I had the bottle of Stone Imperial Russian Stout tonight. I’ll start out with I think this one needs some aging. That being said, it pours a thick dark black with a moderate dark tan head. Smells of roasted malts, chocolate, and coffee. Taste is slightly metallic, but the roasted malts come through. It has a dark chocolate bitterness to it and some roasted coffee in there as well. It’s strong, but you can’t taste the alcohol. It seems slightly off, but I think a little aging will smooth it out a bit.
I’m going to buy at least another bottle to age for a year and see how it turns out.
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