Moscow
Midnight Sun Brewing Company in Anchorage, Alaska, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Series|
Score
7.81
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First brewed as part of our 2011 World Tour series, MOSCOW Rye Russian Imperial Stout is a hefty, opaque black liquid that pours slowly and soulfully into your snifter. A high percentage of spicy rye and roasted dark malts create a dense, chewy yet elegant winter wonderland of flavors. And from AK we say: Let it Snow…in Moscow.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Thanks AFH for sharing!!!!! Rating 3,997!!!! HF glass, cellar temp. Pitch black, 1 finger espresso head. smells fantastic. Dark chocolate, a bit of cocoa and really smooth aroma. it smells great. Incredibly great mouthfeel. Smooth, silky good just incredible mouthfeel. Very roasty, a lot of espresso bean, cocoa and just a small hint of vanilla. But this is a great imperial stout. I love how roasted barley just totally dominates.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Moscow from Midnight Sun Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle [from trade with jtclockwork] @ home. Opaque pitch black color, nice moderately creamy medium to dark brown colored head that lasts for a long time and leaves fair to good lacing. Wow! What a start! Aroma is malts, lightly roast, a hint of dark chocolate, cedar wood, liquor. Taste malts, rye, lightly roasted malts, again (cedar?) wood, some alcohol lightly, lightly dark chocolate [I have to say though, nowhere near KBS which I am now comparing with, perhaps not justified but still, because I drank it last night], again liquor (some kind of whiskey?), a nice malt chocolate bitter and a good bitter finish. Medium body, medium carbonation. Very nice!
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Moscow from Midnight Sun Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
Beer #3 of my 5000 Beer Celebration (Imperial Stout): Super dark brown and literally black coloured body that looks like used motor oil after a few hundred thousand miles, all with a very dense, dark brown chocolate coloured head - about a centimetre tall, crazy deep and dark. Aroma of alcohol, roasted malt, yeast, rye, cedar, grain and a bit of chocolate - pungent throughout. Full-bodied; Super creamy and pungent malt backbone of rye, oatmeal, roasted malt all with a ridiculous amount of milk, vanilla, chocolate and raisins and a tremendous amount of sugars at the finish. Aftertaste is complex and deep with a lot of alcohol notes, some chocolate, a good dose of lactose and a creamy, ridiculously full-bodied vanilla and sugar sweetness. Overall, this feels like a milkshake almost due to the insane body, but with a very complex profile and a subdued depth from alcohol and sugars make this probably one of the best Imperial Stouts i’ve ever had, plus it’s from Alaska which makes it that much better. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Belmont Station in Portland, Oregon on 12-April-2015 for US$10,39 sampled at home in Washington a bit more than two years later, on 11-May-2015, sampled from my Midnight Sun tulipish glass straight from Anchorage.
solidfunk (21946) reviewed Moscow from Midnight Sun Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Very smoky with a lot of roast. Black pour with ok head and lacing. Light bittersweet finish. Thick cinsistency. Some dark chocolate. Pretty good. Bottle shared at tasting.
GenDV138 (9249) reviewed Moscow from Midnight Sun Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle I brought to the DC Tasting. Black with tan head. Aromas of chocolate, roast. Tastes of chocolate, dark fruit, caramel. Medium body with a dry finish.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Moscow from Midnight Sun Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Pours pretty dark, nearly black . Small grey head . Smell is oaty, sweet, intense . Taste is bit bitter , chocolate aspects, slightly bitter . Oats . Roasted malts . Nice
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Moscow from Midnight Sun Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours inky black, medium creamy dark brown head, dissipates slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is roasty, dark roasted malts, chocolate, some anise, a bit of tobacco, molasses. Flavor is light sweet, medium bitter, roasty, dark chocolates and anise, woody tobacco notes. Perhaps some hints of rye, but not a strong component here. Lingering bitterness, but pleasant, not overpowering. Not very hot at all. Fullish body, creamy mouthfeel. One of the better non BA impy’s, IMO.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Moscow from Midnight Sun Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Midnight Sun Moscow (by Midnight Sun Brewing Company):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.1/5
23/XII/14 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle from Healthy Spirits (CA, USA) @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: n/a (2014-1530) Thanks to Dieter A. for sharing the bottle!
Pitch black beer, creamy beige to brown head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: caramel, mocha, sweet, sugary, some vanilla, dried fruits, some chocolate. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: pretty roasted, sweet touch, caramel, chocolate, dried fruits, mainly figs, mocha, cocoa powder. Aftertaste: coffee, mocha, dark chocolate, bit sugary, bitter hops.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Shared by Maek at the Craft Beer Picnic. An inky pitch black pour with a ruddy rusty head. 11% a bit boozy, very savoury with a bitter rich dark chocolate(80-90%cacao), slightly chalky taste , very rich, candied plums & pitted fruits with some roasty coffee notes. Quite complex. Wonderful. Boozy but good.
superspak (10160) reviewed Moscow from Midnight Sun Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 1/31/2013. Pours dense pitch black color with a 1-2 finger dense dark brown head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, toast, dark bread, spicy rye, smoke, raisin, plum, light char, and roast/smokey earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roasted malt, rye, and light-moderate dark fruit notes; with good strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, toast, dark bread, spicy rye, smoke, raisin, plum, light char, and roast/smokey earthiness. Fair amount of roast/smokey bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, dark bread, spicy rye, toast, smoke, light char, and roast/smokey earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity and robustness of big dark/roasted malt, rye, and light-moderate dark fruit flavors; with a great roasted bitterness/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very creamy, slick, and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent rye imperial stout. All around great complexity and balance of dark/roasted malt, rye, and light-moderate dark fruit flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the big ABV. A very enjoyable offering.