Your Top 5 Imperial Stouts?

1. Dieu de Ciel Peche Mortel
2. NEBCO Imperial Stout Trooper
3. FBS
4. Great Lakes Blackout
5. Samuel Smith Imperial Stout

 

Assuming this is a non-barrel aged list:

1. New England Brewing Co Imperial Stout Trooper
2. Ten Fidy
3. Stone Russian Imperial
4. Founders Imperial
5. Sierra Nevada Narwhal

 

When I first posted in this thread it was titled "Your top 5 Russian Imperial Stouts." Since the name has changed so will my list.

1)KBS
2)Breakfast Stout
3)Bourbon County stout
4)Weyerbacher 13
5)Shackamaximum

 

Imperial/Non Barrel/Non Deriv

Hunaphu
Zhukov
Speedway
Ten Fidy
Stone/founders breakfast stout

 

BCBCS
KBS
BA Speedway
Black Note
Abyss

This is among the super hyped limited releases like Cali Brandy Huna, BVDL, Assassin and others.

 

No BA'd or adjunct'd:

1. Founder's IRS
2. Stone IRS (The one that one me over)
3. Great Divide Yeti
4. Oskar Blue's Ten Fidy
5. Dark Horse PT5

Honorable Mention: Old Rasputin
Wildcard: Pretty Things Barbapapa (This may find its way into my top 5. It's fantastic)

 

OK..this is my favorite type of beer. However, I am seeing stouts other than Imperial Stouts listed. Since I am assuming we're talking about Russian Imperial Stouts then my favorites in order:
1) Cigar City Hanahpu's Imperial Stout-California Brandy Barrel Aged (amazing stuff!)
2) North Coast Old Rasputin (My regular "go-to" easy-to-find IS)
3) Founders Imperial Stout
4) Ten Fidy
5) Stone Imperial Stout
Honorable mentions:
Sierra Nevada Narwhal
Great Lakes Blackout Stout
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
AleSmith Speedway Stout

 

So many lists look the same. Unfortunately I can't vary widely.

1. Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
2. 8Wired iStout
3. Moa imperial stout
4. Sierra Nevada Narwhal
5. North Coast Old Rasputin

If we were going with BA / open category, based on what I've had in my sheltered Canadian life:

1. Vanilla Dark Lord
2. BCBCS
3. Black Butte XXV
4. I don't know anymore. Thinking of #1 and 2.

 

Founders RIS, Voodoo Big Black Voodoo Daddy, Bell's Expedition, Olde Hickory Imperial Stout, Cigar City Marshal Zhukov's.

 

Marshall Zhukov sp?
Stone irs
Ten fidy
Wake n bake
Fbs

 

Non BA
Speedway Vietnamese coffee - on tap
Mornin Delight - bottle
Prairie Bomb - bottle
Abraxas
Speedway
(have not had Kopi Speedway yet and I am sure it would make the list)

BA
Assassin - bottle
BCBCS - bottle
Sixteen - on tap
BA Speedway - bottle
Too close to call for fifth
Cherry Rye - on tap
BA Hel & Verdoemenis - bottle
Black Note - bottle and on tap
BBPT5 - bottle
BA Imperial Biscotti Break - bottle
Weasel Calvados edition - bottle
Several Eclipse - bottles
Parabola - several years
(have not had TG Kentucky Brunch or BA Abraxas yet but I am sure they would be in the top 5)

 

In no order

Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
Odelll's Bourbon Barrel Stout
Stone Russian Imperial Stout
Left Hand Wake Up Dead Nitro
Ska Brewing Co. Mole Stout

 

Regular imperial stouts not counting ones with coffee or other stuff added would be in no particular order
Old Rasputin
Totality
Courage
Stone IRS
Zhukov

 

Love all these posts to my favorite beer type. I'm now adding the Barrel Aged Top 5 (only ones I've tried so far):
1) Parabola
2) Hunahpu's IS aged in California Brandy Barrels
3) BCBS
4) Clown Shoes Very Angry Beast
5) Founders KBS

 

Non barrel aged/non adjunct:

1) FIS
2) HF Boris
3) Narwhal
4) Ten Fidy
5) Expedition

 

Out of everything I've tried:

1) Bourbon Vanilla Dark Lord
2) Bourbon County Coffee
3) Bourbon County
4) Parabola
5) Velvet Merkin

Can you tell I like bourbon barrel aged stouts?

 

Based on my ratings:

Stone IRS
CBS
The Abyss
BCBS
Hunahpu's

 

Some people don't seem to like Narwhal. I happen to love it. Glad I picked up 3-4 packs when they were around last fall.

 

Expedition
Founders IS
Speedway Stout
Dark Lord
Leinenkugel's Big Eddy RIS - don't sleep on this; it's delicious and readily available

 

Ten Fidy
Breakfast Stout
Central Waters Brewhouse Coffee Stout
Narwhal
Great Lakes Blackout Stout