Imperial Stout Appreciation Thread (2022)

Trying an OddSide 11th anniversary. A year and half has mellowed the jet fuel that typically comes out of a 17.7% beer. All coconut and dark chocolate now with a touch of dark black coffee. Cheers all!

 

merry christmas! cheers!!

 

Christmas Eve nightcap of the good stuff...a fesh 2022 bottle of Free Will Brewing's Coffee Ralphius. Aged a year in various bourbon barrels with coffee from the local roaster Speakeasy Coffee.

Tons of espresso layered on top of vanilla, caramel, oak, dark chocolate. Great balance. The 14% abv booze is well hidden. Top notch mouthfeel - full bodied and slick.

 

I made it to Ramones o’clock. This might be my last of the night but we shall see

Enjoy

 

Been on a stout tear this this season. Santa's Little Helper from Port Brewing followed by the illustrious Willetized from Lagunitas.

We'll see if I'm up for another after this, I may reach for a Parabola. Or a BA Rasputin. Or maybe just a Reggie Rasputin

 

Shiit I went with round two of Willetized and I'm finishing with an ill advised night cap of regular Rasputin (my 6 year old is well aware of the expected social protocol tomorrow, and his 3 year old sister is a dutiful minion). I think this is the freshest ol raspy I've had in a while, bottled 10/28, and damn is this a standout brew this fresh. There's this fruity hop character that just takes it to this whole other level.

Sometimes I think about going back and re reviewing Rasputin. It's my only 5 and it was rated early in my journey and it's a sentimental part of my beer journey. But then, other times, I drink and I wonder "can a RIS actually get better than this?"

Hopefully that creep Santa can fit down the chimney of our wood stove and I can share one with him after a long ass night.

 

merry christmas and a good morning! cheers!!

 

Bible Stories by The Lost Abbey. Cheers to @Nugganooch for the stout-Barleywine blend. Best of the season to all!

 

I bet this has notes of delicately charred fishnet stocking, luscious curves of dark chocolate with a soft glow of roasted malt, and is as smooth as a freshly waxed Italian leg.

 

Started things off with a Santa's Little Helper too. Drinking coffee stouts and doing my thing in the kitchen after the kids go to bed is about as wild as I get these days. But we'll have fresh tortillas for Christmas dinner tonight.

 

Other Half, “double sunset “! BBA Ethiopian coffee stout!

 

Burial Imperial Stout. Zoom in to the above photo to get the details!

 

Best way to fend off death from the rona is filling your body with the very special old deth. No room for any other kind

 

Hot. Haven’t been the biggest fan of this Rocky Mountain series. Luckily they’re 8oz

 

Oibita Imperial barrel aged milk stout by Living Waters




Reviewed by WunderLlama from Massachusetts

4.26/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Imperial Milk Stout aged for 16 months in a Willett Rye barrel then rested on Colombia La Virgen coffee roasted by Sump Coffee. Named after Rio Oibita in Colombia, this barrel was one of our favorites!

Waxed and capped bomber poured into a stemless wine glass

Dark cola brown liquid, thin fizzy brown foam layer quickly evaporates to a thin ring

Aroma is bourbon, whisky , brown sugar,
Coffee

Taste is sweet, bourbon , sweet, hint of coffee,

Mouthfeel is boozy without the heat, thin , light body , abv is well hidden


Good beer

 

Crushing Mass

 

3.99/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A nice dark brown pour, a good tan head that leaves a nicely laced glass. A "woody" aroma with a hint of chocolate, brown sugar and caramel, taste buds get that plus a hint of whiskey. It seems thin for the style, but so does the base beer. To me Old Rasputin is the beer I measure all others by, and this was a bit disappointing.