Dark Seas Russian Imperial Stout
Mission Brewery in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.56
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The ancient legends that abound about the Russian Imperial Stouts of yore are filled with tempestuous romance, sinful thievery and scurvy, too. So highly regarded was this historic recipe, the Russian Kings tried to keep it all to themselves. They failed. Today we bring you our own dastardly dark version, with a rich and roasty aroma, notes of plum and port and a velvety texture so luscious it just might make a grown man weep.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Aroma is roasted malt, espresso, mocha, coffee, cocoa, dark chocolate, dark fruits, touch of liquorice, hint of raisins. Flavour is medium sweet with a fine roasty bitterness in the finish. Body is medium to full. Sweet and roasty with lots of coffee and dark chocolate, very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2025
at 15:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle@The Bishops Arms Vasagatan, Stockholm. Pitch black colour with a mediumsized off-white foamy head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is roasted malts, liquorice, some slight toasted tones with coffee and also some floral hoppiness to it. Flavour is pretty similar to the aroma, but focuses on the chocolaty and roasted tones. The other elements are milder.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2024
at 23:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from CAVE Beer Point at home. Opaque black pour with very thin tan head. Aroma is bitter dark chocolate, leather, plum, nice. Taste is similar, with more powdered chocolate and dark fruit. Smooth velvety palate without being too rich or too chalky. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2020
at 18:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
35cl Fles van Drinks&Gifts, te consumeren vóór ergens in 2014, dit jaar voor half geld gekocht. Zwart, beige kraag. Aroma is zoet, licht geoxideerd, soyasaus, pruimen, vijgen, stroop, geroosterde mout, chocolade. Smaak volgt, klassieke RIS, vrij fruitig, niet te zoet maar mist wel iets van roast naar mijn smaak. Wellicht al over de top? Nog steeds goed overigens. Volle body.
Tried
on 21 Apr 2020
at 10:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pour is a thick black sludge with a large tan head. Aroma is a real nice roasted malt with a huge bitter bakers chocolate. Flavor is more bakers chocolate and a large roast char malt. A bit of warming alcohol is there as well. Finish leaves a nice roasty almost burnt malt on the tongue. this was a outstanding Impy stout that did not need anything added or barrel aged. This is all about the roasted malt
Tried
on 30 Nov 2019
at 22:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Almost black, opague. Roast, licorice and coffee in the aroma. Full bodied. Malty sweet alcoholic roasty flavor with ash, licorice and coffee. Rich in flavor and aroma. Lacks some complexity however.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle at home. About 4-5 year old. Pours a dark brown to black colour with a small light brown head. Aroma with lots of chocolate truffles, ash, coffee, oak and some vanilla. Well roasted flavour with dark chocolate, roasted malt, oak, leather and ash in the end. Has a soft and silky mouth feel, full-bodied and a light to medium bitterness. Well-balanced and rich.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2019
at 18:27
6/10
Tried
on 01 Sep 2018
at 16:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is lots of dark chocolate, some warming alcohol. Medium bitterness, light sweetness. Full body, not too heavy. Very good, but not exceptional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2018
at 21:09
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
KØLF 010917. Black color with a tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, chocolate. Flavor is roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, alcohol, plum, licorice.full body. Very nice beer.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2018
at 05:18