Terrapin Big Daddy Vlady’s Russian Imperial Stout

22 oz bottle in the usual Side Project presentation, this is #13.
$7.49 for the bottle. The latest in the deluge of beer that is coming out of Terrapin these days (with mixed results I might add).
Standard jet black pour with a smallish head. There is a distinct lack of body. The beer really is quite thin.
The beer pulls together an odd combination of attributes. It’s quite sweet but it brings a terribly unrelenting solvent alcohol presence. The roasty sweetness that IS there and threatens to be a nice taste that the beer COULD hand its hat on, is once again overwhelmed by the rubbing alcohol/methylated spirits and paint thinner keep on coming through over and over again. Horrible, nasty burn that results in a drain pour for the second half of the bottle.
Oddly, the solvents are not so noticeable in the nose.
This really isn’t very good. It feels unfinished and is no more than an solvent alcohol bomb. Not good.

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12/16/2010
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bottle
ABV: 10.3 %
Appearance: 4
Taste: 2
Mouthfeel: 2.5
Smell: 3
Overall: 1.5
Total: 2.25
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