The “Imperial Stout” or “Double Stout” is an intensely-flavored, big, very dark reddish-brown to black colored ale with a wide range of flavor balances and regional interpretations. Roasty-burnt malt with deep dark or dried fruit flavors, and a warming, bittersweet finish. American versions have more bitterness, roasted character, and finishing hops, while the English varieties, or “Russian Imperial Stout” (RIS), reflect a more complex specialty malt character and a more forward ester profile. Like a black barleywine with every dimension of flavor coming into play. More complex, with a broader range of possible flavors than lower-gravity stouts.
Premium members can view the top 50 in each style category. Nonpremium members will be able to see the top 25.
Name | Ratings | Score | | |
1 | Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Rare 2010 R
Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev) Chicago, Illinois | 426 | 4.41 | Find | |
2 | Side Project Beer : Barrel : Time - 2018 R
Side Project Brewing Maplewood, Missouri | 23 | 4.33 | Find | |
3 | Toppling Goliath SR-71 Blackbird (2015 Bottling / Draft) R
Toppling Goliath Brewing Co. Decorah, Iowa | 88 | 4.3 | Find | |
4 | Side Project Beer : Barrel : Time - 2017 R
Side Project Brewing Maplewood, Missouri | 41 | 4.29 | Find | |
5 | Voodoo ManBearPig R
Voodoo Brewing Co. Meadville, Pennsylvania | 55 | 4.24 | Find | |
6 | Side Project Derivation Blend #1 R
Side Project Brewing Maplewood, Missouri | 33 | 4.21 | Find | |
7 | Voodoo Black Magick - Pappy Van Winkle R
Voodoo Brewing Co. Meadville, Pennsylvania | 36 | 4.21 | Find | |
8 | Cycle Four Roses BA Rye Stout R
Cycle Brewing Saint Petersburg, Florida | 22 | 4.21 | Find | |
9 | Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon First Edition R
Nøgne Ø (Hansa Borg) Grimstad, Norway | 550 | 4.2 | Find | |
10 | Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Reserve 2019 Knob Creek R
Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev) Chicago, Illinois | 35 | 4.2 | Find | |
11 | Uiltje Sequence Series 007 - 2019 Speyside Blend R
Uiltje Brewing Company (Swinkels Family Brewers) Haarlem, Netherlands | 45 | 4.19 | Find | |
12 | Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Rare 2015 R
Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev) Chicago, Illinois | 195 | 4.19 | Find | |
13 | Firestone Walker Parabola (2021) R
Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat) Paso Robles, California | 49 | 4.18 | Find | |
14 | Three Floyds Murda'd Out Stout R
Three Floyds Brewing Company Munster, Indiana | 93 | 4.18 | Find | |
15 | Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Reserve 2021 Blanton's R
Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev) Chicago, Illinois | 25 | 4.17 | Find | |
16 | Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Reserve 2018 R
Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev) Chicago, Illinois | 44 | 4.17 | Find | |
17 | Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Birthday R
Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev) Chicago, Illinois | 36 | 4.16 | Find | |
18 | Perennial Maman (2014-2018) R
Perennial Artisan Ales St. Louis, Missouri | 82 | 4.16 | Find | |
19 | Evil Twin Pappy's Even More Jesus R
Evil Twin Brewing Queens, New York | 49 | 4.16 | Find | |
20 | Mikkeller X Imperial Stout R
Mikkeller Copenhagen, Denmark | 216 | 4.15 | Find | |
21 | Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Reserve 2017 R
Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev) Chicago, Illinois | 52 | 4.14 | Find | |
22 | De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis 666 R
Brouwerij De Molen (Swinkels Family Brewers) Bodegraven, Netherlands | 414 | 4.14 | Find | |
23 | Side Project Beer : Barrel : Time - 2020 R
Side Project Brewing Maplewood, Missouri | 18 | 4.14 | Find | |
24 | Lervig Rackhouse - Off the Rack Australian Dark Rum 2021 R
Lervig Stavanger, Norway | 45 | 4.14 | Find | |
25 | De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis Wild Turkey BA R
Brouwerij De Molen (Swinkels Family Brewers) Bodegraven, Netherlands | 460 | 4.13 | Find | |