6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

well made especially for a german craft beer. balanced roast and hops, not too bitter. berlin beer fest

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Ambrosetti. Dark brown with a short head. Aroma is licorice malt. Flavour is spicy malt, licorice, spicy chocolate finish.

6.2

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

On tap at Internationales Berliner Bierfestival 2018. Dark reddish/brown with a small tan head. Sweetish with light roasted malt, coffee, mild hops and some grapefruit. Medium body and bitterness.

5

Bottle bought in Munich. Thin brown head, quickly gone, leaving a dark stout colored beer. Syrupy sweet aroma but little hop aroma. Flavor is coffee, roasted grains, almost burnt like Starbucks, and high residual sweetness that's almost cloying. More like an imperial Stout than a black IPA, though the bitterness comes at the end as an aftertaste. Maybe the sweetness masks the IBU's.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

18/6/2018. Bottle from Die Bierothek, Leipzig. Pours black with a tan coloured head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, liquorice, hops, raisins, coffee, prunes and toffee. Moderate sweetness with medium plus roasted bitterness. Full bodied, oily texture, average carbonation. Not a typical black ipa, dominant liquorice throughout, and increasing bitterness. Pretty drinkable.

5.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

“RavenKraft Wanderer“, Flasche (33 cl) vom Getränkemarkt Koch, Fulda. - Tiefes Schwarzbraun, hellbrauner Schaum. - In der Nase zurückhaltender Mokka, etwas Trockenobst, wenig Hopfen. - Antrunk stark röstmalzig und kaffeebitter mit Mokka und Kakao. Mäßig süß, etwas unpassende Anklänge an Ananassaft. Die zarte, spritzige Note zitrusfruchtiger Herbe (Simcoe) ist für ein IPA entschieden zu schwach. Mild rezent, vollmundig, malzschwer. Im Abgang gut kaffeebitter aber zu lahm gehopft. - Nett und gut trinkbar, aber dem hohen Anspruch eines Black IPA wird es nicht gerecht. Und das esoterische Geschwafel auf dem Etikett ist auch überflüssig.

6.8

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

Flasche 0,33l: Schwarz, kräftige Trübung, mäßig stabiler feinporiger beiger Schaum; frische + fruchtige Nase, dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, Trockenfrüchte, Feigen, Rosinen, kräftige würzige Süße, Malz, Malzzucker, dunkles Karamell, Röstaromen, Kaffee, Vanille, etwas Tabak; kräftig würziger Körper, kräftige Röstaromen, dunkle/getrocknete Früchte, leicht rauchig, Röstmalz, Malzzucker, dunkles Karamell, cremig, kräftige Kohlensäure, Vanille, Tannine, würzige Eiche; angenehmer würzig-trockener Nachgang mit kräftigen Röstaromen

7

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

27-04-18 // tap at Naiv Frankfurt. Very dark brown. Small head. Sweet malty nose. Dry roasted malty body. Medium bitter more a bitter Schwarzbier than Black IPA.

7

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

From the (5 months expired!) bottle found at the back of the cellar. Pours very dark brown with a creamy tan head. Aroma is ash, pineapple juice. Taste is bittersweet with the forward emphasis on the roasted malts and the fruitiness coming to play on the backside, again primarily pineapple. Finishes dry with increasing bitterness. Has held up fairly well.