Russian Imperial Stout
Dragonmead Brewery in Warren, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.99
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deyholla (22727) reviewed Russian Imperial Stout from Dragonmead Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours black with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has dark grains, roasted malts and a light vegetal note. Flavor has dark grains, roasted malts with a bit of bitter chocolate backing.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Growler pour. Pours black with a brown head. Roasty cocoa aroma, creamy, with a touch of anise. Cocoa roasty coffee flavor, a bit smoky. Not all that complex, but pretty good.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Russian Imperial Stout from Dragonmead Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at the brewpub. Pours brownish-black with a medium beige head that dissipates steadily to a film. Small patches of lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee and molasses. Medium body with a roasty character of malt and coffee. Notes of mild hops and brown sugar in the background. The finish is charred malt and coffee. Decent, albeit lighter Imperial Stout overall.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Yep my sister scored us some tasty growlers. Thanks Lori.
Pours an attractive stout look seeming totally opaque with semi firm mocha head and spotty lacing. The aroma is light and comes across as a bit strange for the style. I get dark roasty malts and an equal level of earthiness mixed with carrots mixed and notes of alcohol. The flavor has lots of tasty rich roasted malts, chocolate malts and burnt malts. Then fresh cucumber and chocolate covered malts balls seem to rise up out of nowhere. Midway and to the finish the chocolate, burnt and roasty malts come together for a pleasing end and after taste mixing with a mild tart malt astringency.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
bottle sample from the Hampton tasting, thanks guys - Pours the typical for the style black with a lasting tan head. It smells of coffee and chocolate. The flavor is mainly the dark roasted malt with coffee notes. It’s not very sweet. The mouthfeel is moderate and the finish fairly dry. It could use some more hops and body though. It’s good. Like most here I just have high expectations of this style.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Dragonmead. This stout is not extremely big. That said, taken for what it is, I enjoyed it. Dark brown body, mostly opaque, with a medium-thick tan head. Big roasty aroma with coffee, dry chocolate, and a hint of molasses. Surprisingly thinnish flavor profile, toasty, with chocolate, a touch of molasses, and alcohol notes. Inky, lasting finish. Roastier and less sweet than most Imperial Stouts, in addition to the more subtle hops bill. Light relative to other Imperial Stouts, but not bad by any means.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Russian Imperial Stout from Dragonmead Brewery 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
2003 on cask! Well this is certainly my first cask Imp. Stout. Great chocolate-coffee brown, with some darker grey/black notes. Dark brown/beige head, mostly lasting. Has a big sweet roasted malt aroma, with some medium dry coffee notes and a decent aroma of milder hops. Has a wonderful creamy palate and up front has alot of sweet caramel malt that shifts into a mildly bitter hops flavor as the beer finishes. Along the way there is some roasted malt flavor along with a coffee flavor that tastes more like a mocha latte. It’s so different drinking one of these on cask. Lighter body than I’m used to, nowhere near the Plato level of the popular Imperials. Still, a very drinkable beer, that has few problems. Body is only medium, which is the biggest problem, and this does not hold up the bittersweet malt/hops mix as well as a fuller beer would.