North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

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

12 bottle in a snifter. Pours black with a beige sudsy head which settles at the rim. Aroma is black licorice, chocolate roasted malt, smoke. Taste is dark dark bitter chocolate and the bitterness hangs around forever on the tongue - kind of one dimensional. A little thin on body also. good imp stout, but not close to expedition, stone, or dark lord.

pours muddy black with a large head. Aroma is heavily malty of roasted malts, dark chocolate and strong coffee. Flavor is bitter, roasty, and a bit ashy. medium to full bodied, creamy and softly carbonated.

Aromas of coffee, chocolate and roastiness. Flavors of coffee, dark chocolate, roastiness and burnt roastiness. Thick in the mouthfeel. Overall, I enjoyed this better than the last time I had it, didn’t seem as burnt to me.

Got a bottle from my father. Drank it to accompany some pasta; should have eaten it as a meal on it’s own. The most absoute dark and black color I’ve ever seen; head like delicious matress foam. Taste somewhere between a cup of coffee, a bar of chocolate, and a werther’s original. I feel like I should like it more than I do; it’s like someone is punching me in the head with a stout. I vaguely resent the ridiculously over powerful flavors.

Pours a dark brown, almost black with a nice tan head. Aroma is roasted malts, coffee, and chocolate with hints of hops. The flavor is about the same. The coffee comes out when it first hits the pallet and the choclate stands out in the finish.

bottle. pours a deep dark brown with a decent tan head. aroma of smoke, coffee, roasted malts, bitter chocolate. Nice. Flavor is much the same. ciffee, chocolate, blah blah blah. some fruit in this bitch as well. Tight brew. A good value impy stout.

Bottle. Look: Black, thick long lasting latte coloured head. Smell: coffee, milk, roasted. Taste; Coffee beans, bitter roasted aftertaste. Overall: Powerful but one dimensional.

Thanks to Sparky for this great stout. I have had before just never rated. This is just an awsome ris. Great strong bitter chocolate smell with a nice tan head. taste is thick and flavorfull.