North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

Brewed by North Coast Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Fort Bragg, California USA

Pours with a nice head. Burnt coffee smell, but also a peanut shell smell and flavor. Taste of burnt bitterness. Has excellent and horrible minor aspects but over all is decent. That great head fades really fast. A solid stout, but short of amazing.

Preface by saying this is the first imperial stout I have tried. 12 oz bottle pours to extremely dark body with caramel colored head. The aroma is quite interesting, perhaps figs and chocolate. Taste also has tinges of chocolate and maybe coffee. Very complex and interesting. Good brew

chocolate, coffee, black, frothy, light sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly sour, paper napkin, full body, creamy, fizzy, long finish, this is one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE BEERS I am giving it MAX scores because until I find a beer BETTER in these categories, i don’t have a basis for improvement.

Black, nice firm espresso head. Nice dark chocolate nose, little liquorice ice cream and woodyness. Smoothly burned, little dried fruity and smoky flavor, chocolate and coffee, followed with menthol and wood. Nicely balanced, smooth Impy. Served too cold though..

12 oz. bottle. Pours black with a thick tan head. The head seems to stick around awhile unlike some other stouts where the head disappears after a minute. Taste of chocolate and coffee. As other raters have mentioned the ABV of 9% is noticable. Great beer.

Pours a dark black with a thin tan head. Weak aroma of roasted chocolate and coffee malsts. Flavor is caramel and toffee sweetness up front that fades into a slight coffee finish. High ABV is very noticeable.Oily and a bit thin in the mouth. A nice beer, but a bit overrated IMHO.

Beautiful pour, black, thick persistent head and lacing. Aroma of earth and some dried fruit, prunes or raisins. Thick malty start with a lightly hoppy alcoholic finish. Some caramel or chocolate snuck in there as well. A serious brew, stellar.

On tap at Flying Saucer... pours dard brown, tannish head. Aroma of sweet malts, dark fruis, alcohol. Flavor is creamy, burnt malts and coffee. Good imperial stout.