North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

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

my favorite impstout. can tend to start out with too much alcohol flavor at the beginning but then smooths out after the 3rd or 4th sip. or gulp.

Bottle. Poured with a tall mocha colored head, with excellent carbonation after it dissipated. Immediately, you can smell the roasted malts and chocolates. A full bodied beer, and very smooth for how thick it is. Finishes dry and very smooth. I love almost everything that comes out of North Coast Brewing, and this is another exceptional beer. I enjoy the fact that the flavor overpowers the taste of alcohol.

Tap. By far the best beer I have ever had. Poured thick and black as night, with a decent sized brown head that lasted. Tasted like hops and cigar smoke. Amazing.

Nearly perfect stout. I am leaving room for the perfect one wich I haven’t tried yet. But, this is the best one yet (10/08). A truly enjoyable beer that you can savor each sip. Good for dead of winter days lounging by the fire. I must have if you can find it.

[Bottle, saved since february 2007] Dark color, light brown foam. Flavor is smooth with hops, There is also chokolate, bitterness and some honey.

Poured thick and dark with a beautiful brown head. Very complex flavor with strong coffee, hints of chocolate, caramel, and raisin?, very robust, a true man’s beer, and delicious to boot!

One of my favorite stouts. Pours near black with a small, medium brown head. Aroma is mostly chocolate with a hint of coffee and alcohol. Flavor is mostly chocolate with a slight coffee aftertaste. Despite the 9% ABV, it’s hard to taste the alcohol here. Feels thick and creamy in the mouth, in a good way.

Bottle. Medium sized brown head and a pitch black color. Nutty aroma of coffee and dark chocolate.Malty flavor with chocolate and raisin as well as coffee. An outstanding imperial stout which hides the ABV well.