Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Good, very dense white head, creamy, over hazed orange beer. Garden herbs, spicy, some fine hops, yellow mustard seed, vegetable oil, a tad off-putting. Bitterish-spicy, bit of citrus at first glance. Rather better than the nose unfortunately suggested. Faint fruity acidity, not unlike tinned pineapple, if much less sweet. Tad lactic too, and warming up, some solvent. Quite carbonated, bit slick, maybe medium bodied. Not very impressive, and I’m not wobbling as yet. Txs to M&L!
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Raven Stout from Mitchells Knysna Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
No head to speak of. Jet-black beer. Lactose traceable in the nose. Milkchocolate, thouroughly roasted grains & chaff, chocolate wafers. Slightly sourish onset for medium-sweet, roasted/burnt main flavour. Remarkably little bitterness, and the one in the finish is indistinctly hoppy. Again bit lactic. Spritzy, feels more carbonated than it appears. Smooth, slightly creamy MF, but not very well-bodied. OK milkstout. Many thanks to M&L!
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed 90 Shilling Ale from Mitchells Knysna Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Slightly ’aged’ sample Small off-white head, fast reduced to rim; fully muddy orange-ochre beer. Sourish nose, lactic, Brett or Pedio-like. Fermented milk or kvass, even. Weird. Bitter, even quite spicy-bitter, with initially only a shade of the lactic sourness that the nose speaks of. Especially the finish has a sharp, short vegetable or spicy bitterness. Yet the sourness creeps in again after some time, both lactic and as in wild fruit, berries. Very end has some bananaester, if devoid of sweetness. Very spritzy, yeast-filled, slick. Definitely other ferments. Question is: willed or not? And I wonder why I ought to be circumspect with 5% ABV? Many thanks to Mathieu & Louis!
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Raven Stout from Mitchells Knysna Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Plastic bottle at the Deanso crappy music tasting. This really was truly awful. I would not waste my time drinking the whole sample.
Kermis (23416) reviewed Raven Stout from Mitchells Knysna Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Bottle shared at Deanso’s bad music tasting. Pours dark brown with a ring tan head. Aroma of rubber, roasted malts and some garbage and rot. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Really not good, couldn’t drink a glass.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Raven Stout from Mitchells Knysna Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Sampled from plastic bottle thanks to Vaisha @ Dean plays crappy music tasting. Opaque pitch black color, small beige to light brown head. Smell and taste malts, something really weird, fruits. Medium body and carbonation.
Deanso (15673) reviewed Raven Stout from Mitchells Knysna Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
bottle shared @ABCBeers Ratebeer tasting. Thin tan head. Clear black pour. Nice smooth stout.
trapped (8300) reviewed Raven Stout from Mitchells Knysna Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Drought at Ferryman’s Tavern. Dark brown color, small tan spongy head, chocolate aroma, slightly bitter coffee taste, long finish. Nice stout.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Drought at Ferryman’s Tavern. Light amber color, spongy beige head with creamy texture, citrus flavour, slightly sour taste, average finish. More rounded than an English bitter.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Drought at Ferryman’s Tavern. Amber color with small whitish foamy head, doughy aroma, slightly bitter hoppy taste, long finish.