Imperial Stout

Imperial stouts are usually extremely dark brown to black in color with flavors that are intensely malty, deeply roasted and sometimes with accents of dark fruit (raisin, fig) or milk sourness. The bitterness is typically medium and often the low sie of that. Imperial stouts are strong and often exceed 8% by volume.

Serve In
Snifter

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		score	count
1	Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter	4.47	278
2	Three Floyds Oak Aged Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout	4.42	205
3	Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout	4.35	1003
4	AleSmith Speedway Stout	4.33	1222
5	Bells Bourbon Barrel Double Cream/Expedition Stout	4.33	142
6	Bells Expedition Stout	4.31	1717
7	AleSmith Barrel Aged Speedway Stout	4.31	354
8	Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout	4.28	59
9	Surly Darkness	4.26	392
10	Three Floyds Vanilla Bean Barrel Aged Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout	4.25	121
11	Närke Stormaktsporter	4.23	177
12	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	4.21	1813
13	Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS)	4.20	772
14	Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel	4.20	522
15	Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout	4.20	149
16	Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon First Edition R	4.20	410
17	The Bruery Black Tuesday Imperial Stout	4.19	42
18	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	4.19	1157
19	Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout	4.18	1486
20	Mikkeller X Imperial Stout 2006 R	4.18	64
21	Deschutes The Abyss	4.17	668
22	Stone Bourbon Barrel Russian Imperial Stout	4.16	114
23	AleSmith Kopi Luwak Speedway Stout	4.16	15
24	Founders Breakfast Stout	4.15	1214
25	Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel	4.15	1016
26	Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2001/2003-Present (18%)	4.15	1399
27	Southampton Imperial Russian Stout	4.14	271
28	Old Chimneys Good King Henry Special Reserve	4.14	146
29	Free State Owd Macs Imperial Stout	4.13	166
30	Bells Batch 7000 Ale R	4.13	530
31	Thirsty Dog Siberian Night Imperial Stout	4.11	917
32	Hoppin Frog Barrel Aged BORIS The Crusher	4.11	211
33	Hoppin Frog BORIS The Crusher	4.10	756
34	North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout	4.10	2320
35	Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2003 (21%, CA and UK release) R	4.09	112
36	Midnight Sun Sloth R	4.09	74
37	Struise Black Albert	4.08	638
38	Oskar Blues Ten FIDY	4.08	928
39	North Coast Old Rasputin Anniversary Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	4.08	348
40	Cigar City Marshal Zhukov’s Imperial Stout Cedar Aged	4.08	36
41	Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout	4.07	1324
42	Great Lakes Barrel-Aged Blackout Stout	4.07	366
43	Midnight Sun Berserker Imperial Stout	4.06	117
44	Portsmouth Kate The Great Russian Imperial Stout	4.06	185
45	Victory Storm King Imperial Stout	4.06	1893
46	Fish Tale Poseidons Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged) R	4.06	264
47	Nøgne Ø Imperial Stout	4.05	841
48	Foothills Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout	4.05	307
49	Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout	4.05	370
50	Amager Hr. Frederiksen	4.04	352

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