On Monday 18 March 2002 20:23, Roger Whittaker wrote:
I'm sorry to see that this has not turned into a longer thread, but I'm sure James will be interested ...
And I was once introduced to something called imperial Russian Stout. Again I don't know if it's still available.
Imperial stout is a generic name, really; it applies to a style of stout originally brewed in Britain for the Russian Tsars. (See http://www.ratebeer.com/StyleGuide.asp for more information) If you're in the UK, Samuel Smith (Yorkshire) do an Imperial stout - see http://www.mdv-beer.com/pages/5_breweries/samsmith.html Harvey's Brewery (Sussex) also do a Double Imperial Stout (see http://www.protzonbeer.com/documents/27660-001560.html) Hook Norton Double Stout is *almost* like an Imperial stout. A friend of mine runs the Beer Shop in London; and does mail order for bottled beers within the UK (and sells about 550 sorts of bottled beer - see http://www.pitfieldbeershop.co.uk/html/british_beers.html for his British list.) Cheers, Gideon.