Reserve Raspberry Russian Imperial Stout
Widmer Brothers Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.17
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An extremely rich and complex beer. The addition of raspberries during the fermentation process results in an almost purplish opaque color with a beautiful brown head. Warm chocolate and roasty notes compliment the hop bitterness.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Very dark brown, thick beige head, good retention, solid lacing. Aroma of bourbon hits you from across the room. After the initial impression it’s mostly the blueberries that are prominent. Taste is chocolate covered blueberries with an edge of warming whiskey that comes in late. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2012
at 16:11
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
22 oz. bottle, pours a dark brown / black with a medium beige, foamy head. Aroma of light raspberries, a Belgian-like candied sugar quality, Flavour of fairly prominent alcoholized raspberries and candied sugar, layered over a roasted malt and chocolate cake base. A bit of a metallic and burnt aftertaste, leaving the raspberries behind. Watery body, with not much depth. Not so good, and certainly overpriced at more than $10 per 22 oz.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2012
at 15:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle as shown. Pours a dark brown with a small creamy tan head leaving sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is roast and raspberry. Thick mouthfeel with a rich malt and chocolate with raspberry in the finish. Easy tomdrink a good Imperial stout from Widmer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2012
at 01:29
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught, World of Beer Dadeland. Nearly black and with a thick head. Chocolatey imperial stout nose with a very light raspberry. Some bitterness and chocolate, and a little bit of raspberry. Light body for the style, maybe more of a foreign stout.
Tried
on 19 May 2012
at 22:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Beverages 4 Less in Santee, CA. Pours black with a 4 finger creamy tan head. Smells like raspberries and burnt malt. Near full bodied. It starts fairly creamy. Flavor is raspberry and burnt malt, which is harshly bitter, and goes a bit ashy. There seems to be a little bit of dark chocolate mixed in. I’m thinking this is underrated. It finishes raspberry chocolate - with a following ash note. It’s so strongly flavored that I think the taste buds surrender and ignore the initial harsh aspects.
Earlier Rating: 12/12/2009 Total Score: 4.4
Pours purply black with a clingy three finger pink/tan head. Strange head color. Aromas of dark berries and chocolate. Flavor is mixed berry with chocolate. Very tasty beer. Coffee shows up strongly in the finish. Excellent. One of the best BA IS I’ve tasted. A beer you could drink til you die.
Earlier Rating: 12/12/2009 Total Score: 4.4
Pours purply black with a clingy three finger pink/tan head. Strange head color. Aromas of dark berries and chocolate. Flavor is mixed berry with chocolate. Very tasty beer. Coffee shows up strongly in the finish. Excellent. One of the best BA IS I’ve tasted. A beer you could drink til you die.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2012
at 16:56