The Duck-Rabbit Rabid Duck Russian Imperial Stout

Brewed by The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Farmville, North Carolina USA

bottle, sampled 3/16/07. Pours a dark black color with some amber highlights. Not as thick looking on the pour as many Imp. stouts. Quarter-inch or so of thick tan head that sticks around nicely. Aroma somewhat lacking... muted notes of toasted bread, light hints of booze and some lactic sourness. Oddly light in the flavor department... thin notes of roasted grains and some light semi-sweetness. Very little depth. Palate is on the oily side, and not as heavy as one would expect. Overall a rather odd Imp. stout, though interesting.

12 oz bottle from Beerlando, an extra remaining from our first trade back in the fall. Excited about this bad boy. Pours a very thick ruby over midnight hue with moderate straight brown head that is a bit cakey and laces vaguely after dying down to a film. I would have liked more here. Aromas are potent, thick molasses sweetness mixes with bitter chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, and vanilla with a bit of warm booziness. Initial is full bodied with some powerful roasted malts up front, moving into a coffee ground bitterness and roast, dark semi sweet chocolate, vague dark fruit. This brew’s strength lies in it’s roast, shying away from over sweetening and cloying qualities. Alcohol hides well among the roasted malts and coffee and light chocolate sweetness (that is also bitter), gives a sort of balance and roast and bitterness on the palate and finish. A bit of dryness or roast and ash further in. This brew is good, leaving a strong aftertaste and a warming quality in the throat. I liked it. Cheers!

bottle thanks to daknole. poured black with a thin fading tan head. aroma of caramel malt and dark roasts. flavor is the same with the addition of some alcohol. medium body with no carb and had a slick feel to it with some dryness. good brew!

Bottle thanks to ericandersnavy. Pours a very deep, dark black with a copper head. Aroma of strong dark roast, sweet, faint alcohol. Flavor is great, sweet, alot of dark roast, hides alcohol very well. Mouth feel has a heavy, smooth body andlow carbonation. Overall, Pretty tasty stuff!

Bottle thanks to tronraner. Pours a thick black with a finger of brown head. Aroma of roasty malt, chocolate and coffee. Taste is mildly fruity, chocolate, licorice, then a bitter roasted malt and coffee finish.

Yummily sweet and plummy, with a nice woody character, this goes down easily. Nice hearty body, deep dark rich looking and feeling, aroma a tad hot as is flavor. Oily body.

Bottle from ’06 courtesy of footy. Pours oily black with a fizzy reddish brown head. Full of dark cherries, plums, and roast on the nose. Tastes of cherry cough syrup, baker’s cocoa, butterscotch, licorice, ash, and chalk. Dense and satisfying. Prepare yourself.

Bottle. Sweet roasty aroma, with foreground alcohol. Black body, no head. Unbalanced flavor, sweetness, alcohol. Overrated.