Grandfather Raven
Black Raven Brewing in Redmond, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.58
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In the creator role, and in the Raven’s role as the totem and ancestor, the Raven is often addressed as Grandfather Raven. With this stately sense of pomp and tradition we bring you our Imperial Stout. This robust black ale is full with rich dark caramel, unsweetened chocolate, and hints of coffee aromas and flavors. Stately indeed, but at 9.5% ABV, perhaps it is just a vain attempt to encourage the trickster spirit to act respectably. Released annually in the winter.
Malts: 2-Row Barley, Crystal, Chocolate, Carafa, Roast
Hops: Magnum, Mt Hood, CZ Saaz
Malts: 2-Row Barley, Crystal, Chocolate, Carafa, Roast
Hops: Magnum, Mt Hood, CZ Saaz
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8.2/10
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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!
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!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2017
at 19:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the Redmond taproom Black with a dense heavy mocha colored head and chunks of spotty lacing. Big semi sweet coffee and chocolate with the soft roast character. Flavors is more roast, some coffee and licorice. Smooth heavy body and a little ABV booziness. Roast h and smooth and properly buttered. Big and balanced. Very good
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2017
at 23:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours solid black with a tall dark head. Strong bitter coffee aroma, dry roasted malt, earthy, chocolate and molasses. Medium body. Flavor follows the aroma path with intensely bitter roasted malts, coffee, cocoa, some light burnt malt. Finish is dry as a bone and rather bitter. The booze is hidden well, just a slight warming in the finish. A nice Impy.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2016
at 23:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Elizabeth Station, Bellingham, WA
Black color, with medium sized head. Strong character from the roasted malts, it also has some salt dark chocolate flavor; the sweetness is very light, and it has traces of coffee, and a hint of liquorice in the final.
Solid brew (I prefer sweeter and less roasty though).
Black color, with medium sized head. Strong character from the roasted malts, it also has some salt dark chocolate flavor; the sweetness is very light, and it has traces of coffee, and a hint of liquorice in the final.
Solid brew (I prefer sweeter and less roasty though).
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2016
at 21:23
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours dark brown with dark tan head. Aroma is very chocolate with some smooth dark malt. Near full bodied. Flavor is earthy chocolate and dark malt. Heat is not really there. Good stuff. Finishes decently hoppy and bitter.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2015
at 15:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
So, I filled up a 750mL growler from Town Hall with this beer at Chuck’s Central District on Wednesday to take to RBSG PDX 2015 on Thursday. The day of the grand tasting this did not get a chance to be opened b/c THERE WAS SOOO MUCH BETTER BEER. At the Grand Tasting after-party on the patio at Eastside Lodge, which was comprised of me, hayduke, strykezone, sledutah, ferris, mcberko, djd07, Prufrock, and a flying half eaten donut, this finally got cracked, oh some time near midnight. Of the 25oz, maybe 5 got poured out. I then placed this back int he growler and eventually went back to the airbnb room. Next morning, I wake up and check the cooler, well this beer dripped out a few ounces. Eventually, I went to a vegetarian breakfast with Pruf and berko. Eventually made it back to Seattle, despite the damn traffic around Olympia and Tacoma. Around 9pm I started cleaning out the cooler again. I realized I forgot to open a growler and the other growlers were mostly full. Well, despite the beer debauchery I thought beer shouldn’t be wasted. So, I poured the rest of this beer and texted my RBSG buddy, Pruf. He asked what I think of the beer. I replied with the following: "Not bad. no aspects I usually dislike in an impy stout. Maybe I’ll make that my rating."
Tried
from Growler
on 21 Jun 2015
at 23:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
650 ml bottle. Pours black with moderate tan head. Aromas of roasted barley/malt, dark chocolate, vanilla, and alcohol. Flavors of dark chocolate powder, licorice, burnt coffee, and lots of dark roasty malts. Hot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2015
at 20:37