The Beerists 37 - Russian Imperial Stouts
The Beerists Craft Beer Podcast
John Rubio
4.8 • 799 Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2012
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Black, oily, rich, viscous, and alcoholic, Russian Imperial Stouts are perfect drinking for the winter months.
Samuel Smith Imperial Stout
Victory Storm King
Great Divide Yeti
Stone Impreial Russian Stout
Founders Imperial Stout (2011)
Oskar Blues Ten Fidy

Rankings:
Mike
1. Stone IRS
2. Ten FIDY
3. Samuel Smith Imperial Stout
4. Founder's Imperial Stout (2011)
5. Storm King
6. Yeti
John
1. Founder's Imperial Stout (2011)
2. Ten FIDY
3. Yeti
4. Storm King
5. Samuel Smith Imperial Stout
6. Stone IRS
Anastacia
1. Stone IRS
2. Ten FIDY
3. Samuel Smith Imperial Stout
4. Founder's Imperial Stout (2011)
5. Storm King
6. Yeti
Grant
1. Ten FIDY
2. Founder's Imperial Stout (2011)
3. Storm King
4. Stone IRS
5. Samuel Smith
6. Yeti
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| 0:00.0 | Episode 37 of the Bearest's podcast recorded on December 10th, 2012, Imperial Stouts. |
| 0:23.2 | Boom, let's do it. |
| 0:24.0 | Are we doing it already? |
| 0:24.8 | I think we're doing it. |
| 0:25.2 | Sweet. |
| 0:29.9 | You know, one of the most asked questions I've gotten is, hey, when are you guys going to do an Imperial Stout show? |
| 0:31.0 | I keep getting that question from people. |
| 0:32.7 | Is it from multiple people or just like one annoying person? |
| 0:34.8 | I guess I don't understand that most of the tastings that we have end up being Imperial Stout specials. Yeah. It's like, oh, how much alcohol does it have in it? Oh, it's not enough. |
| 0:43.6 | Imperial Stouts are a popular category for beer nerds. I really like Imperial Stouts a lot. It's not the |
| 0:50.2 | thing that I drink the most, but it's something that I find myself drinking often, |
| 0:57.7 | mainly at tastings. Yeah, I'm right there with you. Doesn't matter if it's June or July. |
| 1:01.3 | Let's bring five Imperial Stouts. I know. Because you guys are fuckwads. |
| 1:05.9 | Glitons for punishment. Very much glens for punishment. But the reason I don't usually drink it on my own is because it's a really big, hefty, heavy beer. And a bottle of it, even a 12-ounce bottle, sometimes is too much for me. |
| 1:13.2 | It's because you're a pussy. |
| 1:14.2 | That is also true. |
| 1:16.4 | One bottle, I mean, is enough to get you drunk on some of these anyway. |
| 1:19.5 | Well, most of them. |
| 1:20.3 | I mean, they're usually 9% and above. |
| 1:23.0 | Oh, try doing a whole bottle of espresso yeti. |
| 1:25.5 | I've done that. |
| 1:26.1 | Oh, yeah. |
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