 ElDuderino (136), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA
Nov 6, 2009 12th Anniversary bottle. Nose is amazing with strong booze and caramel notes. Body pours jet black with a tight brown head with great retention. Flavors are dark, roasty malts, heavy espresso, reduced sweet bourbon, some slight oak sourness and lots of toffee, caramel and chocolate notes. This beer just straight dances on my pallate and gives me that warm fuzzy feeling inside. Really really impressive
coldbrewky (716), Saugerties, New York, USA
Nov 6, 2009 Magnum shared wtih friends. Whipsy mist from the depths of history curl from the neck of the magnum as the cork is pulled. Nose of light coffe and thick malts are slowly overtaken bu mellow heat and a light bourbony resin. A shimmering silkiness is apparent as it is poured into the awaiting glasses. The full pour yeilds a healthy head that settles ever so slowly. Nearly thick enough to float our wavering econcomy. As beer warms to hands, the infused cask heat mingles thru the thick malts and warms your frozen soul. Body is full and welcome. Dark fruit are present as well. A fine winter welcome.
noncaloric (602), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Nov 5, 2009 Old Rasputin XII. Pours brown-black with a silky tan head, speckled lacing. Aroma has caramel, alcohol, a bit of a charcoal roastiness. First sip on the flavor is very bright, lots of red fruit. Upon subsequent savoring this fades, and a very smooth caramel-vanilla barrel element takes over. Roast, toffee, undertone at all times, sometimes a bit dusty. Very smooth palate, soft carbonation, deeply warming.
zapprentice (309), East Setauket, New York, USA
Nov 3, 2009 Aroma is of roasted malt and slight booziness. Flavor was a bit disappointing, weaker than the aroma with a slight watery after taste. ehh nothing wonderful in my opinion
ruffhauser (27), Seattle, Washington, USA
Nov 3, 2009 Shared bottle @ Beveridge Place Pub. The flavor is chocolate, oak and coffee, with an extra bourbon whisky kick.
It’s not cheap by any means and doesn’t blow the regular Rasputin away like you would think it would.
boamr (112), Pennsylvania, USA
Nov 1, 2009 Pours black with a thin tan head. Has a typical stout smell with a little bourbon. All I can taste in this beer is bourbon. Very disappointed in this beer.
markwise (1132), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
Nov 1, 2009 Thanks to beeruser for trading this one along. Pours opaque imperial stout black with tan head. Nose is roast, chocolate, booze, vanilla, bourbon, and some coffeeness. Flavor is chocolate, roast, booze, vanilla, bourbon and some cocoa. Medium to full body with lingering booze. Very hot when young, borderline too much bourbon.
MartinT (5030), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Oct 31, 2009 My Bottom Line:
Fruity bourbon and wooden notes are broadened by heated alcohol passages while roasted and caramelized malts bulk up this robust Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A sheet of foam protects the brownish darkness.
-Licorice flavors are found within the dextrins; surely a product of the cohesion between bourbon and malts.
-The mouthfeel is rich and classy.
-While this is very good, I’d say the malts are nuanced enough to make this a great example of the style. The barrel seems to have undone some of the regular Rasputin’s malt display.
Bottle; XII edition.
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