Grayditch wrote: » I've always wondered that. There's something on the Courage bottle about it being made in England for a Russian royal, or something. I'd have to read up about it, though, which I probably won't do :pac:
Ipso wrote: » I've seen that in my local Safeway, I must check it out.
BaZmO* wrote: » On the subject of Russian Imperial Stouts, do Russians have an affinity towards the style given it's history?
TheSetMiner wrote: » Dutch Gold this week. Have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the rich aftertaste and subtle favouring of this fine brew. Best had under a bridge with mates straight out of the can at room temp. 9/10 would recommend!
Grayditch wrote: » Ever since this post, I remembered a beer I had in a hotel in Los Angeles. Rasputin's Imperial Russian Stout. It was right as the news came on saying Jeff Henneman from Slayer had died, so I'm pretty sure I blocked out the whole memory, including the beer, but it was fantastic from what I recall. So now I want a Russian Imperial Stout and from what I remember Courage's one is lovely, so I think I'll pick one up tomorrow.
BMJD wrote: » White Gypsy Russian Imperial Stout outstanding
Seaneh wrote: » BaZmO* wrote: » Had a bottle of the Alaskan Brewing Smoked Porter 2012. Essentially a really nice stout possible made worse with the smoked malt. Long bitter finish (like dark chocolate) along with the smokiness. I'm guessing the style just isn't for me, even if this does seem to be a good example. I'm not a fan of smoked beers in general but I thought the Alaskan was amazing myself.
BaZmO* wrote: » Had a bottle of the Alaskan Brewing Smoked Porter 2012. Essentially a really nice stout possible made worse with the smoked malt. Long bitter finish (like dark chocolate) along with the smokiness. I'm guessing the style just isn't for me, even if this does seem to be a good example.
BaZmO* wrote: » Just seen this video posted on the Sierra Nevada FB page and thought it was pretty cool. Basically it's a timelapse video of the 2014 Bigfoot fermenting. Actually surprised to see them using open fermenters, but then again if you're brewing something with such a high ABV maybe it's not a problem.
Seaneh wrote: » Try Anchor Porter and Black Butte by Deschutes. Those two and Sierra Nevada are my favourites of the style, with Founders Porter and Odell Cut troat not far behind.
Ipso wrote: » Sierra Nevada Porter, what an amazing beer. I think I'm going to turn to the dark side this year.
irish_goat wrote: » The bottle may have gone off as it certainly wasn't sour on draught.
Grayditch wrote: » Thought Kindred Spirit was alright. Bit of a watery stout, well not watery, just not full bodied, or thin or something. Good enough, though.
Ruben Remus wrote: » I haven't had those, but I tried 8 Degrees Kindred Spirit over the Christmas and thought it was awful. Had a sour aftertaste that made finishing the bottle a struggle.
BaZmO* wrote: » The 8 Degrees Back to Black series wasn't a great success imo. The Aztec (Chilli) was the best of the bunch, apart from having little to no carbonation. It was actually really really nice. The other two were pretty bad though. Imperial had little to no carbonation. Bit banana-y on the nose that's all almost turpentiney and it carries through to the taste. There's a dark ale plummy fruit sweetness that clunks along with the banana (almost tropical hops) flavour. Got a slight bit nicer as it warmed. Zeus (Black IPA) was a bit all over the shop. The finishing hops seemed to clash badly with the dry dark malts. Not unpleasant, just doesn't work. Pretty meh.
