IPA

ABV: 6.70%

Purchased: 24 Dec 2025

Scored 60.923%

Firebird

Otherworld

Enigma Australian-style New England pale ale

ABV: 4.20%

Purchased: 26 Jun 2025

Scored 45.177%

Phantasm

Otherworld

Nelson Sauvin, Southern Cross and Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc grape skin New Zealand-style IPA

ABV: 5.50%

Purchased: 26 Jun 2025

Scored 63.998%

Sour Grapes

Pilot

Grape sour

ABV: 3.70%

Purchased: 7 Jan 2024

Scored 34.502%

The Antidote

Pilot

Apple and blackcurrant juice lager

ABV: 4.50%

Purchased: 13 Feb 2025

Scored 31.670%

Trop Trop

Pilot

Passionfruit, mango and pineapple sour

ABV: 5.30%

Purchased: 13 Feb 2025

Scored 54.359%

Fizzy Lemon

Play Brew

Cherry lemonade sour

ABV: 4.50%

Purchased: 17 Sep 2023

Scored 46.054%

Minty Breath

Play Brew

Dark chocolate and after dinner mint milk stout

ABV: 5.70%

Purchased: 8 Mar 2024

Scored 63.467%

Twin Cherry Pale Ale

Play Brew

Cherry and hibiscus pale ale

ABV: 4.80%

Purchased: 8 Mar 2024

Scored 46.416%

Saturnus

Põhjala

New World pale ale

ABV: 5.00%

Purchased: 8 Mar 2024

Scored 61.481%

Tanuki

Tartarus

Comet Eclipse Topaz DDH pale ale

ABV: 5.50%

Purchased: 24 Dec 2025

Scored 68.669%

Export India Porter (Citra, Topaz)

The Kernel

Citra Topaz export India porter

ABV: 5.50%

Purchased: 7 Jan 2024

Scored 74.018%

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Vault City

Strawberry, cacao nib and vanilla pastry sour

ABV: 4.50%

Purchased: 8 Mar 2024

Coffee Lemonade

Vault City

Lemon juice, lemon zest and coffee sour

ABV: 5.00%

Purchased: 1 Nov 2025

Cotton Candy Cupcakes

Vault City

Candy floss, raspberry and strawberry sour

ABV: 4.10%

Purchased: 24 Dec 2025

Grape Soda Session Sour

Vault City

Grape soda session sour

ABV: 4.00%

Purchased: 7 Jan 2024

Scored 42.334%

Imperial Iron Brew

Vault City

Imperial iron brew sour

ABV: 8.40%

Purchased: 13 Feb 2025

Iron Brew Raspberry Ripple

Vault City

Raspberry ripple iron brew pastry sour

ABV: 5.00%

Purchased: 13 Feb 2025

Scored 54.724%

Mango Chilli Margarita

Vault City

Mango, lime juice, peach, salt and chilli flake sour

ABV: 5.00%

Purchased: 1 Nov 2025

Scored 60.028%

Mulled Dark Cherry Session Sour

Vault City

Spiced mulled dark cherry sour

ABV: 4.80%

Purchased: 8 Mar 2024

Scored 56.011%

Teacake Sour

Vault City

Strawberry, raspberry, lactose and cholaca pastry sour

ABV: 5.00%

Purchased: 13 Feb 2025

Vault Dweller

Vault City

Lemon supersour beer

ABV: 4.30%

Purchased: 7 Jan 2024

Scored 61.058%

Wee Vault Wagon Session Sour

Vault City

Strawberry and dark chocolate sour

ABV: 4.50%

Purchased: 8 Mar 2024

Scored 59.850%

Elements 11: Ruby Porter

Wild Horse

traditional porter

ABV: 4.40%

Purchased: 8 Mar 2024

Scored 42.383%

The Serpent & the Worm

Wild Horse

saison

ABV: 5.00%

Purchased: 8 Mar 2024

Scored 56.104%

Unfair Game

Wiper and True

El Dorado, Motueka and Strata New England IPA

ABV: 6.20%

Purchased: 13 Mar 2025

Scored 57.169%