What Are Your Top 5 RIS?

BA
Parabola
BT
KBS
BCBS
Eclipse EC

Non-BA
Stone
FBS
BORIS Crusher
Terrapin WnB
OakAged Yeti

I'm drinking a SN Narwhal right now and it's pretty good.

 

Based on my review:

1. Abyss (2010 vintage, consumed in 2012)
2. BCBS (and BCBCS - both 2011 vintage, consumed in 2012)
3. KBS (2012 vintage and CBS - 2011 vintage, consumed in 2012)
4. GL Blackout (2011 vintage, consumed in 2012)
5. BA Stone IRS (2008 vintage, consumed in 2012)

My personal favorites that I always want to consume (in no particular order)

Abyss
BCBS (regular)
KBS
Parabola
Peche Mortel

 

This never gets old

 

1. Kate The Great (totally destroys all others)
2. Darkness 2012
3. Dark lord 2008
4. Plead the 5th
5. Beer Geek weasel

 

Now Bourbon Barrel aged:
1.CBS
2.KBS
3. Bourbon County Coffee
4. BB Plead 5th
5. Black Tuesday

 

Marshall Zhukov
Ten Fidy
The Czar
Heavy Seas Peg Leg
Old Rasputin

 

the rarity is strong in this one

 

I agree with many of the posts. But not one of ya mentioned GI Night Stalker. Or did it just simply slip your mind?

 

it's a good one but if i had to pick a top five it's just not up there, there are just too many better ones. it would for sure be in my top ten

 

Most all I'd mention already have been, so I'll just throw one of my personal favorites in, which happens to be a local beer: Sonoran Inebriator Stout. I've had it a number of times, but recently had it side by side (on draft) against Stone IRS and much preferred the Sonoran brew. Maybe a bit of a homer on this one, but I really think it's a pretty fantastic stout and no other Arizona stouts would make my list.

 

Oh and Mad Viking Cognac Barrel Aged IRS

 

Should rename thread "How big is your craft beer wiener?"

 

Stone IRS
Expedition Stout
Ten Fidy
Founders Imperial Stout
Peche Mortel

 

Deschutes The Abyss ,
Brasserie Dieu Du Ciel Peche Mortel
Driftwood Singularity ,
8 Wired I Stout ,
Howe Sound Megadestroyer & Pothole Filler ,

 

According to my raitings...
1.Double black
2. Fritz and Ken
3. KBS
4. Sexy Chaos: Marshal Wharf Brewing
5. Late the Great

Now if double stouts don't count then....
1 sexy chaos
2 Kate
3 Imperial stout trooper
4 parabola
5 smuttynose imperial stout

 

Big Black Bear isn't even an imperial stout, let alone a RIS. Whomever entered it into BA's system labeled it wrong.

 

Hmm.. this is a tough one. After thinking it over for a few, here's what I came up with:

Cascade Diesel
Abyss
BCBS
Black Albert
D.O.R.I.S.

Other notables include Night Stalker (when it was avail), Smutty IS, and Founders IS

 

You know, it always makes me feel good to know that you got introduced to Anastasia because of me

Speaking of that, are you coming to the release? I'll have details posted here soon, probably next week.

 

Green Flash Silva Stout is #1 to date in my book.

 

Ten Fidy
Courage RIS
Bell's Expedition
Samuel Smith's RIS
Stone

Certain beer's, like Espresso Oak Aged Yeti, BCBS, etc. aren't listed as "Russian" IS, rather just "American" or "Double" IS, so that's why I didn't list them. But if you're gonna count them, then throw those two on the list!