This is the big daddy of stouts. The style was originally brewed in England for Catherine II, Empress of all the Russias over 200 years ago. The high alcohol helped the beer make the journey to Russia. Technically a style of barleywine, our version of this whopper boasts malt, chocolate, roast, vanilla, coconut, and alcohol. Naturally carbonated rendering an intensely creamy head and mouth feel. Aged in various oak barrels including Jim Beam and Napa Valley wine barrels.