North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

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

Bottle from Ølbutikken. Dark with a ruby tinge, milk chocolate head. Stron salty liquorice aroma makes my mouth water. Complex aroma, lots of malt, nutmeg, white pepper, cinnamon. Ashy feeling on the tongue.

Very black pour, almost opaque. Has a very strong aroma of dark roasted barley that gives it an almost chocolate smell. Quite thick and has standard Stout bitter, yet pleasent, aftertaste. You should try it if you can find it. Great beer.

Black pour, not much light or coloring even around the edges. Solid brown head. Roasty aromas, some red fruit and barrel aroma also. Fairly carbonated, but ends up being somewhat creamy. Roast/burnt malts, bakers chocolate, dark red fruit/port wine flavors. Med/full bodied. Finishes real clean and warm. The standout in the North Coast stable.

Thick, black pour with creamy dark brown head to top of the glass - had to pour last bit very slowly as the head takes awhile to dissipate when undisturbed leaving heavy lacing on the glass. Aroma of smoldering oak, toasted nuts and dark chocolate. Finish is full and creamy without the bitter hop aftertaste that other stouts I’ve tasted leave. Excellent recommendation by the helpful staff at the Cellar.

Poured jet back with a small caramel colored head from a 1/6-barrel keg. Smells of beautiful deep roasted coffee, chocolate, and deep roasted malts. First sip is sweet chocolate and a ton of coffee – lovely and delicious. Complex and somewhat creamy, its backbone is not nearly as heavy or complex as a DL but it is creamy enough to make Old Rasputin one fine World Class RIS.

This is definitely a stout-standing brew that pours a deep brown with a "chocolate foam" head that disipates rather quickly to a mere thin line and has sticky, on-the-move lacing. It smells of chocolate syrup with toasted/smokey notes and slight hints of a freshly rained on forest. The flavors are of toasted malts with chocolate tones and prevalant alcohol with a slight hoppy bitterness. Presents medium carbonation with a pleasant, lingering palate.

Very good. Pours opaque black, with a very thick brown head. Aroma is bitter, roasty, malty, and alcohol. Flavor is the same, with the alcohol being fairly noticeable. Tastes bitter also, of coffee and dark chocolate. Palate is thick and syrupy. Finish is sweet. Very nice.

(Bottle, Akkurat, Stockholm) Black colour with lasting, brown head. Malty, roasted nose with strong black coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa and dark rye bread. Malty, roasted nose with notes of dark fruit, black coffee, dark bitter chocolate, blueberries, tar, liquorice and generous amounts of cocoa bittreness in the finish. Full bodied, fairly sweet. Everything lingering together in almost perfect harmony. Lovely beer!