Orkney Raven Ale (Bottle)

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A golden coloured ale with an intense grainy nose, rich and fruity on the palate with a lingering hint of hop in the finish.

3.1

181 reviews

Stromness, Scotland

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2.9 Golden color with some foam. The smell is malt. The taste is a bit malty and bitter in a solid balance. The aftertaste is like the beer: not very special, but very solid.

3.5 Bottle from Beer Hawk. Golden in colour, quite high carbonation, white bubbly foam. Initially tastes like a slightly minerally slightly grainy bitter, but a nice earthy fruity hop bitterness grows on you mouthful by mouthful. By the end of the glass, very moreish and tasty, could certainly be a great all-night beer. One for the drinkers...

3.1 Botella 50 cl de el c. Inglés Oviedo. Tomado en enero 2002. Lote A hasta octubre 2001. Cuerpo ligero a medio con 3.8 vol fácil de beber.

2.8 Golden amber color with thin white head that last for while. Aroma is corny, yeasty and malty. Flavor is pretty much the same as aroma but with hints of hops. Low to medium carbonation and a light to medium body with a dry light bitter finish.

4.0 L: -pours a clear deep golden with a big,frothy,white head -high carbonation visible S: -floral,biscuits,candied lemons,spices,resin,peaches,vanilla T: -spices,grass,resin,sugary sweetness -mild bitterniss F: -light to medium body,feels fuller than expected from a 4%er -medium carbonation -weirdly a faint warming sensation in this 4% Beer O: -Very round and pleasant English Bitter

3.5 500ml, brown bottle, tesco, Edinburgh. Pours medium golden with a thick white head subsiding slowly. Scent is light caramel, toffee, Vanilla, sawdust, cereal malts. Taste is medium dry mix of grassy, herbal notes with a rough finish. Good.

2.9 Bottle from Aldi a slightly cloudy yellow beer mild fruity aroma Flavour is bread grainy bitter hop finish

3.5 500 ml bottle purchased and consumed in Fife, Scotland. BB date stamp of April 2016 (about 1 year away).. Normal strength of hops but a little more malts and some unexpected levels of toffee and vanilla notes. Easy drinking with plenty of flavor for 3.8%.

2.8 Lively yellow beer with a decent frothy head. Light malty scent. Flavour is light with a bit of hop and a bit of fruit but not that much of a taste of anything in the end. It’s not bad, it’s not watery, it just isn’t especially tasty.

2.9 Bottle from Voldby. Clear golden with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and light bready. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 050415

2.8 15.11.2013. Tuoksussa toffeeta, keksiä, karamellia, maltaita, hunajaa? Maku eroaa odotetusta, sitrus bitter, kuiva. Hieman jotain karamelliakin, mutta huomattavasti tuoksua vähemmän. Hieman liian hiilihappopitoinen.

5.0 * Bottle. Pours hazy golden colour, with a white head. * Aroma is mild, caramel, floral & apple with faint spice. * Palate is light bodied, very high carbonation, fine bubbles. * Taste is hay, bitter biscuit, apple, & bread. * Finish is dry, grassy & slight pine. * Similar to a lager, high carbonation, faint aroma and taste.

3.5 Bottle from Tesco at home. Big bubble bath head to start off with. Beer aroma. Honey colour. Taste like water at first sip followed by strongly bitter flavours. Okay but not very interesting.

3.1 Clear golden colour. Light, clean and refreshing. A good, thirst quencher with a dry, bitter finish.

3.4 Unlike it’s name, a pale ale. Pours deep gold. Has a taste of slight smoke, malts and hops, with a nice pite of bitterness. Somewhat earthen tone, I really actually enjoyed this one, would buy again!

3.1 Flasche (50 cl) von MacDragon’s, Marburg. - Helles Braungelb, leicht trüb. - In der Nase sehr schwacher fruchtig-herber, würziger Hopfen und ein Anflug von stinkendem Käse (Limburger). - Im Antrunk mild zitrusfruchtig hopfig, ein wenig Pampelmuse, gefolgt von harziger Bittere. Blasses helles Malz mit zarten Toast- und Honignoten. Mild rezent, etwas dünn im Mund. Schön trockener, herb-fruchtiger Abgang mit englischem, leicht krautigem Hopfen. - Aufgrund des niedrigen Alkoholgehalts recht dünn, aber schön hopfenfruchtig-aromatisch. Trinkbar.

2.0 Bottle from a Glasgow ASDA. Pours golden with a frothy white head. Little in the way of aroma or flavour really. Hay and light citrus and mild spice. Too much like lager for my tastes.

3.7 I was sort of expecting this to be dark like the bird it is named after but it turns out to be a very pale ale. Small white head with some lacing. Biscuity with a nice subtle lemon/lime under current. Little bit of saltiness on the tongue. Very gentle fizz which actually adds to the appeal on this one.

3.2 Near-clear deep golden body, off white head reduced to a layer, some lacing. Aroma; caramel malts, mild floral hops, toffee fudges, butter, apple. Taste; fruity mild-bitter hops in front, caramel malts, apple, butterscotch, toffee, salt, mild bread’ish grains. Finishes with malts, grains, still juicy fresh with some light-bitter hops. Normal on palate, normal carbonation, and first of all very fresh and quaffable. This brew somehow reminded me about "czech svetly desitkas". Quite good. [50cl brown bottle, abv3.8%, BB jan.2015, B@K skanssi Turku, T@höme]

3.5 Good blond beer, a little bit light but great taste, as the palate. The aroma is not very marked, and that’s not a weakness for this beer. Blonde, usual appearance.

2.5 Light amber with off-white small head. Quite simple taste starting with sourness and finishing with bitterness.

3.4 Bottle at ruby and fellas, tampere. Little hazy deep golden color, white head. Aroma is pleasant crispy, soft and fruity. Fruity and hoppy taste, malty, dry finish.

3.1 50cl bottle from a Tesco in Edinburgh. Amber with a billowing white head; some tropical fruit aroma; lemony citrus taste with a grainy body; refreshing and enjoyable.

3.0 Fruits, grains and grass in the aroma. Golden with a white head. Medium sweet and medium bitter. Medium body with a average carbonation. Overall a good but a bit boring bitter.

2.9 Bottle at home. It pours golden-amber with a small white head. The nose is grainy, dough, toasty, light spice and a touch of sweetness. The taste is crisp, bitter, lemony, soapy, toasty, peppery, metallic notes, wood and grain with a lingering dry finish. Light-medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. A bit soapy. So-so. I prefer the cask version.

3.7 Bottle @ Kings Day Tasting 2014 shared with Dutchdrebus. Clear orange color, medium sized off-white head that lasts for a decent while. Aroma is very fruity, mango, peach and nicely hoppy. Taste nicely hoppy, light to moderately malty, again quite fruity with tones of mango and peach and a nice subtle bitterness. Suitable body and carbonation.

3.4 Bottle @ KDT14 @ benzai. Slightly hazy orange with a medium sized white head. Smells sweet, malts, slightly fruity, fresh, decent. Tastes sweet, fresh, slightly fruity, slightly bitter, malty. Pretty okay. Thin body, soft carbo.

3.5 500ml Bottle - Copper in colour. Lemon, malt (almost like a shandy) and earthy hops in the aroma. Lemon, biscuity malt and caramel can be detected in the taste. Refreshing.

3.0 Ins Glas ergießt sich ein goldenes Bier mit geringer Schaumkrone. Geruch malzig, Karamell, fruchtig. Geschmack trocken fruchtig, malzig, Karamell.

2.7 500ml bottle. Hazy golden with white frothy head. Aroma is malts,bread,bit of hops. Taste is pretty much the same.