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RATINGS: 345   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.77   SEASONAL: Special   IBU: 65   EST. CALORIES: 318   ABV: 10.6%
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We’re rolling out a new Imperial series with the first beer scheduled to release January ’09. These larger-than-life beers will be sold in 22 oz bottles and on draft. Brewed with more malts and more hops, these beers are big, bold, flavorful, and high-octane. The first in the series is a Russian Imperial Stout. The style was first brewed in England for the Russian Czar and it is the king of stouts. Plenty of big malt flavors- chocolate and roasted- and high alcohol with lower carbonation and mild hops. We brewed this beer with double the malts and four times the hops of regular stouts! Otter Creek Russian Imperial Stout clocks in around 10% ABV- a beer to be savored responsibly. True to style, this beer will last for years so you may want to stock up on a few bottles for your cellar while it’s available.


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3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Scrapersnbeer (1018) - Boston, Massachusetts, USA - MAR 11, 2013
Big roast coffee malt and licorice aroma, just what you expect from a strong stout. It’s completely blacked out and pours crude oil. Tends way towards the sweet end of the spectrum, with some nut and maple elements blended in. Some bitterness, as the hops are present mainly in spirit. Very thick, one bottle is a meal.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Maverick34 (1732) - New York, USA - MAR 2, 2013
Draft. Dark pour. Tan head. Rich chocolate aroma. Malts and sweet bitterness. Good and fierce.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
umich03jm (985) - Allen Park, Michigan, USA - FEB 27, 2013
Bottle. Pours almost pitch black in color with almost no head. The aroma is very roasty with lots of dark chocolate too. Taste starts off very roasty too but quickly turns very bitter with dark chocolate and coffee. Finish remains very bitter with a nice spicy hop hit too. Mouthfeel is pretty thick and chewy. This is a pretty extreme RIS and is a tad too intense for me to love it. I did still enjoy sipping this though.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Westchesterco (296) - mclean, Virginia, USA - FEB 27, 2013
roasty, earthy, Coffee aromablack, minimal head, lightly bitter, medium sweetness, full body, creamy, fizzy, bitter,

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Iphonephan (1324) - Virginia, USA - FEB 27, 2013
On draft at Spacebar in Falls Church VA. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma of coffee. Flavors of chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, and brown sugar. Bitter finish.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
BVery (4305) - Burnsville, Minnesota, USA - FEB 20, 2013
Bottle from Lizardville Rocky River. Jet black oily dense pour with a smaller tan head. Big roasted malt nose. Dense slick palate. Taste is roasted malt, but without much harsh roasted edge to it. Very tasty and well made.

4.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
alobar (2337) - Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA - FEB 17, 2013
Pours tar black with a brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, and chocolate, Roasted malt and coffee flavor with some chocolate sweetness and a quick hop bitterness. Very nice beer.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
odinstyr (463) - Hamilton, New Jersey, USA - FEB 8, 2013
Pours a medium-dark brown with a small brown head. Smells of licorice, chocolate, coffee. Taste is sweet and moderately bitter, licorice, chocolate, hint of coffee, mild hops relative to the strong roasted malts.

4.7
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
jabersquawk (5) - Portland, Maine, USA - FEB 1, 2013 does not count
Coffee, chocolate and thick body. Lite sweetness and chocolate aroma. A little unfinished at the end, but altogether a fine beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
BREWMUSKCLES (2017) - New Jersey, USA - JAN 30, 2013
alcohol,kerosene and some rye. stingy and foamy thick mouth feel. touch of hop and some roasted coffee mid palate. certainly a sipper.


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