North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

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

Pours a dark brown with a thin caramel colored head. Aroma is roasted malts and some sweetness. Taste is sweet chocolate up front with some roasted coffee in the back end. Very good stout and incredibly drinkable at 9%.

On tap at Ashley’s in Ann Arbor. Pours deep black with a large brown head. Smells sweet and complex of roasted malts. .Drinks full robust palate of chocolate, and lightly roasted coffee. Easy to drink, smooth and a really great, and mild, impy stout. One of my favorites.

The taste was a deep roasted coffee with intense dark chocolate mixture. The smell was definitely pretty roasty and smokey. In my book it’s not as good as bell’s expedition or ten fidy but it’s a close 2nd/2.5 after ten fidy.

Bottle. Pours black with little head. Aroma: Roasted malts and fruit. Flavor: Bitter roasted chocolate and malt.

Pours a deep, rich black with a thin brown head. The taste is thick and chocolatey. It’s very smooth the whole way down, but not overly complex. Certainly a very fine stout.

Poured black with good sized tan head. Aroma was strongly of chocolate malts and a little bit of coffee. Not too much alcohol in the aroma. Taste is mostly of roasted malts with a full body. Taste remains the same from beginning to end. Aftertaste is a really nice roasted malts and chocolate taste. Not watery, yet smooth. Alcohol is well masked. Very good!

Good stuff. I liked this better than Bell’s Expedition Stout. Bottle. Looking forward to drinking it again.

12 oz bottle. Pours a motor oil black with a half finger tan head. Smells of roasted chocolate and some coffee, maybe vanilla too. Tastes of coffee, lots of roasted flavors, hints of chocolate, with a full-body feel and a smooth aftertaste. Overall a very good stout, though I still like Bells Expedition stout more.