Bolshoi!
Sixpoint Brewery in Brooklyn, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.60
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Big. Huge. Massive. Gargantuan. Bolshoi means “BIG” in Russian.
This is an ancient recipe (by craft beer standards) carrying the torch for centuries-old tradition. The Russian Imperial Stout (the most luxurious brew we've learned to create). Layers of bittersweet chocolate, coffee, malt richness, dark fruit, vanilla, earth...
What will the next sip bring?
"Like navigating a Siberian blizzard we find our way by putting an arm out and bumping into things"
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SpringsLicker (4048) reviewed Bolshoi! from Sixpoint Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle 74 of 244. Huge creamy head over a dense black body. Complex malt aroma and flavor.
Fata2683 (2200) reviewed Bolshoi! from Sixpoint Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
bottle pours pitch black, medium tan head. Aroma is sweet soy and roasted barley. Flavor is straight marshmallow. Very roasty, sweet chocolate and a nice mellow sweet finish.
jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Bolshoi! from Sixpoint Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
06 RBWG@RLRL-thanks to Fata2683/Keith-22oz bottle– pours a light brown head and black color. Aroma is sweet dark malt, some pine hops. Taste is sweet dark malt, some pine hops, some oxidation.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Bolshoi! from Sixpoint Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
RBWG’10 pours dark brown, tan head. aroma is fruity, malty with notable dark fruits. flavor, med-high carb, found this ne to have lost of lot of the Imp aspect. Some bitter chocolate, light caramel finish, keep a tart like dark berry finish.
nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Bolshoi! from Sixpoint Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Rating #1000!!!!! First I have to thank everyone that helped me get here. Thanks to the great guys in the DC crew who bring top notch beers to every tasting. Thanks to the amazingly generous traders out there who helped me get my hands on my own world class beers. Thanks to all of the great beer spots in Washington DC that make DC a great place for a beer lover to live. I bought this bottle back in October 2005 from Shoreline Beverage in Huntington NY. It was the first time I ever paid $20 for a single bottle of beer. Had I known what this would taste like in 2010 I would have bought a case. I took this beer out of my cellar at halftime of the 2008 Superbowl when my team, the New England Patriots, had a slim lead. I put this beer back in my cellar an hour or so later after the Plaxico Burress touchdown. I decided that the right time to drink this would be nearly two years to the day later at the 2010 Sexual Chocolate release. I was thankful to share this with a great crew of friends who came to the release with me as well as a few other Ratebeerians present. The 22oz bottle pours a opaque, oily, viscous black with a creamy, clumpy tan head. Aroma is dark bread, grains, brown sugar, lightly toast, light coffee. The nose is extremely approachable. Flavor is really nice and easy: chocolate, nuts, grains, booze, raisins, oatmeal, sweet, cookie dough. The finish is super smooth with a lasting sweetness. Totally drinkable. Despite a hint of oxidation on the end, this has aged extremely well. It’s almost a textbook example of how good beer can come together with some age. I definitely thing this is peaking now. Kudos to Sixpoint for crafting such an excellent, approachable imperial stout.
Beertalk (16424) reviewed Bolshoi! from Sixpoint Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Black with a light brown head. Roast aroma, with chocolate and dates. Bitter, roast flavour with a rich finish.
yespr (55501) reviewed Bolshoi! from Sixpoint Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
CBF07 sample from what I guess was one of Jeppes bottles, thanks to MPA for sharing Jeppes bottle :) Pours brown hazy. Aroma is roasted malt and a nice lifting by the aroma hops. Flavour is chocolate, roasted malt and slight coffee blended in with a good hops flavour. A slight citric note is taking out the darkness. Finish is hoppy and soft malty. Very good indeed.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Bolshoi! from Sixpoint Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
(Bottle 65 cl) Deep, dark brown with a reddish hue and a dense, creamy, beige head. Aroma of dried fruit. Solid body with lots of fruit and vanilla and some vinous touches. Very delicate. 011206
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Bolshoi! from Sixpoint Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
A pitch black beer with a brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with strong notes of caramel and chocolate. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of chocolate, but also lighter notes of caramel and slightly burnt malts.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Bolshoi! from Sixpoint Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours a black colour with a tan head. Dry malty coffee, chocolate aroma. Dry malty coffee, chocolate flavor. Long malty hoppy finish with some chocolate hints in the aftertaste.