Grandfather Raven Imperial Stout
Black Raven Brewing in Redmond, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.53
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can. Pours a very dark brown hue, a small brown head. A chocolate, roast and coffee nose. Heavy roast, sweet dark chocolate, nutty. Very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
The prodigal son brought me this 22 oz bottle back from Washington in the spring. He is in town so we now get the chance to have a sample together. A just-short-of-black body completed by a creamy, dark brown head. I smell chocolate, cedar and grain, a good start. The taste only builds on that. Bakers chocolate, toasted wheat bread, a bit of roast, some caramel and pecans. Nice consistency. An above average imperial stout that was bought at a favorable price.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Tavour. Pours darkest brown with brown head that fades to a collar. Aroma is dominated by roasted coffee and chocolate. Sweetness from the caramel. Flavor leans into the roast and cold pressed coffee. Moderate high bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16oz can from Hops & Bottles. Black pour, thick brown head settled out to a small creamy cap. Rich roasty malt aroma, notes of chocolate. Taste is bittersweet, roasty, dark chocolate, coffee. Nothing fancy here, a simple stout done very well.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
16 oz. Aroma has notes of coffee, chocolate, caramel, wet stone, dark bread, herbal hops. Pours inky black with a half finger tan head that falls into a ring somewhat quickly. Taste is mildly sweet and highly bitter for style--like good black coffee. Nice velvety mouthfeel. Great and welcoming in that there's significant bitterness here, and just enough sweetness to prevent acridity. I've had enough sickly sweet sugary stouts recently to last me a lifetime. This is a nice change of pace.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Dark brown. No head, rich fruity molasses nose, soft body and deep fruitiness, touch of barrel influence.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
A pour from the bottle on Black Christmas V. Pours a very dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma is berries, fruits, roasted malts. Sinilar taste. This is good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours a black from a bottle, khaki head with some lacing. Dark chocolate aroma, flavor is a bit o' this, bit o' that, chocolate, coffee, nothing unsurprising nor bad. Not sweet, which is somewhat refreshing in an impy stout. Good beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
22oz bottle pours a dark brown/black with some foamy, brown head. Nose has dark chocolate, booze, malt. Flavor is heavy with chocolate and brown sugar, caramel, toast. Finishes hot and malty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
22 oz. bottle in a trade with my buddy Adrien. 2016 vintage. Deep, black in color with plenty of full thick tan head with lacing. Aroma shows a big amounts of chocolate, coffee, roasted malts in a big way.
This is a non barrel aged stout without any adjuncts and it is brewed extremely well. The flavor has the solid roasted malt backbone that gives off coffee and molasses notes. Body is full and creamy with a nice viscosity over the tongue. Extremely drinkable with the booze nearly completely hidden. Classic and exceptionally well done!