Sprecher Russian Imperial Stout

Brewed by Sprecher Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Glendale, Wisconsin USA

Thin dark brown head of fine bubbles. Reduces slowly. Minimal carbonation. Rich and meaty. Loads of milk chocolate, roasted malts. brown sugar, caramel and a hint of smokey soy sauce in the background. And I mean that in a very good way! Color is a very dark port red boardering on black. Roasted grains, bittersweet chocolate and a little acidic. No where near as sweet as the aroma. Quite the dry and roasty body. Nice alcohol warming. Body a little bit thinner than expected for a impy. Hint of tea leaves and hoppy bitterness. Finishes dry and with a little burn. Long roasty finish. A pretty good drinking impy. Thanks to clarkvv for this one.

22 oz. bottle. Label says Imperial Russian Stout. Pours nearly black with a medium brown head that lasted through about half the glass. Very pleasant aroma of roasted malt and chocolate. Coffee was also present in the aroma to a much lesser extent. The flavor primarily roasted malt, with some cofee and chocolate flavors in the background. As the beer warmed, some fruit flavors emerged at the finish. Full mouthfeel.

This is the least impressive imperial stout I’ve had in recent memory. it lacks the roastiness of an Old Rasputin, and instead has a sticky toffy character that I really don’t care for in spades. Appearance is an inky black with virtually no head. Aroma is a sweet malty toffeeness, as is the flavor. Mouthfeel is very sticky. I didn’t find this beer all that drinkable. I bought this as a single, believing it to be something new, only to understand that only the label was new!

Sprecher’s Russian Imperial Stout was a very nice treat after chewing my way through a witbier earlier in the night. Deep black sludgy pour with a mahogany rim of head around the glass. Good strong coffee aroma. Tasted like cocoa coffee and smoke. I would definitely enjoy more of this impy.

good ipmy stout a little thin in flavor and aroma. smooth and drinkalbe but niothing really really stood out from anything else. pitch black and thick like oil. very little fizzy head. nice beer though just a bit bland for thr style try one today oh and GET SURLY

Pours brown with a tan head. Smells of chocolate, caramel, coffee and hints of spices. Tastes of caramel, rich cocoa, dark fruit and hints of spices. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is sweet.

I taste licorice and maybe the fig claimed in the finish but not the currant. Ashy burnt stale coffee malty smokiness. Acidic aftertaste. Head disappears.

16 oz. bottle called "Sprecher Russian Imperial Stout" and labeled as 7.9% abv and with a very different label than the one shown. The Sprecher website (http://www.sprecherbrewery.com/beer.php?cat=3 lists the abv as 8.5%, but the year first brewed is listed as 1994. I’ll let the admins decide whether this is a new beer. <P>Aroma features coffee, sweet mocha, chocolate ice cream, and whipped cream scents. Pours an opaque dark brown / near black with an amber / brown hue and a small amount of short-lasting tan head. Dry, coffeeish flavor. Some sweetness emerges after multiple sips. Alcohol noticeable, as are the hops in limited quantities. Rather simple flavors, which is far from what I have come to expect from the imperial stout category. Burnt malt aftertaste. Light-bodied, which, again, is surprising given the style. Oily, lively, and frothy in the palate. <P>I have been very tough in my ratings lately, and I am making no exception for Sprecher Russian Imperial Stout. It’s not bad, but I’m trying not to give imperial stouts near raves based solely on their style.