Imperial Stout
Rogue Ales

Imperial StoutImperial Stout
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From:
Rogue Ales
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
Russian Imperial Stout
ABV:
11%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.03 | pDev: 12.41%
Reviews:
821
Ratings:
1,288
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 26, 2021
Added:
Sep 21, 2001
Wants:
  110
Gots:
  94
Also known as XS Imperial Stout

12 Ingredients:
Malts: Great Western, Harrington & Klages, Hugh Baird XLT-80, Black, Munich, Chocolate and rolled oats.
Hops: Willamette, Cascade and Chinook. Specialty: Two Secret ingredients.
Yeast & Water: Rogue's Pacman Yeast & Free Range Coastal Water.

26º PLATO
88 IBU
73 AA
256º Lovibond
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Ratings by StaveHooks:
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Reviewed by StaveHooks from Oklahoma

3.62/5  rDev -10.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
7oz bottle served in a snifter
Vintage 2009

A - Pours a "dark brown edged" black color with a swift fading mocha head.

S - Old licorice/chocolate, rum, dates, chocolate cake batter, sweet bread.

T - Cocoa cake batter, sweet cream, heavily roasted malts, astringent bitterness, cherries, espresso, bitter chocolates, moderate leafy hop oils, chlorophyll, tobacco, goes right back to dry roasted chocolate malts, finishes with with moderate roasted bitterness, coating the tongue with hop oils.

M - Silky feel, medium and heavy at different stages, still a good amount of creamy carbonation, dry and bitter finish.

Wow! I haven't had this fresh but this is still pretty harsh. Nice aroma but the roasted coffee/malts, mixed with the resinous hop oils make for a stout and astringent drink. I'm very surprised the hop oils are still very bitter. 4 years has not mellowed this out. This could go for at least 2 to 3 more years. Wish I had another one of this vintage.
Jun 21, 2013
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Imperial Stout from Rogue Ales
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 1288 ratings