De Molen Rasputin

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Imperial Stout
Bodegraven, Netherlands

SpringsLicker’s Fish Fry. Sample from a bottle shared by me thanks to bierkoning. Ugly brown-red with a soft light tan head. Aroma is nutty, some chocolate and roast. Taste is more forward roastiness, chocolate, nuts and soy sauce.

Black pour with creamy tan head and lace. Burnt coffee on the nose dominates. Coffee flavor is rich and full followed by a nice malt/hops bitter finish. Full bodied with very smooth carbonation

Cloudy dark almost black, no real head. Strong aroma of burned malt with lots of liquorice, dark coffee and chocolate, dark flowers, prunes, spices and hops. Flavour is sweet with bitter finish. Nice complexity and warming alco well balanced.

Oh, give me a home, where the Russian Imperial Stouts roam, and the malts and barley play…

Black with rich top-soil complimenting her depths. In the light, rustic copper and ancient amber flicker and fade beneath a soft canopy of delicate bubbles while clumps of lace cling stubbornly. Licorice soaked dark breads taste of burnt crust and fresh pumpernickel. Oak, cinnamon, and nutmeg dance amidst a chorus of caramel, chocolate, and fresh lactic notes; whole milk. My first quaff is rich and delicious. Sweet with spiced molasses, caramel, and warm dark breads, pumpernickel, and rye. Graham crackers and vanilla dipped in delicate milky chocolate and coffee with cream. Fresh melon, peach, and apricot offer a delicate finish I find highly refreshing and unexpectedly enjoyable. Plump and moist plums, prunes, and raisins perfectly compliment her dark breads drizzled in caramelized sugars. Each quaff lightly coats all porous surfaces as I thirst for more of my Brouwerij de Molen Rasputin. As my glass warms and quickly recedes to her very last drop, I am enveloped in comforting warmth.

The only other Russian Imperial Stout I have had of late has been North Coast’s offering, and these two couldn’t be any more pleasantly different. She was exquisitely delicious, and I especially enjoyed the delicate tropical fruit touch; very vivifying. Once again, I count my blessings as a beer geek, and offer thanks both to this boutique brewery and to my good friend who so graciously shared his bottle with me.

bottle 75 cl. dark medium carbonated with medium vanilla head. less complex as hell and damnation, and maybe thus better drinkable. excellent!!!

Bottle at the ’09 Fish Fry. Pours ruby black with beige head. The aroma is nuts, varnish, and lumber. The flavor is chocolate, walnut, raisin, and nut shells. There’s a harsh, dry peppery finish that I don’t dig. I have a hard time getting into these continental imperial stouts, but this one is better than the past several I’ve had.

Dark brown, almost black, with a thick, rich beige head. Nice aroma of caramel and toast. Flavor is yeasty and herbalplus a lot of chocolatey, toasty and coffee flavors, too. Persistant herbal note throughout. Sampled at Springslicker’s Fish Fry.

Bottle. Dark amber colour with a huge off white head. Loads of aromas in here, lots of complex taste. But is it a stout or an bsa? I dont care. its GOOD!