Ivan The Terrible
Big Sky Brewing Company in Missoula, Montana, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.75
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Big Sky Brewing's Ivan the terrible Imperial Stout is brewed according to the traditional style using English hops and the finest American malt. It's aroma and flavor balance well between esters of dried fruit and roasted cocoa with a slight bourbon presence.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a black with a light brown head. Aroma was molasses, bourbon and sweet. Taste is little licorice, malty, little cocoa and booze. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel on 19 Mar 2009 at 17:10 - Score: Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Bottle: Poured a dark oily black with a tan color head. Aroma is vanilla, chocolate, with wood hints. Taste is chocolate along with vanilla and boozy bourbon wood throught.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2015
at 01:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Dark roast malts and some bitter chocolate. Jet black with a nice light brown head. Dark sweet chocolate, roast and some nice bitterness. Solid. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel on 22 Nov 2015 at 01:52 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Bottle - Vintage 2012 - Lots of bourbon and chocolate. Jet brown with a light brown head. Sweet burnt sugar, dark chocolate, dry bitterness and a cocoa finish. A bit thin but nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2015
at 22:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ weekly tasting shared with Dutchdrebus. Opaque pitch black color, medium sized good lacing quite creamy medium to dark brown head that lasts for quite a long time. Aroma is malts, some roasted malts, slightly earthy. Taste malts, roasted malts, firm bitter, lightly earthy, bitter hops. Medium body and carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2015
at 16:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ benzai. Pitch black colour with a large sized dark brown head. Smells sweet, roasty. Tastes salmiak, liquorice, overly sweet, raisins, alcohol. Too much carbo, also a bit thin even though it’s a medium body. This is just not my type of imperial stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2015
at 16:38
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks WillRun for sharing this unrated State tick! 12oz bottle, awesome bottle art. Not quite pitch dark. Smell is roasty as Hell. chocolate fudge, peanuts, almond, oak. Great taste. Roast forward, unsweetened chocolate, some ginger. very little booze. Pretty delicious. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel on 10 Nov 2017 at 19:59 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8. Original review text: 2016 75CL from AFH. Thanks man for bringing this and sharing. Completely black, nice booze legs, 2 finger espresso head. This smells fantastic. it's already a great stout. has a load of extra vanilla and wood. mouthfeel is farily thin with an oily chocolate flavor and a nice roasted wood finish. there's a sweet grape flavor here, sweet finish, cocoa, wood vanilla. Tasty but thin considering the ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2015
at 19:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours black with a tan head.Nose shows dry roast, sweet bready malt, toasty notes, soft coffee and liquorice.Aggressive flavours, loads of roast, liquorice and booze. Almost abrasive.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2015
at 00:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Almost black with a tan head that’s soon less than a coat. Aroma of roasted barley and molasses, some plum and coconut, chicory. Medium bodied, oily, lowish carbonation. Sweet with mild roast, plums, chicory. Alcohol is not obvious. Not oversweet, so the moderate bitterness pops out nicely at the end. No deep booming flavours. Quite nicely balanced, but a balance of not a whole lot. But it’s pleasant enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2015
at 07:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black beer, off-white head. Aroma of chocolate, cacao, vanilla, bourbon, wood and alcohol. Sweet bourbon flavour, vanilla, coffee, chocolate and roasted malts. Finish vanilla, bourbon, chocolate and praline. Nice!!
(from 75cL bottle @ Kamiel’s place. Vintage 2013, bottle 2181/3000. Thanks for sharing, Countbeer!!)
(from 75cL bottle @ Kamiel’s place. Vintage 2013, bottle 2181/3000. Thanks for sharing, Countbeer!!)
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2015
at 13:16
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[2/19/15] Draught at Beachwood BBQ in Long Beach. Black with a tan head. Aroma of roast, licorice, alcohol and a bit of coffee. Roasty flavor, sweetish, a bit salty, with licorice and alcohol. Medium to full-bodied. Way too boozy.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2015
at 13:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Nice and smooth RIS, does not come off as heavy and boozy as others in this category. Lots of cocoa, roast grains, mild sweetness, masks the ABV completely. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel on 04 Sep 2016 at 11:43 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5. Original review text: Bottle from Albertsons. 2015 vintage. Big, sticky black pour, small beige head. Boozy aroma, lots of wood barrel character. Maybe because I hadn’t had one in awhile, but this was extremely tasty. Really hit all of the marks. 5/5/28 enjoyed this 2009 vintage on Eric's porch, talking the night away, enjoying the whole bottle, not just a taster. Still great. 8/25/18 2010 vintage....
Tried
on 05 Mar 2015
at 20:45