Your Top 5 Imperial Stouts?

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  1. keithmurray

    keithmurray Pooh-Bah (2,967) Oct 7, 2009 Connecticut
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    what are they?

    1. Ten Fidy
    2. Founders Imperial Stout
    3. Old Rasputin
    4. Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
    5. Storm King

    (Hon. Mention - Lagunitas I.S./Samuel Smith I.S.)
     
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  2. jivex5k

    jivex5k Initiate (0) Apr 13, 2011 Florida

    Specials?
    1. Brandy Barrel Huna
    2. BA Rasputin
    3. BCBS
    4. Parabola
    5. BA Speedway

    Regulars:
    1. Zhukov
    2. Founders
    3. Storm King
    4. Stone IRS
    5. Old Raspy
     
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  3. Bartos

    Bartos Initiate (0) Mar 8, 2013 Florida

    I assume we're going strictly RIS (no barrel aging):

    1. Ten Fidy
    2. Dark Lord
    3. Marshal Zhukov's
    4. Plead the Fifth
    5. Founder's Imperial Stout

    Hon Mention - Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
     
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  4. ChrisMyhre

    ChrisMyhre Initiate (0) Sep 15, 2013 Massachusetts

    Assuming non flavored/BA;
    1. Founders Imperial Stout
    2. Stone Imperial Russian Stout
    3. Oskar Blues Ten Fiddy
    4. Avery the Czar
    5. North Coast Ol Rasputin
    Hon. Mention: Sierra Nevada Narwhal
     
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  5. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    My top 5 (in no particular order): Old Rasputin, Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, Storm King, Parabola, and Narwhal Imperial Stout.

    Cheers!
     
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  6. Monstro

    Monstro Initiate (0) Dec 5, 2009 New Jersey

    Founders Imperial Stout
    New England Imperial Stout Trooper
    Portsmouth Kate the Great
    Ten Fidy
    Old Rasputin
     
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  7. Superflyjsc

    Superflyjsc Pundit (824) Dec 6, 2013 Pennsylvania
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    no particular order...
    1. Duck Rabbit RIS (Sooo good, yet flies so under the radar IMO)
    2. Ten Fidy
    3. Founders RIS
    4. Speedway Stout
    5. NC Old Rasputiin
     
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  8. Kramerbarthomer

    Kramerbarthomer Pooh-Bah (2,116) Mar 22, 2012 Colorado
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Ten Fidy
    Ten Fidy
    Ten Fidy
    Ten Fidy
    Ten Fidy
     
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  9. Shroud0fdoom

    Shroud0fdoom Initiate (0) Oct 31, 2013 Maryland

    Not in any particular order.

    Courage Imperial Russian Stout.

    I don't need Five.
     
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  10. markgugs

    markgugs Initiate (0) Dec 20, 2006 New Jersey

    keeping the uber-rare, sell-your-firstborn ones out of the mix (because I don't get to drink those, lol), I'd go with:

    (not in order)
    1. Founders Breakfast Stout
    2. BORIS The Crusher
    3. Bells Expedition Stout
    4. Stone RIS
    5. Brooklyn Black Chocolate

    Hon. mentions: Capt. Lawrence Frost Monster (really good for a first offering!), and Terrapin W-n-B
     
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  11. deleted_user_749702

    deleted_user_749702 Initiate (0) Aug 20, 2013

    Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
    Brooklyn Black Chocolate
    NC Old Rasputin
    Founders Imperial Stout
    Stone Imperial Russian Stout
     
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  12. jman005

    jman005 Initiate (0) Jan 21, 2013 Kentucky

    Hoppin' Frog BORIS
    Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
    Founders RIS
    Dark Horse Plead the Fifth
    Bell's Expidition
     
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  13. bcp5296d

    bcp5296d Initiate (0) Aug 7, 2012 North Carolina

    i actually like stones too. But founders and a few others take the cake.
     
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  14. RichD

    RichD Pooh-Bah (2,318) Mar 18, 2012 Rhode Island
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    MY top 5 regular RIS

    Founders Imperial Stout
    Founders Breakfast Stout
    Stone Imperial Russian Stout (Had a 2008 the other day and it was incredible)
    Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
    Samuel Smith Imperial Stout
     
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  15. CSpoons

    CSpoons Zealot (501) Nov 13, 2012 Maryland

    Ten Fidy
    Czar
    Stone RIS
    Czernobog
    Kremlin Crude
     
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  16. Stevedore

    Stevedore Grand Pooh-Bah (5,096) Nov 16, 2012 Oregon
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    Odd how Darkness hasn't been mentioned yet

    1a. Marshal Zhukov
    1b. Darkness
    3. Founders RIS
    4. Plead the 5th
    5. Expedition
     
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  17. Kadonny

    Kadonny Pooh-Bah (2,616) Sep 5, 2007 Florida
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    Fixed :stuck_out_tongue:

    Mine:

    Storm King
    Expedition
    Brooklyn BCS
    Narwahl
    B.O.R.I.S.

    These are regular production non whale picks.
     
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  18. Kramerbarthomer

    Kramerbarthomer Pooh-Bah (2,116) Mar 22, 2012 Colorado
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    And just to be technical... Founders Breakfast Stout ain't an RIS....
     
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  19. DrStiffington

    DrStiffington Grand Pooh-Bah (3,740) Oct 27, 2010 New Jersey
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    Storm King
    Founders imperial stout
    Ten Fidy
    Narwhal
    Stone RIS
    Hon mention: Brooklyn Chocolate Stout

    Edit: duh, Parabola would be my number 1. How did I forget that one? Of course, hard to have it as often as the others.
     
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  20. texasalec

    texasalec Devotee (399) Jul 18, 2013 Texas

    1. Founders RIS
    2. Dark Lord
    3. Hunahpu
    4. Ten Fidy
    5. Darkness
     
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