Imperial Russian Stout - Stone Brewing Co.

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rAvg: 4.37
pDev: 9.84%
Reviews: 2430
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Brewed by:
Stone Brewing Co.

California, United States

Style | ABV
Russian Imperial Stout | 10.50% ABV

Availability: Spring. bottle (2231), on-tap (165), growler (29), cask (2), nitro-tap (2), nitro-bottle (1).

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Reviews by flagmantho:

flagmantho

Washington

4.53/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured from 22 oz bomber into a pint glass.

Appearance: completely black with a thick, foamy mocha brown head. Really, I don't know what else you'd need in a beer.

Smell: gobs of chocolate and alcohol, a little coffee and malt. Just what I want in a RIS.

Taste: slightly fruity alcohol and enough bitterness to stand up to the malt. At first, some of that great chocolate character from the nose failed to come through in the flavor, but as my glass warms up I'm getting more of that smooth chocolate which is just heavenly on the tongue.

Mouthfeel: thick and coating without being too much to handle. For the style, there's a relatively high level of carbonation here which lends a creaminess to the event. Great!

Drinkability: frankly, most RISs cannot break the 4.0 drinkability limit for me. The flavors are usually great, but the cumulative effect of all that malt plus the Herculean alcoholic content just pull that number down. After some consideration, though, I think Stone's RIS rates a bit higher ... it's just plain good.

Serving type: bottle

09-05-2009 04:16:19 | More by flagmantho

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Premo88

Texas

3.69/5 rDev -15.6%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5

22 oz. bomber poured into stout glass

L: black with 1/3-inch-plus tan head ... darker tan for the head, which laces well; it really is dang near black with only the very edges/bottom showing amber when held up to light

S: massive chocolate

T: booze ... and lots of it. chocolate and coffee notes but almost masked by an alcohol presence that comes off as dark red wine at times, as vodka at others.

F: solid all around

O: fantastic taste notes, a good nose and great show, but so much alcohol that it's too much. there is nothing hidden about the booze in this one. a fine brew if you like boozy beers. for me, the bomber is too much -- a 12 oz. bottle would be a better fit.

Serving type: bottle

06-17-2013 19:56:04 | More by Premo88