North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

Poured black and viscous out of the bottle and was topped with a medium brown head. Aroma is brown sugar, alcohol, chocolate, and something I can’t quite place maybe vanilla? Flavor is intense coffee, chocolate, caramel, sweet but balanced by the bitter. Old Rasputin is oh so good and a beer I keep coming back to.

Pours black with a big mocha head. Nose of chocolate malt, caramel, some coffee. Flavor is very rich and full of malty chocolate, coffee, very faint hops finish.

I’ve had this last Old Raspy sittin’ around for a few months now, and this thunderstorm seemed like the right time to drink it. Pours extremely dark brown with disappearing burnt red-orange head. Aromas of villainous plots to overthrow royal families waft from the depths, as well as notes of plum, tar, sweet malt, and alcohol. Flavors of sweet malts, dark fruits, leather, smoke, bitter chocolate, and alcohol abound. The beer feels thick and foamy without being overly dense. Overall, this is a very fine brew.

Sweetish, roasty and burnt malty aroma with hints of vegetables. Sweet, milk sugarish burnt malty flavor finishes quite dry and coffeeish. Very mildly bitter. Smooth, creamy palate.

Wonderful beer, with a coffee and chocolate taste to it. This beer is a little bitter, but not overwhelming, it is a perfectly balanced imperial stout.

Pours dark with decent head. Very rich flavor of chocolate stout, but not too bitter. Delicious!

On tap. Poured black with a brown head. Aroma was full of all sort of dar notes with a nice smoked undertone. Flavor doesn’t disappoint with a dark smoked flavor throughout. Great beer!

Are you kidding me? Nose full of smokey, chocolatey oak with hints of caramel and floral fruits. Pours a dark brown/black color with an espresso head. Notes of chocolate, licorice, smoke, oak, and toffee mix on a silky and delicious palatte. Thank God I bought the four pack...