Trickster IPA
Black Raven Brewing Co.
- From:
- Black Raven Brewing Co.
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #952 - ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #11,015 - Avg:
- 3.99 | pDev: 8.77%
- Reviews:
- 60
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 21, 2025
- Added:
- Jun 16, 2009
- Wants:
- 22
- Gots:
- 85
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
In mythology, the raven can play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules, hence the name Trickster. This well-balanced IPA has a light fruit, citrus and piney hop aroma with a full hop flavor. With delicately balanced malt and hops and a 6.9% ABV, this beer has truly earned its name. Available year-round.
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Reviewed by CoasterRider from Washington
3.87/5 rDev -3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.87/5 rDev -3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Decent IPA a little strong on hop bite, but still a good beer. The bitterness was a little strong, but I believe that is due to the type of hop used. It tastes more like an 85 or 90 IBU beer than a 70. Appearance is golden in color with a 1 finger head that stays for a little while. Rated 8-2-2021
68 IBUs
Jan 21, 202568 IBUs
Reviewed by Limazulu from Idaho
3.92/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: nice darker golden with prodigious sawdust colored head
S: subtle malts and hops
T: above average sweet with influence of the malts. Hops are indistinguishable. sweet citrus. Below avg bitter
M-Light (+) body, smooth enough, above average carbonation
O-Pretty much a "me too" IPA
Jul 01, 2021S: subtle malts and hops
T: above average sweet with influence of the malts. Hops are indistinguishable. sweet citrus. Below avg bitter
M-Light (+) body, smooth enough, above average carbonation
O-Pretty much a "me too" IPA
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.74/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottle from Safeway. Pours out a bright orange, golden, lasting foamy head. Aroma is citrus, malts, some light bitterness. Taste continues with minor sweet malts, oranges, mild hoppiness. Incredibly smooth. Tasty too.
Feb 07, 2020Reviewed by bilbobrewer from Oregon
3.39/5 rDev -15%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.39/5 rDev -15%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Bought a single can at Denver bottle shop. Canned on 10/09/19.
Pours clear, dark gold with lovely thick creamy head.
Taste is malty, not hoppy. In fact, it isn't hoppy at all, despite the claim on the can. Aftertaste is syrupy sweet.
If this was categorized as a brown ale, or an amber, or a winter warmer, or even a bock, all good. But this is not a WC IPA.
Nope.
Nov 28, 2019Pours clear, dark gold with lovely thick creamy head.
Taste is malty, not hoppy. In fact, it isn't hoppy at all, despite the claim on the can. Aftertaste is syrupy sweet.
If this was categorized as a brown ale, or an amber, or a winter warmer, or even a bock, all good. But this is not a WC IPA.
Nope.
Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.5/5 rDev -12.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -12.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
after a lot of hype around their launch of the idaho market, i had a little higher hops for this, what appears to be their flagship ipa. its fresh enough, canned only about a month ago, but somehow seems tired to me, although i do love the aesthetic on the can, very sort of halloween looking, nice for the fall anyway. the beer has a maltier almost orange copper shade to it, clearish, and with a high rising but short lived white head on it. smells like sweet crystal malt and fairly generic northwestern hops, nothing unique at all, and less of the dry hop character than i expected, more of a longer boiled bitterness and late kettle addition vibe to me, not as bright as i think i wanted the hops to be, which is true in the flavor too. there is nice balance with the sturdy malt base, but this really isnt enough to make the beer very appealing to me, the hops kind of seem faded, and while i get some pine sap and some bitter orange out of it, its a flavor combination i have tasted a million times, and frankly tastes like a number of beers we already have here in the market, not sure why anyone felt it would be necessary to add this one to the mix, its fine beer, but its just another one. i liked their updraft pale quite a bit better than this one, and will have to try this on tap when i see it, it just didnt do much for me out of the can last night.
Sep 27, 2019
Reviewed by Pivopijak from Washington
3.86/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.86/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
bottle (into glass)
Clear deep golden tinged orange appearance. A malty mandarin orange peel with a touch of pine on the nose. Quite a dose of hop bitterness up front with some citrus peel and well steeped Darjeeling tea in the taste.
Sep 24, 2019Clear deep golden tinged orange appearance. A malty mandarin orange peel with a touch of pine on the nose. Quite a dose of hop bitterness up front with some citrus peel and well steeped Darjeeling tea in the taste.
Reviewed by CarolinaCardinals from North Carolina
3.78/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Last beer of the Northwest vacation at the Dungeness Bay HMS at SeaTac on 5-26-19.
Beer was served golden with a nice white head that left lacing on my glass, which was shocking for an airport!
Nose was some light grapefruit, not bad.
Taste was a nice combination of grapefruit and pine, nice classic WCIPA take. Bitterness was 5/10.
Mouthfeel was light to medium bodied and fairly refreshing.
Overall a solid WCIPA!
May 27, 2019Beer was served golden with a nice white head that left lacing on my glass, which was shocking for an airport!
Nose was some light grapefruit, not bad.
Taste was a nice combination of grapefruit and pine, nice classic WCIPA take. Bitterness was 5/10.
Mouthfeel was light to medium bodied and fairly refreshing.
Overall a solid WCIPA!
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