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St. Ambroise Stout Impériale Russe

Score
10091
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by McAuslan Brewing
Style: Imperial Stout
Montreal, Canada
Serve in Snifter

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RATINGS: 180   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.93   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 273   ABV: 9.1%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
La stout impériale russe St-Ambroise est un hommage québécois aux stouts impériales anglaises de la fin du XVIieme siècle, qui étaient brassées pour la cour de l’impératrice russe Catherine II la Grande.

Faite d’un mélange de malts d’orge, la Stout impériale russe St-Ambroise est infusée aux houblons Cascade, Goldings et Willamette, ce qui lui donne un caractère houblonné remarquable avec une finale moelleuse. Brassée avec du bois vieilli dans le bourbon, cette ale corsée se distingue par son riche arôme fumé aux accents de vanille, d’expresso et de chocolat.

Servir la Stout impériale russe St-Ambroise entre 13°C et 15°C, de préférence dans un verre à porto ou un ballon à brandy. Comme cette bière se bonifie avec le temps, il est recommandé de la conserver dans un lieu frais et sombre durant quelques années.

St-Ambroise Russian Imperial Stout is Quebec’s tribute to the late 1700’s English Imperial Stouts, brewed for the Russian courts of Catherine the Great.
Made from a blend of barley malts, St-Ambroise Russian Imperial Stout is infused with Cascade, Goldings and Willamette hops, resulting in an outstanding hop-character with a smooth finish. Bourbon wood-aged, this full-bodied ale has a rich, smoky aroma with hints of vanilla, expresso and chocolate.

Serve St-Ambroise Russian Imperial Stout between 13°C and 15°C, preferably in a port glass or a brandy snifter. This stout will improve with age for a number of years. Store in a cool, dark place.

4.2
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 15/20
solidfunk (434) - Ontario, CANADA - JAN 28, 2012
Smells of rich roasted malts and a lick of alcohol, a bit of sweetness. Tastes of bitter chocolate, espresso and I even not a little bit of raison or blackberry lurking around. Strong body, dark mocha head. Had a 330ml bottle of this.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
thorongil2 (453) - , Ontario, CANADA - JAN 24, 2012
(bottle) very dark brown with small brown head; aromas of lychees, bublegum, jam; intense flavour, oily palate, very good

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
ncube (18) - - JAN 23, 2012
Pours dark and velvety with thin but fine bubbled head. Aroma has nuts, vanilla, chocolate, wood. Taste moves from malty sweetness, to chocolate, to coffee, to vanilla, smoky woodiness. There’s a red fruit theme throughout as well. The bourbon really shows itself at the end with especially when the alcohol heat kicks in, but it doesn’t taste like 9.2%. Starting to get bitter about halfway through and gets increasingly bitter till the end, leaving a strong lasting vaguely citrus bitterness. This is the only time I really perceive any hops. It’s great, but would definitely benefit from a rounding off of bitterness that a year or more in the bottle should provide.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
gramity (508) - Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - JAN 22, 2012
Pours black with a large creamy tan head -- looks great. Lovely aroma of roasted malt, light bourbon, dark chocolate, coffee, vanilla and a good amount of herbal hops. Flavour: Whoa, that’s boozy! Still tasty though, with roasted malt, lightly burnt coffee, bourbon, chocolate and lots of alcohol. Medium bodied. Very good

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Ferfie (170) - Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - JAN 22, 2012
Originally Rated 01/06/12. 2011 vintage. Bottle. Well, pours amazingly. Thick and viscous, like motor oil, with the deepest and richest milk chocolate coloured head. Eventually caps off to a thin layer, but still maintains its rich hue. The aroma is deep, rich and sweet at first, like tons of super dark chocolate; then the bourbon oak comes through and imparts this kind of soy sauce quality with the super roasted and dark malt bill. Also pick up a touch of vanilla, it smells absolutely wonderful. Well lots going on, glad I bought 2 though, because this thing is going to mellow out beautifully in a year or 2. Lots of sweet deep rich malt, very dark chocolate syrup, but the roast is very present, as is the alcohol flavour, not really a burn, but the alcohol is slightly sharp. At first, tons of sweet deep rich red fruit and chocolate, shifts to a heavy roast, then some woodiness, and then the alcohol comes in bringing back that soy-like flavour, like in the smell. Its actually quite well balanced for this being a fresh beer, but still the age will do this one well. There is no alcohol really in the finish leaving any burn, but the actually flavour of it seemed sharp in the very beginning.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Johnsense (191) - - JAN 20, 2012
Black pour, 2 fingers of head that hung around for awhile. Lacing all the way down the glass. Aroma of wood, dark chocolate, coffee, light note of bourbon, vanilla, roasted malts. Roasted malt, slight hint of bourbon, wood, dark chocolate, fresh coffee beans, some alcohol, vanilla, fairly bitter. Full bodied and lower carbonation. Give it an hour to warm up - delicious. Cellaring 6 and can;t wait to revisit this one over the next 6 years!

4.7
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 19/20
EastCoaster (122) - USA - JAN 20, 2012
Very nice aromatics, a touch of strength for warmth added complexity from the wood and you have a great snowy day beer

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
patricks110 (810) - Alberta, CANADA - JAN 17, 2012
By the Power of Greyskull, is this a good Bourbon cask Imperial Stout. The pour is an intensely opaque black in the body. A thick and foamy tan head leaves nice spotted lacing and subsides to a thin creamy cap. The nose is sweet and roasted heavily with a robust malt and noticable alcohol nose. A prominent bourbon and woody cask aroma is also present with a subtle whiff of smoke. I’m incredibly excited for my first sip. The middle is sweet with a beautiful roast and I notice notes of vanilla bean, dark chocolate and a hint of dark roasted coffee. The finish has a nice drying bitterness and a prolonged woody, lightly smoked bourbon cask taste. Smooth tasting brew overall with a nice creamy mouthfeel and thick body. Overall, this is a fantastic brew. Almost comparable to the Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast bourbon (in my mind, it doesn’t even come close though)


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