North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

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

Black in color with a lasting off-white head. Coffee and dark chocolate aroma with no real alcohol in the nose. Delicious beer is strong on the dark roasted coffee flavors with just a hint of the chocolate from the nose along with a creamy finish. Delightful.

Translucent shiny brown pour... fizzy light-tan head that fades into a dusty covering. Dry roast chocolate, sweet cherry brownies, kahlua aroma. Bitter roasted hops with some alcohol twang in the start that quickly sweetens up. Finish is some bitter coffee, and long after the swallow, you can feel the alcohol. Its a good, big, and enjoyable drink, but nothing about it sticks out.

Good God, do I ever love stouts!! Thin, tan head. Very nice, creamy smell. Masterfully balanced and complex. The dominant flavor is chocolate, with hints of coffee and maybe a little fruitiness. The alcohol content definitely is noticeable in the taste but this doesn’t detract from the quality of the beer. The one I just drank definitely won’t be my last.

Bottle....Roasty aroma and taste with a nice spice profile thrown in consistency was a little thin but not bad...it went down with a cola-like consistency. Carbonation was pretty evident. A very nice creamy mouthfeel. very quality imperial stout and extremely good value.

black with a nice foamy head, sweet, berry-like aroma...chocolatey-coffee taste.

Pours black with a small bubbly chocolately head. Intense roasted flavors with a lingering aftertaste. very good!

Dark color with creamy chocolate head. Really deep texture. Low on the front end but the aftertaste is where it delivers. Roasted coffee with a good port.

Alcohol aroma evident as soon as the bottle was opened. Poured a thick dark beer with a thin tan head that remained withthe stout unitl the bottom of the glass. Excellent Imperial Stout I hope to have this again real soon.