North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

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

Bottle massiive thanks to thecheeseman! This is a good imperial stout. Aroma is bursting with roasted malts but still well balanced and tollerable. Taste is similar nice sweet chocolate notes. A good effort alround.

12 oz bottle-pours a thick foamy light brown head and deep black colored beer. Malt, hops, licorice and alcohol are found in the aroma. Taste is just as the aroma previewed. Reminds me of Heavyweight’s (NJ) Perkunos Hammer Imperial Porter. Finishes with a bite. Not my style.

Pours a very dark black with a modest light tan head. Aroma of molasses and coffee. The body is sweet, thick and oily with a roasted chocolatey finish. The alcohol is very apparent throughout. In fact if I didn’t know, I’d swear this was stronger than the DFHWWS 18%. Apart from its evidence of alcohol, this is a good brew.

This beer rocks. The nose is one of alcohol and espresso. Very intense beer with a shade and consistency as black and thick as Mississippi mud. Pleasantly surprised by the dry finish.

deep black colour, port wine and caramel aroma, complex flavor, long aftertaste - beautiful

Quite big and complex. Roasty, licorice aroma, with more hops in the aroma than i expected, quite aromatic. The palate is quite thick and roasty, with some licorice and raisins, with quite a few hops to finish, the finish is even a bit citric. Nice bitter finish.

Draught Virtually black beer; small, typically nitrokeg head, brownish. Piney, resiny, faint licorice, drop , roasted malts, and cheese covered fruit - in a nice way, if you can believe that. And a few cups of stark coffee, of course. WOW - sweet, bitter, roasted and all in perfect balance. Smoked, ashes, biscuits, coffee. But especially the balance says it all. Full bodied, (too) smooth because of the nitro, leaves a certain slickness. At least as good, if not better than remembered from the bottle. Even if it’s a bit USA-lopsided, it has an impressive balance. Again gotten from a girl: after lovely Joelle from Austin, now from the star server at Beveridge Place, Seattle. I hope they don’t see Rasputin in me? Did I shave?

Dark brown colour with a small light brown head. Roasted malty aroma with a blend of coffee, chocolate and alcohol notes. Powerfull coffee flavor with a nice bitterness, hints of some fruity sweetness and a long bitter finish.