North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

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

bottle 12 oz: Poured black with a medium dark brown head that diminished in a tulip glass. Nice roasted smell with a hint of coffee. Taste was at first bitter chocolate with coffee, and not very sweet, but very bitter. A nice balance. Taste of chocolate turns to dark roasted malt. Bitterness hangs around alittle while, but you just want more. I agree that this seems to sum up the style almost perfectly. I am going to have this one again and again.

Smell--Rich chocolate malt aroma; some burnt coffee Appearance--The color of dark chocolate; not even opaque. Beige head that quickly goes down. Taste--Predominately coffee, some caramel. Excellent hop ending that perfectly balances the powerful malt. Mouthfeel--Warm oily texture; nice hop bitterness lingering after the swallow. Drinkability--Very true to the style. While I personally wouldn’t repeatedly drink Imperial Stouts all night, this would be a top pick for this style

I had drank it from the bottle before, but yesterday I tried it on tap. It was incredible, despite the high alcohol content, its hard to find traces of it in the flavor. Instead there was toffee and chocolate coating the entire inside of my mouth and throat. Very rich and what a stout should be.

Bottle pour.Smell of coffee,chocolate,little wood.Dark black pour with a decent off-white head.Taste is coffee,chocolate,molasses a little,smoke,and malt.Hits the mouth pretty hard but has a good balance of flavor,alcohol wasn;t overpowering either.Really good stout.

Bottle. Pours black with a good size brown head. Aroma of bitter chocolate, coffee, and roasted malt. Flavor is of strong bitter chocolate finishing with a nice roasted malt flavor. Very good stout. It being inexexpensive makes it all the better.

Poured black with a light brown head. Thick, rich and tasty! Flavors of roasted malts, coffee and dark chocolate. A delicious stout.

Staple beer. Great to have around. Poured black with tan head. Aroma of coffee and chocolate. Good amount of roasted coffee with some bitter chocolate.

Nice black color, off white almost orange thin head that rings the glass on the way down. Smells of coffee and dark malts. Hits the tongue and it is coffee then almost like a burnt chocolate. It looks like it should be alot thicker body, but is not at all what I was expecting from an imperial stout. The 9% acv is really nice. I would buy this beer again.