Southampton Imperial Russian Stout

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

Sampled at hellbilly’s hellraiser 3.0 tasting. Good roasted coffee aroma stood out along with some molasses. Black body with tan head.Good rich chocolate at first but had a dry bittering on finish. Good full bodied creamy stout.

2008 bottle shared by BOLTZ7555 at hellbilly’s hellraiser 3.0 tasting. Pours a pitch black with a half finger tan head. The nose is dark fruits, molasses and roasted malt. The taste is dark chocolate, coffee, toasted malt and some bitter hops in the finish. Medium creamy body. Very good – thanks Jason!

Bottle. Pours black with a huge, thick dark chocolate head. One of the prettiest imperial stouts I’ve seen. Aroma of rich chocolate malt and roasted malt. Flavor is smooth, creamy, and chocolatey. Not rich per se, but super smooth and mellow. I prefer it to a lot of a heavier RISes. A top notch imperial stout and one of my favorites. 8/5/9/5/17 (4.4/5)

I wrote a review of this beer last year and totally trashed it for horrible off-tastes. I actually poured half of the bottle down the sink. But for some reason my review disappeared into cyberspace and after a year of aging in my basement this beer has matured, mellowed and improved to a degree I never thought possible. It is creamy and complex with smoky chocolate overtones that make it one of the most intriguing Russian Imperial Stouts around.

To celebrate my rating number 11,900, I enter this top-50 beer, thanks to MaxxDaddy and jessbnjess for bringing it to Denmark and sharing. A pitch black beer with a brown head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of roasted malt and chocolate as well as medium notes of sweet malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of roasted malt as well as medium notes of sweet malt and chocolate, leading to a dry and very roasted finish where notes of dark bitter chocolate lingers.

750 ml bottle - 2008 vintage; big thanks to riversideak for sharing this one as i’ve been trying to get it all year; pours jet black with 1" head; lots of meaty, smokey additions to the rich chocolate aromas; wowzers, i’m liking these slightly smokey impy’s more and more; lands on the sweet side for sure with lots of jerky, chocolate and sugar; thick texture and drinks silky smooth; dry and meaty finish; a completely different impy than I expected, but equally as impressive and not a letdown in any way

Bottle and draft at SHPH. Pours a black body with a tan head. Full bodied chocolate, brown sugar, dark fruit, licorice and coffee. Light alcohol warming well masked by a hazelnut finish. Good roasty stout.

Hand-bottled courtesy Ty5592! Pours opaque black with a thin but dense tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, prunes, brown sugar. Creamy and viscous full body and minimal carbonation. Taste of chocolate. licorice and pine. Bitter chocolate and espresso finish.