Black Raven Brewing

Microbrewery in Redmond, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Black Raven Brewing

Established in 2009

Contact
14679 NE 95th St, Redmond, WA, 98052, United States
Description
In mythology, literature and many cultures, the Raven is seen as a culture hero, a revered and benevolent, transformative figure. The Raven helps people, blesses them with gifts and shapes the world. But at the same time, he is a frivolous trickster, a light-hearted prankster who is sometime gluttonous and impatient. The Raven as our totem works perfectly. We like to think we are creative, wise, playful and a bit bird-brained; just like those wacky Ravens.

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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
16oz can from Hops & Bottles. Clear amber, patchy head. Aroma is gingerbread and winter spice. Bigger gingerbread presence in the taste, snappy, orange peel.
Tried from Can on 26 Dec 2020 at 03:38

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
16 oz can from Craft Brewers. Deep golden color with a nice thick foamy cap. Musty, malty, grainy aroma. Taste is normal for the style, grainy. Full mouthfeel, minor mouth coating.
Tried from Can on 18 Oct 2020 at 01:42

Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2020 at 19:13

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Another offering from my Tavour purchase a couple of months ago, a new brewery to me. I open up the 12 oz can and pour into my Great Heights snifter to view to see a dark brown with distinctive amber highlights for a body. What head there is goes away promptly. The smell is light, just a small amount of sweetish coconut. A sip gives full effect of the coconut, I don't mind, malt, grain and something earthy. I am not exactly a big porter fan but the combination of flavors here is not bad.
Tried from Can on 31 Jul 2020 at 01:27

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
12 oz. can. Pours a weak, clear, straw color, with a big, pillowy, white head. The nose is hay, lemon zest, pine sap, and lavender. Not too sweet, with a mild bitterness. Light body, with a sharp, lightly acidic palate. This is a simple and clean pilsener.
Tried from Can on 06 Jul 2020 at 17:37

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12 oz. Aroma is bready, grassy, spicy. Pours clear pale golden with a one+ finger white soapy head with great retention. Taste has a moderate to high herbal hop bitterness, some light malt sweetness. Crisp, clean and refreshing. Great pils.
Tried from Can on 10 Jun 2020 at 02:56

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
12 oz can from Brewers Haven. Deep golden pour, fizzy, foamy head. Caramel malty aroma with a citrus edge. Taste follows the nose, toffee, caramel, hops take on a bitter edge. Finishes dry.
Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2020 at 03:01

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Flight at CopenRoss. Clear, dark golden, small creamy head. Aroma brings forth the blueberries, some savory notes. Taste starts with some nice toasted malts, before quickly turning over to the berries, and then finishing with the herbal catnip and a peppery snap.
Tried on 30 Nov 2019 at 19:22

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22 ounce bottle into dimpled mug, bottled on 9/3/2019. Pours crystal clear deep golden/amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of honey, white bread dough, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of caramel, nuttiness, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. A bit of fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big honey, white bread dough, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of caramel, nuttiness, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of honey, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, caramel, nuttiness, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Very clean on lager flavors, with minimal fruity/yeasty notes. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and fairly crisp/sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is a delicious oktoberfest. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp/refreshing to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish; nicely soft feel, and not aggressive. Great clean Vienna/Munich malt showcase, with great noble hop presence/balance for the style. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on style example.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2019 at 04:09

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From a can pours a nice medium deep copper color. Thin fine off white head. Grassy woody maltiness. A touch of fruit and blueberreis, and I suppose catnip. Otherwise a clean light malty Amber
Tried from Can on 02 Oct 2019 at 21:42