Russian Imperial Stout
(has 4 batches)
Courage Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.59
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
175 ml bottle, 1992 vintage, shared by ClarkVV--thanks Clark for unearthing this baby! A turbid dark brown. Aroma is strong earthy roasted malt, molasses, tart apple. Taste follows aroma. Smooth, fairly thick, soft carbonation. No sign of alcohol. Enjoyable and amazing it was this good after 31 years!
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2023
at 23:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
170 ml bottle shared by ClarkVV. 1992 vintage. Aroma is soy sauce, chocolate, and old fig. The amazing thing is it still is drinkable. Not offended at all. Chocolate, dried fig, soy sauce. Actually much more drinkable then I imagined.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2023
at 23:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
1992 bottle drunk 11/11/23. Clear dark ruby-tinted-mahogany. Small ring of tan bubbles. Fruity, ashen, prune, leathery, lots of dark berries. Oxidized though not horrendously so. Soft, watery, ash, char, berries, oxidation, some vanilla and caramel. Maybe a bit past it's prime ;)
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2023
at 23:23
24/11/1977. OLD RED LION (MURPHY'S), 217 Whitechapel Road, LONDON, E1, England (FREE HOUSE). Brewed by Courage at the Anchor Brewery in London
Tried
on 21 Nov 2022
at 11:07
9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle from 1982, kept in my cellar for 18 years or so. Some extra points overall added for ageing so well. Almost black color. Rich aroma of porto, roasted malt and raisin. Roasted malt in the taste. Very vinous or sherry-like, still very dry with an alcohol burn. The carbon has almost disappeared. Very long bitter and roasted malt finish. Full bodied, almost thick and not a sign of tiredness. This beer can easily be stored for another 10 years. Re-rate fresh from cask at GBBF 2003. At last!! Opague with a big lasting head. Near pecfect lacing. Strong aroma!! Roasted malt, licorice and coffee. The taste is even bigger with loads of malt. Full bodied, syrupy and sweet, but never sticky. Raisin and mango. You can’t notice the alcohol, except for a slight burn in the throat, but it is there alright! Great beer, the best of the festival I’ve had. 1983 version: tasted September 9, 2006 in the Kulminator Antwerp. Raisinny aroma. Porto, hops, raisin and alcohol in the flavor. Sweet, complex and warming alcohol. Great stuff (7 4 9 4 15 = 3.9)
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
0,25 flaske delt på hyggelig rbhd-samling på Gandal feb-19: 1992-årgangen, brewed by Courage Ltd. 10%. Lydløs åpning, helt uten karbonering. Oksydert aroma og smak med sviskeplommer, fiken, svisker og engelsk julekake, pluss noen portvinsvinøse toner. Mørk mahognyfarge. Fin bitterhet i avslutningen. Interesting. 637413
Tried
on 16 Feb 2019
at 08:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Shared 250 ml bottle, brewed by Courage 1992. ABV is 10.0%. Black colour, no head nor carbonation. Aroma of roast malts, molasses and dark dried fruits, oxidised of course, but not bad. Sweet flavour with the same elements. No acidity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2019
at 18:44
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Shared bottle at RB/HD at Ganddal 15.12.19. Brewed i 1992. Very dark brown. Small beige head. Aroma and lingering taste of figs, prunes, ripe plums, juniper, pine shoots and English Christmas cake. Still a solid bitterness after 27 years. Good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2019
at 18:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
1968, labeled Barclay's Russian Imperial Stout brewed by Courage. 6 fluid ounces.
Pours pitch black with a surprisingly healthy head of tan foam. I didn't expect that as there wasn't even a hiss when I popped the rather stubborn cap.
Highly roasted malt and dark chocolate nose. Bits of smoke, leather and tobacco are present but the first 2 dominate.
Roasted malt kicks arse, dark chocolate adds a lot of bitterness, leather and tobacco, smoke, really much lower oxidation levels than I expected. Maybe it could have used more as I love the hints of port, sherry, raisins...oh well.
Medium bodied and whoah Nelly, the carbonation is just fine and dandy. Another thing that I would not have predicted.
All in all, I reckon that this 50 year old held up like a champ. No regrets.
Pours pitch black with a surprisingly healthy head of tan foam. I didn't expect that as there wasn't even a hiss when I popped the rather stubborn cap.
Highly roasted malt and dark chocolate nose. Bits of smoke, leather and tobacco are present but the first 2 dominate.
Roasted malt kicks arse, dark chocolate adds a lot of bitterness, leather and tobacco, smoke, really much lower oxidation levels than I expected. Maybe it could have used more as I love the hints of port, sherry, raisins...oh well.
Medium bodied and whoah Nelly, the carbonation is just fine and dandy. Another thing that I would not have predicted.
All in all, I reckon that this 50 year old held up like a champ. No regrets.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2018
at 22:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Always fun to try a beer that was made before you had been born, I am a 1978er and the 2 bottles we opened thanks to Douglas 1975 and a 1976. Thanks again buddy. Pours out black top with just a few bubbles of a head. Nose is cold roast malt chocolate like soy. Taste is more of the heavy Roast malts, I cannot believe this has held up so well for all these years. Plenty of roast Ash very fun to try it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2018
at 16:35