Russian Imperial Stout
(has 4 batches)
Courage Brewery in London, Greater London, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.59
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Re-rate 9/5/09: Bottle sample at Kulminator in Antwerp after LCRBM. 1983 bottle. black-colored. Aroma of chocolate, sherry, coffee and dark fruits. Sweet chocolate flavor with some nice bitterness - licorice, alcohol, plums, raisins and some oxidation. Full-bodied. 8/4/7/4/15=3.8
1973 bottle from eBay. Dark brown to black color - not totally opaque. No real head but a bit of light-brown bubbles. Great aroma of dark chocolate, some milk chocolate, a bit of coffee, some licorice, light fruitiness and notes of alcohol. Wonderful sweet flavor with malt, roastiness, bitter chocolate, caramel, some saltiness, dried fruits notes and some roasty bitterness thatโs getting stronger by the almost completely dry finish. Medium to full body, a bit syrupy. Really great at this age of 35 (!) years.
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I just poured the end of the bottle to the snifter and now itโs a bit sour and astringent. 8/4/9/4/17=4.2
1973 bottle from eBay. Dark brown to black color - not totally opaque. No real head but a bit of light-brown bubbles. Great aroma of dark chocolate, some milk chocolate, a bit of coffee, some licorice, light fruitiness and notes of alcohol. Wonderful sweet flavor with malt, roastiness, bitter chocolate, caramel, some saltiness, dried fruits notes and some roasty bitterness thatโs getting stronger by the almost completely dry finish. Medium to full body, a bit syrupy. Really great at this age of 35 (!) years.
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I just poured the end of the bottle to the snifter and now itโs a bit sour and astringent. 8/4/9/4/17=4.2
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2008
at 15:42
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Rating # 900. This was a gift from the generous goldtwins, thanks Larry. 1993 bottle. The cap pops off with a slight hiss but no visiible carbonation smoke in the neck. It pours completely dead, no head, no lacing, no bubbles, and no life. Swirling the glass does nothing. The color is black with blood red edges. Aroma at first is really cool with molasses, tobacco, sweet burnt sugar, and a bit of rubbing alcohol. But this soon passes and the age starts to show. There is a lot of age, cardboard, and sour oxidation. Taste never seems all that good, lots of oxidation and hints of what this beer was in the aftertaste with bitter chocolate and some roast. No carbonation and a lightly slick mouthfeel. I have been told this is the off year and I would love to try it again (a better bottle).
170mL nip bottle (another one for the collection), small sampling snifter glass.
170mL nip bottle (another one for the collection), small sampling snifter glass.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2008
at 21:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. [Vintage 1983] Dark black color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, beige head. Aroma is vintage, licorice, soy sause, coffee / chocolate, quit fruity. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration. Very powerful and stille moderate. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. Very nice. ;o)) (300807)
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2007
at 03:08
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 10
Bottle at Kulminator 1983 Vintage bbf 1986... Solid black colour ... rich and complex treacle nose ... slightly medicinal ... smooth ... rich ... non bitter roast malt ... lots of chocolate ... little coffeee ... little smokey ... little treacle ... all round great beer. V small samples RBESG07 1975, and 1977. 75 held up well very nice, the 77 not so well but still drinkable.Bottle at fins ...1993 vintage ... deep red black ...very meaty ... tofeee treacle nose ...light medicinal sandlewood ...little meaty ...soft sourblackcurrant ...smells nice but not so great...3.2 1976...drunk 2015...dark black.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft chocolate roast.. Light iodine roast malts nose... Dark roast.. Soft soya.. Smooth chocolate roast malts.... Dark malts.. Soft soya... Light umami 3.8
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2007
at 06:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. Pitch black colour, big brown head. Aroma is chocolate, roast and a lot of vinegary hints. Flavour is coffee, roasted malts, alcohol and chocolate. Some vinegary hints also. Enormously well aged (early 80โs vintage).
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2007
at 04:56
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
No head to speak of. Opaque black body. Deep plum, sherry, and wild berries aroma. Taste is very similar. Complex and hard to describe, but in excellent condition. Amazing that itโs held up so well for so many years. (0.33l bottle. 1983 vintage. Kulminator, Antwerp, of course.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2007
at 15:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
1983 Vintage. Pours a black colour with a small tan head. Roasted malty aroma with some hints of chocolate and dark fruits. Sweet roasted malty flavor with hints of chocolate and dark fruits. Sweet warming finish with some bitterness.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2006
at 02:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
1975 vintage. Another treat sent by Walt! Charcoal-brown body, thin-medium ochre head, nicely carbonated for a 31-year old beer. Chocolatey aroma with mocha, roasted malt, a hint of marshmallow, and alcohol. Soy flavors opened the palate, followed by brown sugar, toast, charred malts, and alcohol. Raisins are also present. Subsides to a long, bitter finish. This beer held up amazingly over all that time. A real treat.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2006
at 16:29