North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

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

Bottle. Pours a dark brown/black, really nice cocoa colored head, lacing throughout. Aroma has some right away burnt notes, also some vague chocolate notes and a hint of anise. Flavor is more of the same, bitter chocolate, roasted malt, anise and some very vague coffee notes. Finish is acrid, bitter and flavors linger on the tongue.

Pour from the 12oz. bottle into a pint glass: Pours like an oil spill, aroma is of burnt, bitter coffee beans. Mouthfeel is like chewing on burnt toast with a block of solid wood on top...and then taking a shot of vodka. Speaking of, the alcohol has a fairly noticable taste for such a heavy stout and 9% abv. Drinkability: Oddly delicious. A good sipper. Rebuy: Yes. #124 on 17092009, DG.

How have I not rated this. Always enjoyable. Dark and rich with an off white head. Aroma is strong and sweet, roasted malts, coffee, chocolate and a hint of bitter hops. Flavor is very strong roasted malts, coffee and a bit hot when fresh. Mellows out, had a few year old bottle recently and it was great. Bitterness mellows and becomes a bit more sweet and sticky just the way I like it.

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Pours dark brown to black with no light penetration, and a foamy brown head that fades rapidly. Smells of coffee, dark chocolate, black berries, prune, and raisins. Tastes of bitter coffee, and is quite fruity, mostly of dark berries. I drank this young, and have another 3 bottles aging, i plan on re-rating after it sits for a couple years. This beer would undoubtedly be terrific after aging.

Draught at the Horse Brass. Pitch black, with a milkshake head, lovely! Woody aroma with dark chocolate, coffee; slightly fruity and hoppy too. Big woody coffee flavor with chocolate, ask, raspberry and other dark fruits, a slight tartness and a huge bitter roast and hop finish. Great stuff.

Black color, smells strongly of coffee, alcohol is masked well with coffee flavors and some Werther’s like toffee. Very nice.

Pours black with a quickly falling tan head. The malt dominated aroma is of toffee, brown sugar, and prunes. Lots of toffee and coffee in the flavor. The finish has some hops on it and is rather alcoholic tasting. This is one of my favorite beers and is really affordable for the quality.