North Coast Old Rasputin Anniversary Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout

Brewed by North Coast Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Fort Bragg, California USA

Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of wood, malt, and over ripe fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt and wood as well as light notes of bourbon. The alcohol leaves a slight alcohol burn in the throat.

Bottle 50 cl. Pours black and opaque with a dense and creamy cappuchino-like head. Intense yet soft aroma of sweet hard roasted malts with distinct woody notes and warming alcohol. Very full-bodied, hard roasted malts, sweet vanilla and bourbon with a solid alcohol burn in the finish. Very, very delicious. 110709

Bottled at Akkurat, Stockkholm. Transparently black, clear. Aroma of vanilla and bourbon. Much lighter than I expected it to be, making it dangerously drinkable. There’s licorice and aniseed, the mouthfeel is dense and compact. Alcohol warms but doesn’t disturb. Licorice mingle with bourbon before a tarry salty finish. Really good!

From 22 fl oz bottle. Pours pitch black and with a creamy tan head. Aroma is dense barrel and roasted malt with a light liqourice note. Flavour is dense malty and liqourice in a complex and flavourful mix. Solid roasted and liqourice finish with clearly warming alcohol presence.

Bottle 16.9fl.oz. @ home.
[ Courtesy of Maria ]. Clear dark red brown color with a small to average, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, chocolate, bourbon, wood notes, moderate alcohol. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long long duration, and a alcohol bourbon finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20090317]

Bottled@Akkurat, Stockholm. Deep ruby red colour (black), mediumsized beige head. Aroma is really whiskyish, oaky and vanilla mixed into some roasted malts and alcohol. Flavour is bourbon/whiskylike along with wood, vanilla, coffee and alcohol. Some licorace also shows up as it warms up a bit.

Bottle at Stockholm Beer and Whisky 2009. Dark brown coloured with a small beige head. Roasted aroma of dark chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, dried fruits and wood. Sweet and roasted flavour of chocolate, vanilla, wood, bourbon and alcohol. Dry roasted finish.

Name: Old Rasputin, Bourbon X
Date: May 21, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: black with ruby edges, wispy beige head
Aroma: sweet bourbon and roasted malt aroma with a touch of vanilla
Flavor: huge bourbon flavor, lots of vanilla sweetness, roasted comes in provide complexity and keep some balance, nice dark fruit character

Name: Old Rasputin, Bourbon X
Date: November 24, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
not quite as strong on the bourbon character,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***+/4

Name: Old Rasputin, Bourbon XI
Date: July 11, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: black, fine tan head, sudsy lace
Aroma: sweet chocolate and bourbon aroma, dark caramel sweetness adds a candy character
Flavor: rich chocolate and bourbon flavor, lots of vanilla sweetness, roasted malt becomes the balancing bitterness

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***4

Name: Old Rasputin, Bourbon XII
Date: July 25, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: South Bay Drugs, San Diego
Appearance: black, fine tan head
Aroma: rich roasted and dark chocolate aroma enhanced by bourbon sweetness
Flavor: rich roasted flavor, bitter dark chocolate, touch of bourbon adds complexity
Overall: very mild compared to prior years

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4