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 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
I sniffed out the best beers in the airport. Bottle at LA Airport, 23rd November 17. Pours black and slick. Aroma is roasty malts, coffee, dark chocolate. Taste is rich bitter coffee and chocolate, roasted, slite smoke. Delicious, although rushed as I had the final call and had to run.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2017
at 18:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Dark brown, almost black body with a small beige head. Strong and lovely aroma of dark malt and roasted coffee. Flavor is medium sweet, dark, medium roasted malt, coffee and pleasant bitterness. Full bodied and long lasting smooth, dark roasted malty aftertaste. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2017
at 09:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle, 355 at Carnitas North Park, San Diego. Pours dark brown, medium beige head. Roasted malts, dark chocolate, caramel, some dark fruit, alcohol, sweet with rough boozy and bitter finish. Quite unpleasant. Medium bodied. Something went wrong here, wonder if it’s the bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2017
at 12:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours clear reddish black, medium creamy tan head, dissipates fairly slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is roast, molasses, cocoa, tobacco. Medium sweet, medium bitter. Medium plus body, classic straightforward chewy and adjunct free. Well crafted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2017
at 13:39
7/10
Dosc intensywne, kawowe, likierowe, nieco alkoholowe, troche czekolady, mocno palone, polwytrawne, kwaskowate az wyraznie od slodow, oleiste
Tried
on 14 Feb 2017
at 21:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Booze caramel and some dark chocolate. Black pour with mocha head like Dennis Rodman. Bittersweet finish. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2017
at 19:40
7/10
Tried
on 22 Jan 2017
at 23:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle in trade from solidfunk, thanks for the opportunity! Solid black with a good sized tan head that persists. Roasty chocolate with a bit of earth and licorice and just a touch of dark fruit. Pretty tasty stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2017
at 19:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours black with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is roast, cocoa, cracker. Medium body, cocoa, roast, raisin, licorice, dry finish, good.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Dec 2016
at 23:56
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the hanging bat. Pours black, nose is chocolate, roasted, smoky, toffee, taste is rich, chocolate, sweet, smoky, liquorice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2016
at 15:54