Iron Hill Russian Imperial Stout

Bottle via The Epeeist. The beer pours to a dark black body with a nice tall really foamy dark brown head. The aroma is rich with roasty chocolate that comes off as lightly soapy. The flavor is richly chocolatey with lots of charred roasty malts. Nicely charred black malts. Complex. The palate is richly full bodied. Quite unique for an imperial stout.

Darker than their porter w. a molasses underpinning. Deep aroma is hard to peel apart to discern. This brew packs a wallop, but the alcohol is well integrated. Sweet roastiness and seductive. This beer can knock you out.

Pours very dark brown/black, with a tan head. Aromas are roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, dark fruit, and some hops. Flavors are chcoclate, roasted malt, dark fruit, and coffee. Medium body. Thanks to The Epeeist for this bottle.

’05 bottle. Good aroma and dark appearance with faint head. Flavor is a little bitter but well balanced. Very malty chocolate presence. Good beer. Update: Draft. Awesome aroma. Flavor is very well balanced with a chocolate flavor. Enjoyable. The draft really makes the difference.

Black, brown, tan head. Nice coffee roast note, some vegetal oat and chocolate. Charred peach. The flavor is nice, plenty of sweet creamy malt and a bit of hops. Finishes rooty, lots of melas and roast. Impressive. A touch of hops blend on the brutal coffee and roasted body.

Big,deep mahogany-brown pour. Sweet malt nose, yet with big depth. Bitter chocolate malt notes in the flavor......full bodied..wow, we like this one....great IS

Pours black with only minimla head. Last year vintage purchased at the brewpub, and Expensive. Roasty malty aroma. First sip is good balance of roast and malt, but a few more gulps finds it satisfying though not complex. More medium mouthfeel, than the thickness expected. Above average carbonation.A good drink but only an average candidate in this style.

Sampled at RBSG 2006- Grand Tasting. Deep black with an ozone head. Incredible tingly palate with tremendous flavors of peat and hazelnut blended into a superb chewy chocolate backbone. Strongbad beer.