Reply #24: Rasputin Stout

[eleny]

Okay - I sat here as long as I could but before you know it I was driving to Applejack's. They had the Rasputin! It's chilling. I'll have it next week with the roasted kielbasa dinner.

I thought the trip was going to be a bust. I walked the entire length of the store looking for it and finally found it in the very last group of shelves. (Applejack's is huge.) They have a number of stouts and other exotic stuff sold by the bottle down there. But this came in the four pack.

Here is one very funny review someone gave Rasputin Stout on the web-
"Steve: This is probably one of the more heralded stouts brewed in the US, and I think with good reason. What makes it more unusual is that it's an imperial stout, which isn't that common. Very malty, giving it a powerful sweetness, and it has a deep roasted coffee flavor. It's got 8.9% ABV, but don't worry, you'll sober up when you see the picture of Rasputin on the label. Man, he is one creepy bastard. Look at Rasputin, and then turn the bottle one way or the other, and I swear, the eyes follow you...Not even John Ashcroft gives me the paranoid willies like this label (begin Tommy Chong-like rant against the government in 3, 2, 1.....)."
http://www.tobp.com/review/beer.asp?t=815