Your Top 5 Imperial Stouts?

Bourbon County
Old Raspy
Great Lakes Blackout Stout
Bourbon County Coffee
Narwhal

 

1) Old Rasputin
2) Stone RIS
3) Yeti
4) Narwhal
5) Ten Fidy

Honorable Mention: The Czar

Barrel Aged:
1) Bourbon County
2) Black Tuesday
3) Parabola
4) The Abyss
5) Hangar 24 Pugachev's Cobra

 

1- Narke Kaggen Stormaktsporter
2 - De Struise Black Albert
3 - Firestone Walker Parabola
4 - Deschutes The Abyss
5 - De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis

 

Funny you picked this one--half of those mentioned aren't RIS

 

None of these are RISs because they aren't exported to Russia...if we're being nitpicky about stupid crap.

 

Its hard to only chose 5!
In no particular order:

1. Founders imperial Stout
2. Stone IRS
3. Ten Fiddy
4. Great Divide Yeti
5. Brew Dog Psycho Cocoa

I have a Dark Lord and Darkness I've yet to try (waiting for the right occasion) , my list may change after consuming them!

 

1.Founders Imperial Stout
2.Ten FIDY
3.B.O.R.I.S. The Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout
4.Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
5.Great Lakes Blackout Stout

 

Tried a few stouts I really liked this past weekend at a beer festival, and a couple non-barrel aged imperial stouts - New Holland Night Tripper I remember in particular - that were very chocolately, varying flavors, but not so intense on the coffee flavors. Most of the imperial I have tried before have either been barrel aged (mostly bourban, and I don't like bourban), or coffee infused, and when I looked at the top imperial styles on the site, it seems like a ton of the more available ones are barrel aged and bourban.

Any recs on non-barrel aged imperials that are more on the chocolate side than coffee? Thanks alot.

PS, I've had Southern Tier Chokolat, Rogue Chocolate, and youngs double chocolate so no need to mention those. I was surprised how dark chocolate tasting the Night Tripper was, I am looking for more Imperials like that.

 

Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti will do the trick and then some

 

Brooklyn Black Chocolate
Boulevard Dark Truth
North Coast Old Rasputin

These should fit the bill nicely.

 

Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, Founder's IRS. Possibly Founder's FBS; has more chocolate than coffee IMO

 

Try Oskar Blues Ten FIDY. No chocolate in there, but for a non-coffee, non-chocolate, non-barrel-aged stout, it has plenty of chocolate character.

 

Here's some recent stuff I've encountered, albeit in NY not WI...

Great Divide's Espresso Oak Aged Yeti is around now... I'd recommend picking one up if you spot it.


This nice "breakfast beer" might make an appearance

Imperial Doughnut Break ^

Founders yearly Imperial Stout is a must-buy.


If you have the dough, these wax sealed, barrel-aged bombers from Eclipse are still around - different wax colors identify what type of barrel aged the ale.

They're pricey though - like $23 - that's probably why some are still around lol

I'm throwing one more out there - but it was from Christmas-time - but if you see it, its a real treat - Evil Twin's Bozo Beer


Cheers - and good drinking!

 

HA!!! Last night I bought that at the liquor store on a complete whim when they didn't have the other 4 beers I was loking for and it is sitting in my fridge right now. thanks!

 

You are going to enjoy the hell out of that like the person before said it is fantastic.

 

Stone Russian Imperial Stout is a solid one, just doesn't have the chocolate: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/147/1160/

 

Thirsty dog Siberian Night pretty tasty lots of dark chocolate in that one

 

Founders Breakfast Stout. I have dreams about that beer. Absolutely amazing.

Some others I've had:

Verdi Imperial by Birrificio Del Ducato was really good (though I haven't been able to find it since having it the first time in NYC).
Kujo Imperial Coffee Stout was good
Founders Imperial was decent
Victory Storm king was decent
North Coast Old Rasputin was decent
Ommegang Take the Black was alright (though apparently not technically imperial anyway)
Clown Shoes Chocolate Sombrero was interesting
Widmer Raspberry Russian Imperial was interesting but not the greatest

 

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