{"id":7678,"date":"2012-08-22T22:11:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T22:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=572"},"modified":"2012-08-22T22:11:02","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T22:11:02","slug":"review-stone-imperial-russian-stout-2008-vintage-versus-olde-english-800","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/08\/22\/review-stone-imperial-russian-stout-2008-vintage-versus-olde-english-800\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: Stone Imperial Russian Stout (2008 Vintage) versus Olde English 800"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Stone 2008 Imperial Russian Stout versus Olde English 800' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/7840971308\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8433\/7840971308_5ff883d3f0_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Stone 2008 Imperial Russian Stout versus Olde English 800\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I did a <a href=\"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/04\/18\/review-white-birch-wild-ale-versus-cantillon-gueuze\/\">joking post a while ago<\/a> comparing two beers that were clearly in different leagues and categories. It was a joke or at least I thought others would think it was. Our old buddy Mike left a nice comment on it because he&#8217;s a funny guy and likes to be funny. I got a few messages privately from well intentioned friends asking if I was completely serious about comparing Cantillon Gueuze with some random White Birch beer. No, I wasn&#8217;t serious.\u00a0Well, this below is a <strong>joke post<\/strong>. It&#8217;s a post intended as entertainment. These beers are not in the same league so please no hate-mails this time. I get enough of those anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stone Imperial Russian Stout (2008 Vintage &#8211; 22oz)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 0px;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline; padding: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #003366;\" title=\"4.1 out of 5.0\"><a title=\"View 'Stone 2008 Imperial Russian Stout versus Olde English 800' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/7840978204\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8432\/7840978204_de7754055a_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Stone 2008 Imperial Russian Stout versus Olde English 800\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline; padding: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #003366;\" title=\"4.1 out of 5.0\">4.1<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">8\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0TASTE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">8\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">17\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><small style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;\"><a style=\"color: #336699; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ratebeer.com\/user\/154569\/\">adamjackson\u00a0(584)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Canaan, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; AUG 18, 2012<\/small><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.5;\">2008 Vintage. Enjoyed at 60 Degrees in a wine goblet on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. Surprised I haven\u2019t had this one yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; Poured an almost black in to the glass. In the glass, pitch black, minor hints of heady that sticks around for a while.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; I can smell this from 2 feet away. Always a good sign. roast, nutty, chocolates and coffee. Some vanilla as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; This is spectacular. Alright, big chocolate up front. This is followed by vanilla bean and toffee. Caramel chocolate candies and some burnt barley malts on the back end with a hint of smokiness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; 40% carbonation on the mouth swish. Heavy body. Lingering roasted and smoked taste.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; This is the king. There are better stouts that I\u2019ve had with Dark Lord and Damon being my top but, for the price and availability, this is a king of stouts.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><strong>Olde English 800 (2012 Vintage &#8211; 40oz)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 0px;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline; padding: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #003366;\" title=\"0.7 out of 5.0\"><a title=\"View 'Stone 2008 Imperial Russian Stout versus Olde English 800' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/7840974218\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8428\/7840974218_65f89f42d1_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Stone 2008 Imperial Russian Stout versus Olde English 800\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline; padding: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #003366;\" title=\"0.7 out of 5.0\">0.7<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">1\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">3\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0TASTE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">1\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">1\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">1\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong><small style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;\"><a style=\"color: #336699; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ratebeer.com\/user\/154569\/\">adamjackson\u00a0(584)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Canaan, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; AUG 18, 2012<\/small><br style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.5;\">Served at fridge temp in Hill Farmstead Stemware. Gotta get my malt liquor category review.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; Light golden orange. Hint of head that fades fast. Okay head lacing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; There\u2019s this burnt malts scent. Sort of stale and old and very boring. I\u2019m surprised though that there\u2019s any smell at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; There is no taste! It\u2019s amazing. It\u2019s this flat boring moldy tasting dirt tap water taste. It\u2019s very bland and boring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; 5% carbonation on the mouth swish. Medium body.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; This may be the worst beer I\u2019ve ever tasted. It\u2019s not even beer. It\u2019s fermented toilet water.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 I did a joking post a while ago comparing two beers that were clearly in different leagues&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2018-12-07T16:38:39Z","apple_news_api_id":"58e389ed-7d7e-40dc-a612-50dc259bacb9","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-12-07T16:38:42Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AWOOJ7X1-QNymElDcJZusuQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-reviews","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1ZQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1952,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/12\/31\/2-years-in-beer-evolution-of-the-hobby\/","url_meta":{"origin":7678,"position":0},"title":"Year in Review and 2013 Plans in Beer","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"December 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This was a great year in beer. 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