Barrel-Aged Old Rasputin: Bourbon
North Coast Brewing Company in Fort Bragg, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.16
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Prior to 2010, Barrel-Aged Old Rasputin was released in such limited quantities that it was available only at the North Coast Brewing retail shop in Fort Bragg, California. However, we received so many requests for this beer that we began producing enough Barrel-Aged Old Rasputin to put into broader, but still limited, distribution.
Brewmaster’s Tasting Notes
This beer pours jet black with a comforting layer of toffee-colored foam. Warm, sweet ethanol rises from the glass carrying roasted notes of bourbon, vanilla, and cocoa. The bourbon character from the barrel-aging gives the beer a full-bodied creaminess and a warm, tingling heat.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Black with big tan head. Vanilla, cardboard, bourbon, figs, cocoa, red wine, dry oak. Over medium sweet, less bitter. Over medium bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce bottle. Vintage XXVI; 11.8% ABV. Roasted malt aroma has oak and whiskey notes. Flavor follows nose. Sweet roasted malt. Warming alcohol. Woody, bourbon notes. Hints of molasses, chocolate and vanilla. Well done.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Beer Republic webshop Breda Netherlands (I think?), had this Thursday 14th December 2023, we had a Thai Fish Curry this evening, listening to Tom Ravenscroft and Deb Grant on New Music Fix on 6Music. Pours very dark brown edging towards black, there is a ruby glint to this, large light beige head. Bourbon is uppermost on the nose along with some dark treacle, thickness in the mouth, a little bit in yer face, however make no mistakes, it's a superb beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Described as XXV. Black with creamy head. Aroma has wood, vanilla, Bourbon. Bittersweet taste. More like coffee in the beginning but it sweetens up with the Bourbon coming through stronger and stronger. Would benefit from being slightly thicker and having zero carbonation instead of the fine bubbles it has. Still excellent though.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at home. As XXI. Three years old. Pours a dark brown to black colour with a very small beige head. Aroma of coffee, soy sauce, dark chocolate, bourbon and cola. Flavour of coffee, dark chocolate, bourbon, leather, oak, roasted malt and ash in the end. Has a slick mouth feel, full-bodied and a soft bitterness. Roasted and a straight-forward bourbon barrel aged IS. Solid!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Livonia Liquor. Pours a deep brown to black with a finger of brown head that dissipates. Lots of warming bourbon on the nose with char, oak, dark chocolate and coffee notes. More of the same on the palate. Medium carb, good mouthfeel. More bourbon, dark chocolate, coffee and faint vanilla, oak notes. Very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 oz bottle. Pours black with a tan head. Sweet bourbon brown sugar and cocoa aroma with some roast. Flavor is strong in bourbon, dark fruit, and molasses, syrupy cocoa with vanilla and a touch of roastiness. More roast and coffee in the finish. A good one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle - XXIII - pour is nearly black - nose is heavy with bourbon and oak, as is the flavor, but manages not to get overly boozy - flavor is medium sweet, but finishes with a dry oakiness and even a hint of oxidation and tartness - warming finish with lingering oak - nicely done, but not stellar.