North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

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

Bottle @ Brewpub - Pours pitch black with a pretty thick tannish head. Smells fantastic - dark, thick, robust, of fresh black coffee, chocolate, and a little alcohol. Flavor is robust and malty then follows with the chocolatey and black coffe aftertaste. I really liked this a lot, and also very impressed it’s from the States.

Old Rasputin pours VERY dark brown (appears black unless under intense, direct light) with a moderate tan head that is retained as a thin but pleasing layer of foam for a long time. The expected aromas of coffee and chocolate dominate the nose. The full-bodied, creamy-textured ale slides onto the tongue with a peculiar but subtle and quickly forgotten saltiness. The rich, malty flavor is surprisngly smooth with only the tiniest hints of sourness. Bitterness arrives as the beer moves south and provides a long, mildly astringent finish. A bit of alcohol warmth is lurking in there as well. A very drinkable imperial stout: certainly one of the best.

Black thick oily dark tan head. The aroma is of hops chocolate, toasted malt, molasses, and hints of chalk. The taste is coffee, chocolate, toasted malt. sweet yeasty and a bitter hoppy finish. Wonderful Full body beer. Well balanced

head looks like a pancake and dissapates slowly. Strong creamy, coffee, and chocolate flavor.

Pours thick and syrupy, with five fingers of thick beige head to match a dark as night beer. Incredible odor of coffee and chocolate. The first sip brings in a blast of rich, complex flavors that hits you like a punch. Malt and chocolate coats your entire mouth, which lingers in the coffee and burnt toast aftertaste. There’s more taste in a sip of this then you get in an entire case of 95% of the beers out there. Really good stuff.

wow. great stout with a thick coffee and slight chocolate flavor. drinks easyily and can’t notice the 9% alcohol. this is easily one of my favorite stouts. dark almost black in color with an excellent tan head.

Poured a deep black color with a nice thick creamy brown head. The aroma was very good with fragrances of chocolate, roasted coffee & cocoa. The taste was creamy with flavors of dark chocolate and espresso. A very strong flavor that lasted on the palate a long time. The 9% alcohol was hidden very well by the flavors. The head left great lacing througout the glass. I throughly enjoyed this beer!!!!

Pours black with a big mocha head. Nose of chocolate malt, caramel, some coffee. Flavor is very rich and full of malty chocolate, coffee, very faint hops finish.