The Imperial Stout Hype Thread

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by HorseheadsHophead, Nov 5, 2015.

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  1. PatrickCT

    PatrickCT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,776) Feb 18, 2015 Connecticut

    What did you think of Old Rasputin Nitro compared to the regular OR?
     
  2. butters_mcgee

    butters_mcgee Pooh-Bah (1,857) Feb 26, 2014 New York
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    @HorseheadsHopHead , if you come across Good Nature Brewings Imperial Stout, Great Chocolate Wreck, you should pick one up. Are you in Horeseheads? You can get it and the Bell's 30th at Finger Lakes Beverage in Ithaca if you don't mind the drive.
     
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  3. hoptheology

    hoptheology Grand Pooh-Bah (5,379) May 12, 2014 South Dakota
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    My favorite style.

    PT5th
    Old Raspy
    FBS
     
  4. dennis3951

    dennis3951 Initiate (0) Mar 6, 2008 New Jersey

    I prefer Imperial Stouts without added flavors. My 3 favorites are Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, Narwhal and Founders Imperial Stout.
     
  5. beersnobraven

    beersnobraven Initiate (0) Jul 12, 2014 Illinois

    Not to be that asshole, but Black Chocolate Stout doesn't actually have any chocolate added. I guess that just goes to show what you can do with malts alone sometimes.
     
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  6. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    I find that the added flavorings of coffee or chocolate generally don't go as well in beer as the suggestions of those flavors made by the malts, so I'm with @dennis3951 all the way on that one. When I have a coffee stout I think of it as more of a 'coffee flavored beverage' than a beer.
     
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  7. Hamilax

    Hamilax Aspirant (271) Feb 3, 2015 Florida

    Drinking CCB Caffe Americano Double Stout to celebrate Stout Day. I like it better than Ten Fidy.
     
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  8. Doomcifer

    Doomcifer Pooh-Bah (1,665) Nov 10, 2005 Rhode Island
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    I agree with many reco's on this thread especially Ten Fidy, ANYTHING by Clown Shoes, BCBS, Oak-Aged Yeti (my og gateway aside from Raspy), Stone IRS, Bible Belt, Siberian Night, IBB, etc...

    ...but this thread is missing the best non-BA RIS by far, IMO of course, and that is Pretty Things Barbapapa.
     
  9. westcoastbeergeek

    westcoastbeergeek Initiate (0) Sep 16, 2015 Canada (BC)

    Yup, but as competition increases this will change.
     
  10. sittinggc

    sittinggc Pundit (836) Mar 2, 2015 California
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    My all time favorite stouts have to be Stone IRS with Espresso Beans (even more so aged in bourbon barrels...ie Mikhail's Odd) and Xocoveza Charred....fucking love those beers. Also gotta give Big Bad Baptist and Ten Fidy some love. Hope to try BA Ten Fidy tonight on draft for Stout Day :slight_smile: Just hope it hasn't kicked haha.
     
  11. bcp5296d

    bcp5296d Initiate (0) Aug 7, 2012 North Carolina

    Founders imperial and Olde Hickory Imperial do the tick for me
     
  12. Keffa

    Keffa Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2009 Ohio

    Well, since I no longer work there...

    Weasel Boy Anastasia. Bronze in 2010, gold in 2012 at GABF. On tap now, and delicious as always.

    Other favorites include, but are not limited to:

    Wolf's Ridge Dire Wolf
    Jackie O's Dark Apparition
    Rhinegeist Ink
     
  13. laketang

    laketang Grand Pooh-Bah (3,017) Mar 22, 2015 Arizona
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    Just finished a bomber of vanilla imperial stout from Hubbard street in Chicago, great stuff
     
  14. WhoKnew23

    WhoKnew23 Initiate (0) Oct 20, 2014 Michigan

    Totally agreed! It may be nuts to say, but I actually like BAPTF better. It is my favorite BA stout.
     
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  15. TEKNISHE

    TEKNISHE Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2011 Pennsylvania

    green flash double stout, ten fidy, great lakes blackout stout, old rasputin, founders imperial, bell's expedition.

    i thought i was done drinking for tonight but this thread made me have to pour a storm king.
     
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  16. RichD

    RichD Pooh-Bah (2,318) Mar 18, 2012 Rhode Island
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    I grabbed a 4 pack for 7.99. As far as I remember (going back 3-4 years) these were always in 4 packs. Either way this is the best deal for a 10% stout out there.
     
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  17. BriantheBeerGeek

    BriantheBeerGeek Zealot (585) May 26, 2013 Pennsylvania

    Bell's 30th anniversary! Grabbed 7 bottles at $4 a piece, then found a case for $65.
     
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  18. RichD

    RichD Pooh-Bah (2,318) Mar 18, 2012 Rhode Island
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    Hearing all this praise makes me think that Bell's might make the best shelf stouts in all of the land. I could drink Expedition every day. That beer is divine after a year. Kalamazoo is also great. Wish they distributed to Rhode Island or New England for that matter so I could get my hands on that 30th.
     
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  19. StoutSnob40

    StoutSnob40 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,611) Jan 4, 2013 California
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    I just recently determined that stouts are my favorite style.. By far.. Assassin, Abraxas, Ten Fidy, Speedway, SR-71.. I love sours and IPAs, but nothing can compete on a consistent basis.

    Drinking a KBS right now.. So good.
     
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  20. msscott1973

    msscott1973 Pooh-Bah (1,739) Dec 28, 2013 North Carolina
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    I prefer the regular to the BA version as well. It is remarkable with about 8 months on it.
     
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