Ivan The Terrible
Big Sky Brewing Company in Missoula, Montana, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.75
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at the RateBeer DC April Fool’s Tasting. Black with light tan head. Aromas of roasty notes, dark chocolate. Tastes of caramel, roasty notes, chocolate. Medium-full body with a dry finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12oz bottle, at the April Fools Day DC Ratebeer tasting. Poured a black-as-oil color, smooth with a small tan head. Aroma was chocolate, roasted malts. Coffee comes through a bit, lots or roasted malt character. Boozy, with a little bit of a slight off-flavor in there. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ivan The Terrible Imperial Stout on 03 Mar 2012 at 01:26 --- Beer merged from original tick of Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel on 03 Mar 2012 at 16:17 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Shared a 750ml bottle. Poured a dark black color with a tan head. Aroma was chocolate notes, mild vanilla, a bit of woody bourbon. Flavor was roasted and toasted dark malts, bitter chocolate, wood, bourbon notes. Enjoyed.
solidfunk (22078) reviewed Ivan The Terrible from Big Sky Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Lots of smoke here. Black pour with decent head. Some caramel and a little musk like a packed bush taxi in the heat. Bottle. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel on 18 Jan 2013 at 20:36 - Score: Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5. Original review text: Well done and balanced imperial stout. Pours black with light mocha head and lacing. Medium carbonation and consistency. Aroma of hops, roast malt and milk chocolate. Taste bitter and sweet. Creamy texture. Tap at Slows.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle/Fest. A- Chocolate, roasty. A- Black color, black liquid, tan head. T- Roasty, cocoa, subtle umami. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, roasty finish. O- A pretty typical stout. Not really anything special. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel on 27 Feb 2017 at 11:48 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Bottle/Fest. A- Booze, burnt sugar, molasses, cocoa. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, light brown head. T- Whisky, oak, booze, cocoa, subtle cinnamon. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, boozy finish. O- This beer makes sure you know it’s barrel aged. Lots of booze in here. Also a unique spice on the finish that I can only associate most closely with cinnamon. A good beer but I don’t think it quite warrants the ratings it gets.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
12 oz. bottle @ home, courtesy of bierkonijn, thanks! Black color. Big beige head, uneven, with reasonable retention. Aroma’s: roasty, light tar/smoke, some red fruit, sweetish. Retronasal it’s tar/smoke, (red) fruit, sweet. Flavor is moderate sweet, roasted, sweet coffee. Medium bodied. Finishes with some tar, sweet, light roasty bitterness. Quite nice. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel on 27 Oct 2017 at 15:44 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Bottle shared at Foeders' bottle share Oct. 2017. 2014 edition (11.5%). Black color. Beige head with reasonable retention. Aroma's: fruity, alcoholic, sweetish, woody. Retronasal it's sweetish, woody, bourbon, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet, alcoholic. Rather strong alcohol feel. Under medium bodied (a bit thin for a monster like this). Long finish, light bitter.
Dogbrick (24322) reviewed Ivan The Terrible from Big Sky Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sample from 2015 batch at Denver Rare Beer Tasting VIII on 10/07/2016. Jet black pour with a medium thin tan head that dissipates quickly to a film. Small patches of lacing. Oaky aroma with malt and chocolate notes. Full-bodied with flavors of oaky bourbon, caramel malt, chocolate and a bit of dark fruit. The finish is oaky with a bourbon and malt aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle split at Craft Islo, thanks to Manny G, 04/10/16. Black with a decent tan cap. Nose is meaty, dark fruit rinds, spice, toffee, molasses. Taste comprises more molasses, treacle toffee, earthy, jammy fruit, chocolate, light spice. Medium + body, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a dose of warming alcohol. Decent enough well balanced impy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
4th October 2016
Craft Islington Gathering. Thanks to Manny G. Opaque deep brown beer, tidy tan head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Soft dark malts, some roast. Dark malt cream. Licorice. Dark chocolate. Soft dry finish. Decent. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel on 22 May 2011 at 04:47 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8. Original review text: 11th May 2009
A 2007 bottle. Opaque black stout with a thick creamy chocolate coloured head. Soft palate. Nose of wood, chocolate and faint bourbon. Rich smooth stout, no roastiness, bitterness or over dryness! Some barrel aged stouts clobber you in to submission. This one is a little more sublte and seduces with it’s well balanced but persistent soft creamy wood, vanilla, chocolate and coffee. Just a splash of bourbon that is seamlessly integrated. Nothing domintates. A very nice beverage indeed. Bottle 333/1152.
Scopey (25220) reviewed Ivan The Terrible from Big Sky Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Craft Islington, thanks MannyG! It pours black with a thick dark tan head. The aromais rich, umami, dark chocolate, dark fruits, unctuous, cake, earth, fruit cake and millionaires shortbread. The taste is rich, bitter-sweet, slick, dark chocolate, ashy, charred action, dark fruit, warming alcohol boost and some astringency. Full body and moderate carbonation. A bit hot a charred for me, bit I can see why others like it.