Comments on: Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout http://www.beeraday.net/beer/old-rasputin-russian-imperial-stout/ Drinking one beer a day and discovering new brew Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Old Rasputin « Scholium http://www.beeraday.net/beer/old-rasputin-russian-imperial-stout/comment-page-1/#comment-719 Old Rasputin « Scholium Tue, 25 May 2010 20:37:02 +0000 http://www.beeraday.net/?p=2191#comment-719 [...] is a good review of this beer at beeraday.net [...] [...] is a good review of this beer at beeraday.net [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.beeraday.net/beer/old-rasputin-russian-imperial-stout/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Chris Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:12:04 +0000 http://www.beeraday.net/?p=2191#comment-495 Great review! This beer is absolutely one of my favorites. I love the idea of a dessert pairing with this rich and powerful brew. While often I feel I am doing myself a disservice by not trying something new whenever there's the chance, reading your review reminds me it may be time to go out and stock up on this tried and true favorite. Between this and Yeti you have had your hands full with a couple of the greatest Imperials on the market. May I also recommend New Holland's Dragon's Milk - it's an oak aged Imperial. While I will say the oak may be a bit strong, I found it a great educator for my palate. I am used to bourbon or whiskey barrel aged stouts, but Dragon's Milk I believe is in new (American?) oak. I was amazed how much of those flavors are derivative of the oak rather than the remnants of whiskey in the barrel. Anyhow, keep it up - nice work! Great review! This beer is absolutely one of my favorites. I love the idea of a dessert pairing with this rich and powerful brew. While often I feel I am doing myself a disservice by not trying something new whenever there’s the chance, reading your review reminds me it may be time to go out and stock up on this tried and true favorite. Between this and Yeti you have had your hands full with a couple of the greatest Imperials on the market.

May I also recommend New Holland’s Dragon’s Milk – it’s an oak aged Imperial. While I will say the oak may be a bit strong, I found it a great educator for my palate. I am used to bourbon or whiskey barrel aged stouts, but Dragon’s Milk I believe is in new (American?) oak. I was amazed how much of those flavors are derivative of the oak rather than the remnants of whiskey in the barrel.

Anyhow, keep it up – nice work!

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