The full name of the beer is Cisco Brewers Island Reserve 2014 Russian Imperial Stout. The label of the 750 ml bottle is quite plain, with the artwork buried behind text. I don't care.

Bourbon has a caramel and vanilla presence, but still lets the stout's bittersweet chocolate roast take the lead. It's relatively low alcohol at just 8.6%, but it still warms on the way down.

In fact, nowhere in the 49 pages of the guide do the words “Russian Imperial Stout” appear. The only mentions of imperial stouts are in two categories, British-Style Imperial Stout and American-Style ...

Stone Imperial Russian Stout Easiest to Acquire Without Selling Your Firstborn Child: You’re looking for something smooth, something chocolatey, something you can find without traveling to a ...

Bottles of Foothill Brewing's Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout lined up for the 2013 offering. The brewery releases the limited edition beer once annually. Courtesy of Foothills Brewing By Owen ...

I remember a time, when I was first getting into craft beer around 2007, that “Russian imperial stout” was likely the end-all, be-all style of American craft brewing.

One of my favorite styles of beer is Russian Imperial Stout, and Community’s “Legion,” their newest year-round offering, could be one of the very best I’ve tried.

Woodcut Russian Imperial Stout, by Fort Collins, Colo., brewery Odell, is an oak barrel-aged beer that boasts notes of chocolate, vanilla and brown sugar.

What it is: Northwind Imperial Stout, is a Russian imperial stout from one of the area’s most dependable breweries, Two Brothers Brewing. Northwind was Two Brothers’ first seasonal beer ...

Old Rasputin — North Coast's Russian Imperial Stout, which has become a cult classic among craft beer drinkers — is said by the brewers to be brewed in the tradition of those early Imperial ...

Beer: White Russian Imperial Stout Brewery: SunUp Brewing Co. Style: Russian Imperial Stout ABV: 9.2 percent Sometimes, there's a beer. I won't say a heroic beer, 'cause what's a heroic beer?