Southampton Imperial Russian Stout

Brewed by Southampton Publick House
Style: Imperial Stout
Southampton, New York USA

Rating #1000!!! Bottle, 2008 vintage. Pours black, with a meduim sized brown head. Aroma is chocolate, dark fruit, coffee, roasted malt, with touches of licorice and alcohol. Flavor is roasted malt, dark fruit, coffee, chocolate, licorice, hops, alcohol. Body is on the heavy side. A really good RIS. Big thanks to Goldtwins for trading me this bottle.

Black with a tan head leaving excellent retention and lacing. Aroma is mostly of dark chocolate, licorice, and roastiness, also some alcohol is noticeable. Taste is of sweet caramel, toffee, roasty coffee flavors, and some licorice. Medium carbonation and body. A real good beer, and one I’d expect to age quite well.

Bottle shared by tjthresh with theisti and me. Pours black with a brown/mocha head and patchy lace; quite pretty. The aroma is a simple but pleasant blend of dark roast and dark chocolate. Medium to full-bodied and creamy with a lightly dry and bitter finish. Dark roast, and chocolate with a bitter roasted finish that features a bit of dry, earthy hops and some alcohol warmth. This is a tasty brew. Thanks for sharing it with us, Tom!

750 ml bottle generously shared by tjthresh. Pour is all black with a billowing khaki-tan head. Very pretty. Aroma of soft sweet chocolate, tail end of the nose reveals roasted malt. Some bright pine hoppiness makes an appearance as well. Taste is the big bitterness-pine initially, giving way almost immediately to the big roastiness. Quite a bit of carbonation in the flavor, which was a bit distracting for an IS. The finish reveals a fair amount of heat. Really well done, with the flavors all nicely integrated. This one will be a beauty with some age on it. Thanks for sharing this one Tom.

Bottle from dmac. Pours black with a big brown head. Thick lace. Smoke, tobacco, licorice, and a lot of hops in the nose. Chocolaty with truck loads of hop flavor. Warm and bitter. Full body. High carbonation. Dry finish. Should have let this bear age.

poured black with a decent sized tan head. Aroma was roasty malts and licorice. Flavor roasted malts, licorice, coffee, chocolate, brown sugar. Finished slightly boozy, very creamy. At first I wasn’t too impressed with this, but it is very drinkable. Thanks to badbeer for sharing this bottle!

Bottle thanks to Maxxdaddy. A black beer with a big brown head, just beautyful ! The aroma and taste is of roasted malt, rye bread, chocolate, licorice, coffee and hops, light alcoholic. Medium to full body with a long dry light alcoholic finish.

[To celebrate my 1000th rating - Courtesy of MaxxDaddy and jessbnjess] Black with large light brown head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, coffee, pumpernickel and bitter chocolate notes. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, coffee, bitter chocolate and vanilla.