North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

A hint of olive in the aroma. Taste is great. This is the best stout I can remember drinking in a long time. I found this on sale, I’m glad I picked it up. THE PERFECT HEARTY BEER FOR A COLD SNOWY NIGHT. Dark chocolate finish. Outstanding and impressive. Definitely a new favorite of mine.

0.355 l bottle. Black color with creamy long lasting head. Sweet and roasty aroma with salty licorice, coffee, chocolate, leather and flowery hops. Bittersweet and roasty flavor with bitter chocolate, charcoal, salty licorice, wood and lemony-flowery-mentholy hops. Soft oily palate. Very tasty and the house character of North Coast comes nicely through. However, I think this woud be even better with less hop aroma and flavor.

Bottle. Pours almost completely black and viscous, with a big two-finger dark tan head, good lacing. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, and caramel. Thick velvety body. Prounounced dark chocolate flaovr with plenty of coffee, and some caramel. Well balanced. A truly fine example of the style.

Pours black with a khaki head of fine bubbles leaving delicate lace for the first third of the glass. Aroma of prunes chocolate liqueur with mineral and lactic notes. Heavy mouthfeel. Bitter chocolate and stewed fruits with notes of coffee bean and burnt malt and licorice. Soundly bitter finish of long length. Undertones of warming alcohol. Solid.

Pours black, with a bit of transparency around the edges and a beautiful tan head. Aroma of dark fruits, oak and roasty malts. In the flavor, though, the fruit disappears behind dark chocolate and burnt coffee, with some hops showing through as well. This one is every bit as big and thick as I wanted it to be, but that fruit in the aroma is throwing me off - it’s a note I don’t think meshes well with the rest of the beer. Other than that, great brew - clean, dry palate (despite its thickness), and a very robust flavor.

Pitch black pour with a dark tan head. Nice lacing on the glass. Alcohol aroma with berries and sour lactic notes. Very chocolaty flavor with lots of coffee. Lots of roastiness. Mostly bitter, but theres a little sweetness as the beer first hits your tongue. A little bit of sourness. Some hops to finish. Not bad.

12 oz bottle rich in flavors that just mask the high ABV good chocolate taste wonderful aroma. Not a beer you would drink all day, but great for a desert.

12oz bottle. Pours pitch black with a long lasting chocolate milk colored head. Decent lacing. Aromas of roasted malts, coffee, chocolate and a touch of hops and alcohol. Flavors are roasted burnt coffee, roasted malts, chocolate, and a decent hop presence. Some alcohol is present. Palate is smooth, velvety, and wonderful. As the previous rater said, for a widely available, and fairly priced RIS, this is hard to beat.