Imperial Russian Stout
(has 13 batches)
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.13
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Stone Imperial Russian Stout is so thick, rich and, well, sinful, you might worry that you'll be doomed to the fiery pits just for thinking about a sip. Rest assured, however, that even though this seemingly pernicious brew is indeed as black as sin, we guarantee that no actual sin was committed in making it...you'll have to add that on your own. This massive and intensely aromatic beer abounds with notes of chocolate, coffee, black currants, anise and roastiness, and its heavy palate is nothing to be trifled with.
We haven’t changed this recipe much from the original version that Stone President & co-founder Steve Wagner created in 2000. It’s a fantastic beer, and we love brewing it every year!
We haven’t changed this recipe much from the original version that Stone President & co-founder Steve Wagner created in 2000. It’s a fantastic beer, and we love brewing it every year!
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2015 Classic Release. 650ml bottle. (10.6% ABV) Pours an opaque black with an average, frothy, short lived chocolate brown head. Roasted malt aroma with coffee, dark chocolate, liquorice, dark fruit and alcohol. Sweet flavour to match aroma with a warming alcohol finish. Full body with a thick, creamy, oily texture and soft to flat carbonation. Very complex. This beer would age well!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2015
at 00:03
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from QClub at home. Thick black pour with dense tan head. Aroma is roasted coffee and malt, some coffee and piney hoppy bitterness. Nice. Taste is big big boozy coffee bitterness. Huge rich palate but not too sticky. Not as much - or really any - raisin as I feared, some hints of stone fruit. Lasting bitter booziness. Really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2015
at 04:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
65cl bottle from Vinmonpolet Vika some years back (2012). Pours black, dark motor oil black, with a modest, beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark, smooth and complex. Mild chocolate, hints of coffee, dark fruits and caramel. Sweet, tasty, balanced and quite delicious! --- Beer aliased from original tick of Imperial Stout on 03 Jan 2026 at 22:07 - Score: Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5. Original review text: 35,5cl can from Alko, Espoo. Pours black with a brown head. Roasty aroma with dark chocolate, dark berries and notes of coffee and hints of alcohol. Rather smooth, roasty and desserty with a certain balance. Tasty and enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2015
at 15:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 1 pint 6 fl oz bottle. Black with tan head. Surprisingly mild, but perfectly balanced. Mild roast malt, chocolate, and coffee, alcohol is mostly hidden. A great beer, wouldn’t change anything except to maybe boost all of the flavours and alcohol slightly, but in the exact same balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2015
at 00:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Old rating. Pours pitch black, with a finger thick creamy dark head. Aroma is dark, burned malts, with liquorice, coffee and tobacco as well as cocoa and leather. Full, oily body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is burned malts, with coffee, cocoa and dark bitter chocolate, as well as notes of liquorice. Finishes off with deep lingering notes of cocoa.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2015
at 12:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
650ml bottle shared at the Hoppy Pub, Thessaloniki. Black color with beige brown head. Aroma is malty, bready, roasted, chocolate, wineous and alcoholic, light coffee. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2015
at 07:25