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Orkney Raven Ale (Cask)

Score
4351
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by Orkney (Sinclair Breweries)
Style: Bitter
Stromness, Scotland
Serve in English pint

bottling
unknown

on tap
available

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RATINGS: 46   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.95   EST. CALORIES: 114   ABV: 3.8%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Regular. Previously 4.0% & 4.1%.
NOTE: Only ratings for the Cask version go here. The Bottled version has a separate listing.

Appearance: A mid golden colour with a light creamy head
Aroma: This mid-golden ale is a complex mixture of toasted and biscuit like malt aromas with spicy resinous hop notes
Palate: This complexity continues with the biscuit malt and spicy citrus fruit flavours dominating, giving way to a crisp, dry hop bitterness
Key Ingredients: The very best pale ale malt and a touch of crystal and amber malts give Raven its complex malt undertones, complemented by the bitterness and dried orange or spicy orange character of Fuggles and Goldings hops

1.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
TheCametron (475) - SCOTLAND - OCT 2, 2011
Cask at Malt unt Hops. Pours like a generic gold ale. Smells of nothing and tastes pretty poor. Flat and flavourless. Poor form.

1.6
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
BenH (528) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - OCT 2, 2011
Pours golden with white head. Sweaty sock dishwater aroma. Taste us similar. Quite unpleasant

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
wyzzywyz22 (1474) - Wirral, Merseyside, ENGLAND - JUL 24, 2011
Cask, Blackfriars, Inverness. Pallid amber looks with a smallish off-white head. Fragrant if somehwhat restrained nose with sweet malt and hop notes. Similar flavour with vague citrus notes. Bitterness somehow not very satisfying. Ok but dull.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Blairgus (1019) - California, USA - JUN 17, 2011
17 June 2011, tap at SRAF. yellow, faintly cloudy, no bubbles or head. sweet malty caramel. okay. med body and slightly fizzy. tastes like a session amber nutty ale. okay.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
BeerViking (849) - Brentford, Greater London, ENGLAND - MAY 12, 2011
Cask at the Masons Arms, Teddington. Amber gold and slightly hazy, with a foamy clingy white head, aroma of grassy dry spicy hops, crisp and very dry palate with grapefruit and faintly honey notes. Astringent spicy aftertaste with a long bitterness.

3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
JohnRMurdoch (1391) - Glasgow, SCOTLAND - APR 18, 2011
Cask @ The Oxford Bar, Edinburgh. Mild grassy malt aroma. Golden yellow colour with a good head. Biscuit resin flavour. Quite smooth. Bitter aftertaste. Drinkable.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Leighton (3598) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - APR 15, 2011
Cask at the Crosse Keys, JDW. Golden pour with a foamy white head. Toasty malt aroma with light hay. Lightly sweet flavor, baked bread, faint lemon citrus. Light in body with fine carbonation. Ok balance to finish, faint sourness to the malts and grassy, lingering hops. Average at best.  

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
eaglefan538 (2726) - Wilmington, Delaware, USA - APR 3, 2011
On cask in Edinburgh. The color was straw golden, nitrogen looking head, good continuous lacing. The aroma was fruity, grainy, herbal/earthy. The flavor was fruity, oranges, grains, herbal/earthy/vegetal, bready. The finish was moderate in body, well-carbonated, refreshing.


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