Yakima Raven

Yeastie Boys in Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿

Collab with: Liberty Brewing Company
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular

Score

7.26

ABV: 6.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 3

“We consider Joseph Wood of Liberty Brewing to be the master of hops. It’s a knee-trembling honour to face him in our annual Yakima/Motueka hop challenge. Try this US hopped Black IPA alongside our NZ version and experience the difference 11,500 kilometers make.

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8.4

Davros (5279) reviewed Yakima Raven from Yeastie Boys 12 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Pours black with a large head.Nose shows roasted malt, piny and resinous hops, bready malt, honey and grainy notes. Nice!Lots of roasted malt as a flavour, with nutty, toasty and bready characters too. Some earthy resinous hops but they’re not bold.Nice moderate-high carbonation works well.Very enjoyable stuff.

Tried on 23 May 2013 at 20:53

7.3

hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Yakima Raven from Yeastie Boys 13 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle, 10C. Almost black with a light tan head that fades to less than a coat. Aroma is floral and earthy with some citrus, mocha, licorice and some molasses lurk underneath. Dark sugar sweetness and coffee are more upfront in the taste, with citrus and pine as accents. Dry finish with moderate bitterness, lingering pine. Very nice, but again I wonder whether I’m a bit late on this one.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2013 at 03:34

7.8

LesArgen (1205) reviewed Yakima Raven from Yeastie Boys 13 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

The latest combo special from Yeastie Boys and Liberty Brewing looks so good in the glass I should take a picture - almost pitch black with a creamy head that lasts to the bottom. There’s a load of malt on the nose, predominantly chocolate and coffee with some light citrus and floral notes over the top. The hops are more dominant in the mouth, particularly on the tip of the tongue, where you get a nice citrus tingle. The malt and chocolate are also well represented, and you get just a hint of tobacco. It has a lovely, creamy palate and an impressive length. Perhaps not God’s greatest black IPA, but a very, very nice beer (squealer from Prince Wine Store, Essendon).

Tried on 16 Jan 2013 at 01:32