Review on 🖤 Winsor & Newton 14ml Black Indian Drawing Ink Bottle by Wendy Rodriguez

I bought black ink for Inktober last year and fell in love with it. It is smooth, opaque and dries very well. It also doesn't smudge when you mix it with water on more subtle shades. However. I received a "peaty brown" color and am very disappointed. It's so incredibly inconsistent that I get nervous trying another color from this company which is so disappointing. When using a standard calligraphic pen; it is blotchy at best, if it lines it looks washed out. Even after vigorous shaking and stirring, it remains diluted. Even when painting with a brush; It is applied to the page as brown watercolor rather than ink. It's so pure. I've tried mixing it with water for more varied tones in the work I'm working on and adding water has been fine, but in the past I've used coffee to make lighter and more opaque browns (I've brown ink used to avoid it). Before I decide to buy anything else I need to go through and look through other reviews.