What Are Your Top 5 RIS?

Great Lakes Black Out
Southampton
Yeti
Spider Bite Boris
Old Rasputin

 

Founders IS
Midnight Sun Moscow (from 2011 world tour series)
Hoppin' Frog D.O.R.I.S. the Destroyer
DH Pt5
Bells Exp Stout

 

Bourbon Dark Lord
Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel
Bells Black Note
CCB Hunahpu Stranahan BA
Struise Woody Albert

 

In order:

Portsmouth Kate the Great 2010
Portsmouth Kate the Great 2011
Parabola
Dark Horse Plead the Fifth
Stone Espresso IRS

and still have at least one of each left...

 

Hunahpu
Parabola
Speedway
Black Note
Oak Aged Yeti

 

Funny enough, I've only had five RIS's up to this point... a few of which are highly acclaimed.

Worst to best:

5.) Sam Adams Imperial Stout (3.43/5) ... I originally had it just above a 2 rating, but I had it again maybe a month ago after it aged a year. It's considerably better, but I still don't love it.

4.) Plead the 5th Imperial Stout (3.76/5) ... -12.4% on the rDev. Looked incredible and smelled even better, but the beer itself was way too alcohol heavy for me. I need to get it again and let it age a year or two to let it mellow out. I'm sure I'd love it if I did that.

3.) Siberian Night Imperial Stout (3.84/5) ... Nothing really special about this, but maybe that's what makes it work. The ABV doesn't kill my throat or ruin the flavor, and I like that it's actually pretty bitter. I find that some are too sweet ... like the next one.

2.) Ten FIDY (3.98/5) ... Very tasty when it's cold, but it gets way too sweet as it warms up. Not just that, but it's $4 for a single or something like that. Good, but not that good. Too dark fruity, not enough roasty.

1.) Giant Vanilla Slayer (4.3/5) ... Fucking fantastic. That's all. It's roasty and has alcohol warmth, but the vanilla notes and sweetness put it over the top.

 

Founders Imperial Stout
Dark Horse Plead the 5th
Stone IRS
Sierra Nevada Narwhal
Great Divide Yeti

 

Ten Fidy
Stone IRS
Narwhal
B. O. R. I. S. the crusher
Founders stout

 

BBA Trans-Siberian Night
Founder's RIS
Ten Fidy
Yeti
Expedition

 

Parabola
Double Black
CCB (variants)
Bo and Luke
Abyss

 

1. Treehouse Space & Time
2. Founders RIS
3. Old Raspy
4. Ten Fidy
5. Yeti

 

In no order, non BA

Expedition
Luscious
IRS
Yeti
Founders Imp Stout

 

Non-BA, Go-To Stouts:
* Ten Fiddy
* Brooklyn BCS
* Yeti
* Founders RIS
* Old Raspy

 

1. Bcbs
2. Black note
3. Churchills finest hour
4. Porabola
5. Silva stout

Extended list... Couldn't just do 5.

6. BA speedway
7.KBS
8. Black Tues
9. Track 10 LA box set
10. Big bad baptist

 

I have to adjust my top 5
Bells falls out... Stone Espresso jumps in above Ten Fidy.

I made the mistake of trying S.E.R.I.S. at 9:30 pm. I didn't sleep all night. Was absolutely wired, but it was soooo worth it!

 

Founders Breakfast Stout
Founders Imperial Stout
Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti (like the other variants as well)
North Coast Old Rasputin
Green Flash Double Stout

 

Is it just me; or does anyone else notice that nearly everyone has been listing one or two actual Russian Imperial Stouts and the rest of their list is just Stouts or Imperial Stouts?

 

I'm not so sure. I think the '35 kicks the '47's ASS. Gotta love me some BPRIS

 

- BCBS
- 2010 Abyss
- KBS and CBS
- Parabola
- PNC (version that was NOT aged in tequila barrel)

If I can add a few more, it would be BBPt5th, BA Stone RIS, and Peche Mortel

 

Avery Mephistopholes
Stone IRS
Black Albert
BCBS
Storm King