Wild Raven (prev Raven)
Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.40
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Originally released a for the Chesterfield CAMRA festival. Renamed as Wild Raven in 2013 due to another beer going by the name "Raven" elsewhere The recipe for the brew came from James Kemp who used Maris Otter, Black Patent and Chocolate malt along with Nelson Sauvin, Centennial and Sorachi hops. The beerhas bitter ness and hop character and plenty of malt flavours to give it complexity.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Dark brown to black colored, medium light beige frothy head, good lacing and lasting. Aroma is of dark malt, chocolate, bit roasted notes and strong citrus and pine resiny hops. Taste is medium sweet caramel and chocolate, some roasted malt, again strong citrus grapefruit and pine hoppy aroma, moderate+ bitterness, bit burnt notes, hoppy and roasty dry bitter finish and lasting aftertaste, dry hopped. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, resiny. As my first BIPA ever, it has a special place reserved. (bottle, Mitra Den Bosch)
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2016
at 12:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Darkish brown with a large beige head. Wafty aroma of chocolate, light bread and brioche, with bitter oranges and some tropical fruit floating above. Medium bodied, slightly creamy, moderate carbonation. Leans more towards grassy and tropical fruit in the taste, but there’s still some orange. Classy pale malt and a little chocolate sit underneath. Fairly bitter a the end, with orange peel coming back into play, maybe some pine needles. Lovely beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2016
at 06:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Deep, deep ruby-amber coloured, big rocky off-white head; moderate to solid bitter-sweet aroma of dark malt, dried fruits and - mainly - herbal hops with a tinge of cough syrup; moderate to solid bitter-sweet flavour, medium bodied; dried berries, caramel and spicy hops in the finish. Well balanced and complex. Great…
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2016
at 05:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
0,5l bottle at dogstar vienna. bb 09/2016. Black colour, small coffee colored head. Smells licorice, spices, earthy, light coffee, a but old hopish. Smell is rather limited, smells a but unclean. Medium to full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. Tastes of cocoa, spices, some light hops, pines, peppery, herbal, some roost, light licorice, light sweetness. Finishes nicely balanced with light bitterness and some roast notes with taste of pines and coffee. Good stuff, unfortunately does not seem to be very fresh, but at least the taste was nice. would love to try fresher..
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2015
at 09:10
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Tap at Kaapse Brouwers Anniversary 2015. Gebrand en geroosterd graan, bakkie hop, snufje wiet. Backlog from 2015/05/30.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Dec 2015
at 17:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black with a brown head - Roasted malt aroma with some hops in the back - Malt body with some hop bitterness in the back - Malt and hops goes into the finish - This was nice
Tried
on 27 Nov 2015
at 10:14
8/10
Fajnie niestandardowe, owocowe, malo palone, bardzo dobre
Tried
on 26 Nov 2015
at 19:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle.Almost black colour with medium head.Aroma is roaste and fruity with taste of citrus and chocolate,smooth with hint of vanilla and even coffee good full body and nice well balanced finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2015
at 06:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Beers’n’more. A BIPA that emphasizes the B part a lot, but still it’s clear that this is in IPA in its heart. Nice roast aromas, some liquorice and chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2015
at 15:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Citrus (grapefruit), pine, roasted malts, coffee. Moderate bitterness. Quite long and bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2015
at 12:44