 noncaloric (609), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
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 (310), East Setauket, New York, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
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 (28), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
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 (136), Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
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 (1179), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
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 (5055), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
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.
tomthompson89 (1474), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 29, 2009 Wow expensive but great. nice dark dark pour with beige mocka foam. nose is bourbon and sweet malts. flavor is chocolate with oak bourbon and extra booze but the bourbon never takes over. mouth feel is amazing. GREAT BEER
blutt59 (2105), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 29, 2009 bottle, dark walnut color with great, whiskey coffee aromas, flavors is bourbon, brisket, coffee, roasty , lasting finish
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