The Duck-Rabbit Rabid Duck Russian Imperial Stout
The Duck-Rabbit’s Imperial Stout is extremely big and robust. This special beer is
thick, jet black and oily in texture. Complex flavors of roast malts dominate: bitter
chocolate and espresso coffee especially. There is also a very big hop presence both for
bittering and for aroma. At 10% alcohol by volume, this brew is made to be sipped and
savored!
thick, jet black and oily in texture. Complex flavors of roast malts dominate: bitter
chocolate and espresso coffee especially. There is also a very big hop presence both for
bittering and for aroma. At 10% alcohol by volume, this brew is made to be sipped and
savored!
3.8
670 reviews
Farmville, United States
Community reviews
(Bottle) Black body with a small, diminishing tan head. Sweet, malty, dark roasted aroma with dried fruit and chocolate. Flavor has chocolate, dark dried fruit, and licorice. Medium body. Bitter finish.
Every now and then you run into that IPS that you label as "Soy-sauce beer". This is one of those occasions. Aroma is soy sauce. Flavor leans towards the sweet side, but offset by some burnt sugar and other dark/bitter chocolate notes. Not the best balance though. Alcohol not hidden that well. Tastes decent, but based on the style it is below average.
Bottle into stout glass. Black w thick head. Strong bold aroma of roast malt w hints of molasses and coffee. Taste has espresso notes and bitter chocolate. Bitter and surprisingly dry given the alcohol. Pretty good.
A very nice Russian imperial stout. Pours a beautiful thick black with a brown head. Smells of chocolate, vanilla, coffee and raisins, dark fruit. Taste is thick and creamy, with lots of dark fruit and raisin to start, and bitter chocolate and coffee in the finish. Had in the bottle.
Aroma: roasty, chocolate, coffee,
Appearance: black with a tan head
Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness,
Palate: medium body, creamy, average carbonation, long finish,
Delicious
Bottle: 2008 vintage
Oily black....rubied, with a thin, quick, dark tan head.
Chocolate-covered cherry aroma.
Dark fruit, dark bitter chocolate malt, cola taste.
Maybe a little past it’s prime, I’m afraid.....a little oxidation...though still carbonated pretty well....very malty....
A little too far on the dark fruit side for my taste, but good.
Pours a very dark brown with a little khaki colored head. Aroma is roasted malt, molasses, dark chocolate and a little almost earthiness. The roasted malt is definitely the main show here. Taste follows the nose with some bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied and maybe a little thin for the style but not bad.
Tap. Pours a dark dark brown with a layer of beige head. Aroma and taste of roasted malts and dark chocolate.
Pours engine oil black with a mocha colored head. Aroma is robust roasted malt, black coffee, chocolate, and slight booziness vapor. Flavor is rich roasted malt start with dark roasted coffee, unsweetened cocoa, and brown sugar. Oily mouthfeel. Finishes dark roasted coffee and earthy hops.
Enjoyed a fresh bottle of this, which poured a nearly opaque espresso brown/black color, with some tan foamy head. Aroma was an excellent strong heavily roasted malt with coffee and espresso accents. Taste was likewise a sharp burnt malt with charred espresso wood, and a hint of licorice fruit. Perhaps some hop bitterness in the finish. Flavors seemed more thrown together than balanced. Palate was unusually thin, with a slight alcohol bite. Good but still could use some improvement.
Aroma chocolate, roasty,
Appearance black, tan foam, brown foam,
Taste lightly bitter, medium sweetness,
Palate full body,
Overall a very smooth beer that hides the alcohol well. Lightly bitter and roasty. I would suggest this beer to a friend.
Pour is a complete black with a large tan head. Aroma is a nice char malt with some sugar sweetness. Flavor is a super rich burnt malt with some licorice and a bit of alcohol. Not much of a hop presence with this one. Finish leaves a nice burnt malt on the tongue. For a Russian impy stout this is surprisingly lacking in hops but this does have a super rich roasted/chared mouthfeel.
Decent enough Imperial Stout. Black pour. Was a little thinner than I excepted and a big herbal/anise presence. It did have a nice coffee-chocolate base. Okay.
Bottle from Bruisin’ Ales. Aroma of dark dried fruit and licorice. Big flavor of dark dried fruit, with some big bitterness hiding in the back. Roasty too. Great.
12 oz bottle. Pours black with tall, long lasting, creamy, brown head and nice lacing. Aroma is of roasted malt, chocolate covered cherries, piney hops and molasses. Body is full, creamy and smooth. Taste is of roasted malt, chocolate, brown sugar, dark fruit and herbal hops. Finish is long and dry. It was great to drink it after snow shoveling.
On tap 4 oz. sampler at Pizza Paradiso in DuPont Circle, Washington, D.C.
Opaque, near black with a large tan head and excellent lacing.
Aroma of roasted malt, dark fruit, soured raspberries and chocolate.
Taste of roasted malt, dark fruit, roasted coffee, chocolate and sweet and tart berries.
Medium/full body and low/medium carbonization.
Pours a deep dark almost pitch black. Thin tan head with some lacing that clings to the glass. Descent aroma of roasted malt and dark fruit. Flavor is more coffee than anything else. Slightly bitter with just a little carbonation. A little thinner than other imperial stouts with only a bit of oily texture. Flavor doesn’t fill your mouth very much and doesn’t linger very long. The flavor isn’t bad but its less than I expected. High alcohol content but it is fairly smooth with no harsh after taste.
Dark colour. Coffee and malt taste with a very dry and chalky feel with a slight bitter finish.
Something off on this. Almost like it went a little bad. Some roast and chocolate but a fair amount of sourness here. Black pour with good head and lacing. Bitter sour finish. Tap at galaxy hut.
Bottle. Poured dark with light brown head. Aroma was of roasted malts, dark fruits. Did’nt care for the taste too much, alittle boozy, very acidic, dark fruits, a slight bit of chocolate, a bit sour. The sour acidic tone of this beer didn’t jive with me.
From bottle at home. Pours dark with a dense brown head. Aroma is all chocolate and coffee with similar flavors. Medium bodied. Roasted malts, coffee with a touch of sweetness (dark chocolate) on the long finish. Delicious.
Bottle into snifter glass, opaque black color with thin dark tan head. Aroma notes of heavy roasted malt, smokey ash, dark chocolate and light espresso. Taste adds notes of dark coffee, cocoa, licorice, slightly tannic and dark fruity hop bitterness. Heavy-medium body, low carbonation, rich, dry with roasty citrus bitter finish. Pretty nice roasty RIS.
Norfolk bottle. Dark brown pour with a long lasting tan head. Aroma of dark, sweetened malt with a hint of milk chocolate and booze. The flavor was dark roasted malt, almost burnt. Maybe a little harsh lingering booze.
Bottle at home thanks to Brad! Pours dark black, brown head, average retention. Aroma is cocoa, coffee, a bit of vanilla, licorice, roasted malts. Taste is coffee forward, espresso, dark chocolate, with a long lasting bitter finish. Medium to heavy body, with a thin but silky mouthfeel. Above average imperial stout.
Pours a midnight black with a dark caramel color head with nice lacing. Smells so roasty with coffee and a little citrus. Excellent blend of coffee, bittersweet chocolate, citrusy hops, and roasted malt flavor. Oily with a denser body with little carbonation. Another awesome offering from an underrated brewery.
Dark pour with a finger of head. Coffee, chocolate, and dark fruit on the nose. All three aromas are on the tongue as well with a strong dark fruit finish. Alcohol is completely hidden.
Strong roasted aroma, with hints of dark fruit. Pours an opaque black with a full tan head. Full roasted flavor with strong hints of chocolate and coffee, which fades into a long roasty finish. This does not have the oily mouthfeel that some Imperial Stouts tend to have, and the alcohol is really well hidden. This is a nice sipping beer for a cold evening.
Transfer from BA review on 3-29-13-
Poured from bottle into a snifter
Appearance – The beer pours a deep brown color bordering on black. Upon pouring there is a small lighter brown colored head floating atop the brew. This head fades quite fast leaving a lighter level of lace on the sides of the glass. While there is only a light lace, swirling the brew in the glass shows a nice thickness, as fingers of the brew are seen clinging to the glass, slowly receding back to the bottom of the body of the glass.
Smell – The smell is heavy of roasted aromas as well as a surprisingly strong hoppier smell. The roasted malt aromas are drier in nature being of a strong roasted coffee, some toast, as well as a dark chocolate with just some lighter touches of vanilla and caramel. The hoppy smells, which are stronger in this Imperial then in most, are mainly of a woody and earthy nature mixed with some lighter aromas of a pine smell.
Taste – The taste follows the nose very well. This imperial is on the drier roasty side with a decent bitter flavor at the end. The flavor begins with a roasted coffee and espresso flavor with a hint of some caramel sweetness. A dark chocolate flavor as well as a light vanilla and some wood then come to the tongue. The caramel begins fading at this point with some hop flavors of a earthy and citrus hop. The hops grow slightly stronger toward the end with a hint of citrus sweetness of orange and some orange peel coming to the tongue. In the end, with some boozy and oaky flavors coming to the tongue as well, a rather roasty and slightly warming boozy flavor is left to warm and linger the tongue.
Mouthfeel –The body of the beer is on the medium to slightly above medium side, although slightly lower then would have been expected from the look or from the fact that it is a 10 % ab brew. The carbonation level is rather average. The higher carbonation and thinner body are sorta nice for highlighting the hoppier/bitter flavors in the sea of darker flavors as well as making it more drinkable, but overall a creamier body and a lower carbonation would have likely served the brew better, highlighting the nice roasty flavors and making it a slower sipper as it is intended to be.
Overall – A fairly nice drier Russian Imperial. It is almost like a blend between and imperial stout and a black IPA in some ways, as it finishes with a decent bitter hop/roast taste(although not what would be need to be actually considered a true black IPA) . Its pretty nice and worth a try, although it is likely not one I would go to on any great occasion.
Bottle from Monde market in Philly: pours thick like old motor oil and Amost impossible to create a head. Small light brown ring around the edge. Dark dark in color. Aroma of burnt malts, dark chocolate with some coffee. Coffee bitterness in the flavor followed by some sweet bitter sweet choco notes. Thick, full body - feels great inter mouth like a liquid pillow. Tasty!
Bottle. Pours a black color with tan head. Burnt, roasty, malty, tobacco aromas. Charred, roasty, malty flavors. Pretty tasty.