The Ravenator Bock

500ml bottle, 10C. Dark brown with a beige head that retreats to about a cm leaving sticky lace. Smells of toasted hazelnuts, dried fruit, grass, a little chocolate. Sweet and slightly syrupy with rich caramel, raisins, candied dates and a touch of roasted as well as hop bitterness. Balanced chocolate finish. In the end I wasn’t disappointed that it’s rather lighter than the doppelbock the name suggests.

Pours very dark copper with ruby hints and a creamy off-white head quickly fading leaving nice lacing.Nose is rich and dark, with loads of sweet bready malt and plenty of melanoidin characters. Restrained spicy hops also show along iwth soft molasses and nutty hints.Flavours are more roasty but still quite sweet. Charred oak mixes with sweet bready malt and finishes with a big roasty bitterness that suggests a higher alcohol content than is actually present.Soft carbonation suits the style. Body is quite rich.