Hales Pikop Andropovs Rushin Imperial Stout

Brewed by Hales Ales
Style: Imperial Stout
Seattle, Washington USA

Dark mahogany and black color, oily. Head is dark brown and thick (one of the darkest heads I’ve ever seen). Smells richly of grapes, wheat, chocolate malts, port wine, and sugars. Taste is somewhat sour and sweet to begin. Asaid grapes and some vegetable hops, it transforms to semi-bitter, chocolate, blood/pennies, and dark roasted malt and hops. Aftertaste is drying bitter, chocolate and toasted raisin bread. Complex beer, perhaps the darkest beer you will ever find. Given to me by my great friend Jeremy as a "get well" gift when I had my wisdom teeth out.

Black, with thin brown head. licourish, smoke and hints of vanilla in the smell. Coffee, chocolate at first, then a cherry, winey flavor becomes dominant. Notes of blueberry and blackberry crop up, as does some coffee and earthy, woodsy flaovrs. Very Nice, a bit more quaffable than some other Imp Stouts. Thanks, Secret Santa!

RBSG 2004: Black with a nice light brown head that stayed around for a while. Roasted chocolate and coffee in the aroma. Oily texture, starts and ends lightly sweet.

Pitch black oil, thin head & lacing. Dark brown colored. The aroma is fairly strong with booze, soy sauce, dusty mocha. The flavor is salty, astringant, too roasty. Finishes with light hops & roast/mocha. Finishes tangy, more salty, eh, kinda one dimentional.

Black pour with a dark tan creamy head. Nice lace. Vinous aromas with cinnamon, grapes, sweet malts, biscuits and some sour hops. Chocolate malt flavors along with roast and coffee. Some more vinous qualities. Sour. Caramel and some bitter hops. Nicely complex. Oily palate, a bit sticky. Finishes with a bitter bite with roasted alcohol.

bottle. ive been wanting to try this one for a while. fortunately the store i went to in VA had it!! pours out dark black color with the usual tan head. smells malty, hoppy, and roasted. also has a hint of chocolate in it. taste is sour, watery, and thin. not really what i was expecting. has a nice roasted flavor though. but i just cant get over how thin this beer is. kind of a disappointment, but hey, nothing is a true disappointment when i cant legally buy this in my own state.

Tap@Hales. As far as Imperial stouts go, its probably average, but this is still very nice, tasty. Rich bitter chocolate flavour, sweetish, light roast. Not too much depth of flavour, but there were no major problems. I Like the name.

Pours a super dark brown, just about black black color with an initially large mocha head that dissipates into a rimming fine bubbled head. Aroma is caramel malt, roasted, chocolate and some acidic notes as well. Flavor is roasted malt, chocolate, sour fruit, and some great hop notes. Body is full and creamy with the 8% alcohol well hidden. A very good imperial stout.