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RATINGS: 808   WEIGHTED AVG: 4.21   SEASONAL: Winter   IBU: 85   EST. CALORIES: 288   ABV: 9.6%
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This massive Russian Imperial Stout brings waves of flavors; chocolate, cherries, raisins, coffee, and toffee. We add a touch of hops to make this delicious brew even tastier. 85 IBUs. Labels:

’07 = Grim Reaper
’08 = Devil
’09 = Mummy
’10 = Vampire
’11 = Zombie
’12 = Werewolf


budznsudz's rating

4.5
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
budznsudz (337) - Audubon, New Jersey, USA - MAR 16, 2013
Pours the color of a black hole with a creamy tan head. Has the most insane lacing I’ve ever seen, it’s like a shell around the glass. Aroma is ultra rich chocolate and espresso, dark roast coffee, licorice, and smokey roast. Taste is dark chocolate fudge, sharp hops, freshly roasted coffee beans, smoke, char, and wood. Very heavy and complex. Thick chewy mouth feel, leading to a smooth rich finish.


most recent ratings

4.1
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Prufrockstar (224) - Seattle, Washington, USA - JUN 9, 2013
Pleasantly surprised to see this bottle come out at last night’s tasting -- thanks, D! Pours viscous, nearly black. Dark fruits, chocolate, vanilla, and licorice. Surprisingly sweet, and damned good.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Inbreak (247) - Loddefjord, NORWAY - JUN 5, 2013
03.05.2013, tap @ CBC: Sødmerik røsta lukt med preg av mørk malt, humle, puffaris, røsta korn og kaffi, mørkt sukker, sjokolade, brent karamell. Tørr lett sødmerik smak med preg av mørk malt, humle, gras, røsta kaffi og korn, puffaris, brent karamell, kakao. God bitterhet som set godt. Grei, alt for fersk og treng ein del lagring.

4.4
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
Pyrmir (1453) - Westra Aros, SWEDEN - MAY 27, 2013
On tap @CBC13. Dark brown with dark tan head. Aroma and taste of roasted malt, licorice, ground coffee, chocolate and dried fruit. Very nice beer

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
pentaz (589) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - MAY 25, 2013
Draught @ CBC 2013. Pours pitch black with a good lacing and fully lasting frothy tan big head. Aroma is dark fruit, licorice, dark sugars, cocoa, coffee, dark fruit and flowery hops. Taste is medium sweet and medium+ bitter. Body is medium, texture is smooth, carbonation is moderate. Finishes dry with light astringent roasted malt and with some alcohol.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
saxo (11503) - Højbjerg, Aarhus, DENMARK - MAY 22, 2013
Sample @ CBC. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich roast malt, licorice, coffee, chocolate, wood, vanilla and hops. Nice and smooth.

4.8
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 19/20
dctriman (39) - USA - MAY 19, 2013
Pitch black, motor oil, wonderful. Had on tap at Churchkey DC during CBC. Excellent beer

4.5
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
Bestbrew1 (54) - Minnesota, USA - MAY 15, 2013
Good beer a little more on the sweet side for me. I’ve heard that 2 years is the sweet spot for aging this beer. I’ll definitely be trying the beers that I’ve been aging at year 1 and 2. So far a little more overrated but that’s okay it keeps us beer nerds wanting to collect.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
thomat (1590) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - MAY 15, 2013
On tap @ CBC 2013. Very dark brown with a small brown head. Fruity and malty tones. Fruit, malt, coffee, caramel and hops. Full body with a long bitter sweet after taste. Very nice !

4.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 19/20
jra1983 (14) - york haven, Pennsylvania, USA - MAY 14, 2013
Pours a deep black. Head is a nice tan color. Smell is of roasted coffee, sweet molasses, roasted malts, chocolate. taste is very much the same as the nose. Nice and bitter roasty flavors. This has aged well for three years!

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
thewolf (9992) - Kolding, DENMARK - MAY 14, 2013
Tap @ CBC 2013.
Pours utterly, completely opaque black with a small, creamy, beige rim of foam. Aroma has roasted malts, chocolate, vinious, cocoa and white chocolate. Very little soy sauce. Medium carbonation, lovely dry and oily mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet, light sticky, some chocolate, coffee and a bit of smoke. A very dry finish balances the sweetness very well. Cocoa, coffee and light peppery bitterness with a slight vinious touch.


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