Imperial Stout

Imperial Stout

3822 beers | 4.025 Avg Score

As with most "imperial" beers, the imperial stout is "boss" of the stout world, emphasizing more maltiness, more alcohol, and often more hops than its non-imperial peers. The style originated in England as an export product to the Baltic States, where the Russian Imperial Court purportedly enjoyed these products. This style has intense flavors including those typical of any stout (but magnified and more complex), as well as dark fruitiness (prunes, plums, and raisins). Some of the more popular imperial stouts of today include a hoppy balance in the finish.

Beer | Location Reviews Score
Otter Creek Russian Imperial Stout
VT, United States
11
3.336
8 Wired iStout
New Zealand
11
4.014
Left Hand 10th Anniversary Oak Aged Imperial Stout
CO, United States
11
3.821
Van Den Bossche Buffalo Belgian Stout
Belgium
11
3.243
Courage Russian Imperial Stout
United Kingdom
11
3.886
Boulder Obovoid Empirical Russian Stout
CO, United States
11
3.650
Bell's Black Note Stout
MI, United States
11
4.093
Midtfyns Imperial Stout
Denmark
10
3.708
Widmer Brothers W'11 KGB Russian Imperial Stout
OR, United States
10
3.685
Saint Arnold Divine Reserve #5
TX, United States
10
3.562
Central Waters Peruvian Morning Imperial Stout
WI, United States
10
3.908
Bièropholie Imperial Stout
Canada
10
3.938
Southampton Imperial Russian Stout
NY, United States
10
3.877
Eel River Organic Raven's Eye Imperial Stout
CA, United States
9
3.517
Muskoka Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout
Canada
9
3.542
HaandBryggeriet Odins Tipple
Norway
9
3.825
Grand River Russian Gun Imperial Stout
Canada
9
3.683
Dicks Imperial Stout
WA, United States
9
3.367
Prairie Artisan Ales Prairie Bomb!
OK, United States
9
3.992
Goose Island Night Stalker
IL, United States
9
3.892