North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

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

Bottle at home with renffisch, 25th June 2008. Very dark brown with a tan head. The good coffee and dark cocoa aroma gets you ready for the excellent roasted malt flavour. It’s very smooth indeed, very delicate and very well balanced. Fantastic stuff.

Pours dark black with a brown head. Light will not even penetrate the corners of the glass. Smoky, boozy taste with notes of bitter dark chocolate and coffee. Bitter, lasting aftertaste. Drinks like a swift kick in the ass.

coffee/burnt toast/ carmel all round into one & the chiffonned on the palate. dont fuck with the one who wouldnt die as he will lead you to a path of doom and eventually break you down till you pyscho-anolize yourself to the point of paranoia

Pours a deep blackish brown with a nice brown burnt head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate and roasted malts. Flavor is coffee, malt, cocoa, roasted barley and finishes with some hop and chocolate bitterness. Good stuff.

12 ounce bottle- pours an incredible black/brown with a thick and long lasting cola head. Aroma was bitter chocolate and coffee. The palate was as thick and smooth as milk. Bitter coffee and raisin-like sweetness predominated in the taste of the brew. Had a very strong alcohol flavor as well. Good stout with a really wicked bite.

12oz bottle from Total Wine (Tampa, FL). Pours a dark brown to black with a two finger, frothy tan/brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee, toffee, sweet notes and raisins. Flavor is sweet coffee-flavored malt, oak, toffee, dark bitter chocolate, cocoa, toasted notes. Medium to full-bodied with a slightly bitter, coffee finish. Nice I-Stout.

bottle ethereal brought back from the states, thanks for sharing :-) ! fantastic beer. deep cocoa and chocolate nose with sweet, tart stewed fruits and medicinal herbs. Looks like strong creamy coffee, pitch black with a thick creamy, lacy tan head. marvellously well balanced flavours. bitter hops, creamy roast malt, herbs and honey. finely carbonated mouthfeel. devine impi stout!

12oz bottle from BevMo Mission Valley. Pours black as night with a good size chocolaty head. Tons of chocolate, coffee, and toasted malts on the nose. A spectacular finish that was creamy and full of the Imp Stout goodness.