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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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Entered to celebrate my # 9100 Rating. 1992 Vintage. Thanks to Enjoyit. Pours black with bubbles on top. Nose is roast , soy and an evident oxidized note. Flavor is plum, raisin and chocolate. Helds up pretty well. Cheers Svend!
Tried
on 28 Jan 2012
at 05:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Vintage 1992. Almost black with a diminishing beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate, liquorice, dried fruit and oxidized. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. Thanks, Svend. 280112
Tried
on 28 Jan 2012
at 05:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
170 ml bottle thanks to thomat!Vintage 1985Sampled on January 13, 2012Pitch black color, no head. Butter, sweet, malty, slight bit acidic scent. Sweet, a bit acidic, raissin, roasted taste. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2012
at 02:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
1992 nip bottle. I had one of these in 1995 and remember it fondly. Happy to have finally gotten the chance again, thanks to Nightfall! Black with a few light brown bubbles. Vineous aroma of rich dried fruit and brown sugar, with licorice and caramel notes. Obvious age and oxidation, but pleasantly so. Sweet roasted malt flavour with plenty of caramel and licorice, a touch of soy sauce and a bit of dusty cellar. Has held up well, and is obviously a masterpiece.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2012
at 10:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle purchased from the Kulminator 2011 & consumed with Trev 17.06.11 Pours shark eye black it’s as black as yer at’ with few stray bubbles there is a tiny spark of life on opening. This smells of sweaty old leather, not unlike your watchstrap after a cycle ride on a hut summers day. Little thinner that expected, loads of liquorice and a finish of dark cherry and chocolate a bit like an old kirsch chocolate that had been forgotten in the box. Held up really well for the age. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6 I was given this bottle by Nigel at Hopshackle Brewery, it was from 1993 consumed at Fin & Loz’s tasting with Jan, Charlotte, Craig, Stella & kids consumed Saturday 22.10.11 The aroma is a little oxtaily, though there is still some malt, in fact the nose is quite good and on opening it did let a little tschh.. A little brown sauce in the mouth, things have started to break down a little with this, its not bad, but its well past its best. A6 A4 T6 P4 Ov13 3.3 I will knock the rating down now to 3.5 from two that I’ve had lately.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2011
at 23:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Vollmundiger Malzgeruch, süßlich, alkoholisch, vergoren fruchtig nach Pflaume, etwas Birne. Milderer Antrunk als erwartet von leichten Schokoladennoten, etwas herb, tief-malzig und trocken. Nur wenig süß werdend, die Malzigkeit wird zum Ende etwas lebendiger und so auch vollmundiger, eine leichte Herbe ist immer mit dabei. Hier scharf alkoholisch im Hintergrund, würzig, süffig. Altersspuren sind im hinteren Teil erkennbar. Vielen Dank an den Doppelbock für das Bier! /10/10/11/10/10
Tried
on 30 May 2011
at 08:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tasted at the big “SeaBass has got to go” tasting.1978 vintage sampled that poured nice and dark with almost no head. The aroma is full up wet cardboard, wet concrete, some soy and faint dark roasted malts. The taste is similar with stale cardboard, muted wet earthiness, some soy and hints of roasted malts. It seems this bottle has seem better times. Very very glad to have had the pleasure of trying it though. As of Jan. 2011 this is the older beer I have ever tried. Cheers!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2011
at 19:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Review from notes, sampled 2/10/2008 Brewed in 1975 sampled in 2008 at the ripe old age of 33 this is officially the oldest beverage that I have knowingly sampled. Bottle opened with a nice hiss and poured a solid black with a smallish tan/brown head that lasted forever. I’m really surprised the carbonation has held up so well all these years. Aroma is heavy with wine/port like smells. A slight chocolate and some band aid in there too. Taste is port or sherry, salty with a bitter aftertaste that doesn’t quit. Quite a unique experience. This beer has stood up well, but was obviously better years ago. Definitely a sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2011
at 12:09