North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

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

I finally can add this rating to my collection. I tasted this about a month and a half ago and lost my rating sheet. But I finally found it....so here it is! Pours with a very dark, brown almost black hue with a light brown/ tan head. Aroma is of raisins, other dark fruits, coffee, some chocolate, and definitely some molasses. The beer has a very strong chocolate taste with some alcohol in the finish. Syrupy mouthfeel, with lively carbonation. A great stout and a great choice by bman1113vr before he left to go back home. Truly enjoyable, and I will definitely be looking for this one again!

pours a very dark brown with a thick tan head. dusty roast malt aroma. Chocolate, molasses/burnt toffee tones. Light raisin fruitiness. Flavour is burnt malt bitterness, coffee and chocolate tones.

Bottle. Large head with a nice black color. Aroma includes roasted grain, molasses, wine, vanilla, brown sugar, and even a bit of date. Full body with a slick texture and lively palate. Long taste. Probably the best stout I have tasted.

Poured from bottle into frosted glass. Darker than coffee in appearance with a brown head that slowly grows to half an inch and even more slowly dissipates and laces the glass. Strong coffee and chocolate tastes with a present alcohol flavor. Mildly carbonated and leaves your tongue coated like thick chocolate milk. My favorite of it’s class.

I’ve had this a few times before, and each time I’m impressed. Huge aroma, big thick mouthfeel, and big, chocolately, coffee and tobacco flavor. One of the best regularly available examples of one of my favorite styles.

Bottle poured into a snifter. Poured a dark black with a one finger creamy brown head. Aroma of roasted malt and brown sugar. Flavor of bitter coffee, bittersweet chocolate and roasted malt with a little warming alcohol on the end. Full bodied with soft carbonation. Good but not great impy.

Nice light brown head. Brown sugar is the dominant bouqet. Flavour is as expected: Coffee, chocolate, sligthly bitter with a noticable alcohol taste that spoils the beer experience to some extent More interesting than good.

Pitch black pour with a healthy smooth finger of milk chocolate head. Roasty chocolate aroma with some alcohol present. Smooth roastiness transitions effortlessly into hop and chocolate bitterness with a lingering roasted finish.