What Are Your Top 5 RIS?

Ten Fidy
Plead the 5th
Stone IRS
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Smuttynose RIS

 

Pretty easy for me. In no order.

KBS
Storm King
FBS
BCBS
Oak Aged Yeti

Honorable mention goes to a stout no one ever talks about. Kern River Class V stout. Fantastic beer.

 

Barrel aged
CBS
BCBCS
KBS
BCBS
Parabola


Non BA
Plead the 5th
Ten Fidy
Stone
Founders
Expedition

 

Looks like I'm a Founders guy according to my reviews....not to my surprise

1. KBS
2. BCBS
3. FBS
4. Stone IRS
5. FIS

 

BT, Abyss, Eclipse, BCBS, Remy

 

To answer the OP's question, my top 5 Russian Imperial Stouts are:
Cigar City Marshal Zhukov
Bells Expedition Stout
Clown Shoes Blaecorn Unidragon
Founders Imperial Stout
Oskar Blues Ten Fidy

But I too get excited about imperial stouts in general, so will join the rest of the crowd in giving a shout out to my top 5 imperial/double (non RIS) stouts:
Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch
Bruery Black Tuesday
Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout
Three Floyds Dark Lord (classified on BA as RIS but it's closer to the American double/imperial in my opinion)
Avery Mephestopheles

 

RIS:
Cigar City 110K +OT Batch 2
Brooklyn Black Choc
Stone IRS
Duck-Rabbit Rabid Duck
Old Rasputin XIV Ann.

Imperial/Double:
Big Black Voodoo Daddy
Founders Breakfast
Olde Rabbit's Foot
Stone 12th Ann Bitter Choc Oat Stout
The Abyss

 

Just for plain old non coffee, non-barrel aged RIS-

Expedition
Founders Impy
Black Xantus- underated IMO
Old Rasputin
Hel & Verdomenis- Worthy of more mention than it gets

Also, all good candidates for short-term aging.

 

According to my ratings.
1. BCBS
2. KBS
3. Speedway
4. Uncle Jacob's
5. BA Blackout

Some of my favorite non-barrel-aged: FIS, Marshal Z, TenFidy, Doris, Siberian Night, Stone, Smutty...etc.

 

Of those officially listed at RIS on this site (rather than American Double / Imperial Stout):

1. Kabert
2. Black Albert
3. Parabola
4. Old Rasputin XIV Barrel Aged
5. Ten Fidy

 

1. 1977 Courage Russian Stout
2. 1993 Courage Russian Stout
3. 1992 Courage Russian Stout
4. Harvey's Imperial Stout
5. A recreation of 1856 Barclay Perkins Imperial Brown Stout

 

Founders Breakfast Stout (on tap)
B.O.R.I.S the Crusher (go buckeyes)
Alesmith Speedway
Yeti
Old Rasputin (nitro)

 

Ignoring specialities (like vanilla aged or whatever) and one offs:
1. The Abyss
2. Dark Lord
3. Stone
4. Darkness
5. Vortex II

 

1. Bourbon County
2. The Abyss
3. Big Bad Baptist
4. Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti
5. Expedition

I'm not separating barrel aged versions, because I'm too lazy.

 

1 - Kate the Great
2 - Darkness
3 - BCBS
4 - Worthy Adversary
5 - Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout

 

Parabola
Old Rasputin
Courage Imperial Russian
Stone IRS
Yeti

 

Stone IRS
Ten Fidy
Yeti
ST Choklat
BORIS

Have not had any BA Stouts as of yet...

 

Some of my top stouts and ratings. I absolutely love a good imperial stout.
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26/42349/?ba=Huhzubendah
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26/30184/?ba=Huhzubendah
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1199/19960/?ba=Huhzubendah
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/22147/79241/?ba=Huhzubendah
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/16866/51257/?ba=Huhzubendah
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/17981/47022/?ba=Huhzubendah
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/11036/51153/?ba=Huhzubendah
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26/70380/?ba=Huhzubendah
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26/68691/?ba=Huhzubendah
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/10902/42664/?ba=Huhzubendah
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/22147/63649/?ba=Huhzubendah
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/396/31484/?ba=Huhzubendah

 

Oh I want to play.

1. Abyss
2. Bourbon County Coffee
3. Every Eclipse variant with the exception of Brandy (if I have to pick one, Four Roses 2011)
4. Parabola
5. Canadian Breakfast Stout

Honorable mention: Chocolate Rain

 

1. CBS
2. Parabola 2011 (aged 1 year)
3. GI Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout
4. Hoppin' Frog DORIS the Destroyer
5. 2011 Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Lord