Russian Imperial Stout
Trinity Brewhouse
- From:
- Trinity Brewhouse
- Rhode Island, United States
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 16.49%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 29
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jan 03, 2015
- Added:
- Nov 11, 2001
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
A thick, dark, black beer with rich maltiness, roasted and chocolated malt flavors and high hop bitterness. The strongest of stouth, this robust beer will age with grace, transforming through complex flavor variations. Unfiltered.
60 IBU
60 IBU
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Reviewed by morebeergood from Massachusetts
3.65/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
First beer of the night yesterday evening at Trinity. Served on tap in a normal pint glass. Dark black in color. Very little head. Smell was like smoke and fresh coffee grinds. Taste was enjoyable. Lots of flavors of bittersweet chocolate, roasted malt, and black licorice. The one bad note with this beer was the mouthfeel. I did not enjoy the burnt coffee flavor and aftertaste it left on my palate. To me, it was too roasted. If this beer finished a bit smoother, I would have really enjoyed it. Not a bad RIS, but only really worth having one pint.
Nov 29, 2011
Reviewed by taez555 from Vermont
4.5/5 rDev +19.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +19.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
This beer pours a pitch black body with a small off-white head.
Nose is in your face with a strong black malt sort of smell. A little bit of brick but ver fresh dark grain. Breathtiaking smell.
Taste is medium to full bodied with a very immediate big roasted and even smokey dark malt. Very milky and rich, but with some pear type fruit flavors. Bitterness has an almost licorice flavor and is very evenly matcjed against the big malt base. At 8% abv this beer is a rare RIS that really let's the malt shine without being over the top and boozy. Almost a session RIS.
This beer rules. Considering it's one their normal, almost flagship beers, you gotta give them credit. Another killer beer by Trinity.
Jan 16, 2011Nose is in your face with a strong black malt sort of smell. A little bit of brick but ver fresh dark grain. Breathtiaking smell.
Taste is medium to full bodied with a very immediate big roasted and even smokey dark malt. Very milky and rich, but with some pear type fruit flavors. Bitterness has an almost licorice flavor and is very evenly matcjed against the big malt base. At 8% abv this beer is a rare RIS that really let's the malt shine without being over the top and boozy. Almost a session RIS.
This beer rules. Considering it's one their normal, almost flagship beers, you gotta give them credit. Another killer beer by Trinity.
Reviewed by Chincino from Massachusetts
3.85/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.85/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I had had this beer in the past, but last night was my first time having it in awhile. I had this beer on tap at the Trinity Brewhouse.
It was poured into a pint glass and poured very dark almost black in color with a tan head (about a half-inch). The aroma was very strong of chocolate. This beer was rich with maltiness and was very thick.
I drank two of them, but would have found it difficult to drink and more in the same sitting.
I really liked this beer overall.
Jan 09, 2011It was poured into a pint glass and poured very dark almost black in color with a tan head (about a half-inch). The aroma was very strong of chocolate. This beer was rich with maltiness and was very thick.
I drank two of them, but would have found it difficult to drink and more in the same sitting.
I really liked this beer overall.
Reviewed by winkingstarfish from Connecticut
2.46/5 rDev -34.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
2.46/5 rDev -34.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
tasted at the brewery on 10/22/10. I only wanted to review this beer because of the highly unusual characteristic tasting note and strong
(albeit negative) impression it left on me. (I did love the Decadence DIPA, however).
The RIS tasted like PIPE TOBACCO!!
Oct 28, 2010(albeit negative) impression it left on me. (I did love the Decadence DIPA, however).
The RIS tasted like PIPE TOBACCO!!
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