Beers similar to Old Rasputin

North Coast Brewing Company

Russian Imperial Stout·United States·9% ABV·One of 10 Russian Imperial Stouts in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Old Rasputin's coffee and roasted character. Roast and black coffee lead, with cherry and burnt black licorice behind, ashy notes and a long, dry finish with a warming glow. 9% ABV, 75 IBU. It follows the 18th-century English brewers who supplied Catherine the Great's court in Russia; a Russian phrase rings Rasputin on the label: a sincere friend is not born instantly. Gold at the 1996 World Beer Cup, 1999 and 2002 GABF.

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10 beers like Old Rasputin

1

Marshal Zhukov's

Cigar City Brewing

United States · Russian Imperial Stout · 11.5%

ALTERNATIVE

78%

FLAVOUR MATCH

As with Old Rasputin, same dryness and dark fruit notes; adds herbal notes, noticeably less bitter, no bitterness.

What carries overroasteddrychocolatecoffeedark fruit

Structure: less bitter, a notch stronger

Compared to Old Rasputinherbalbitterboozy

Structure: Very close — a touch less bitterness, a touch more sweetness.

Structure: less bitter, a notch stronger

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Grande Noirceur

Dieu du Ciel!

Canada · Russian Imperial Stout · 9%

ALTERNATIVE

75%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Alongside Old Rasputin on dark fruit notes and dryness: adds fullness, noticeably less bitter, drops smokiness.

What carries overrichroasteddrychocolatecoffee

Structure: less bitter

Compared to Old Rasputinfull-bodiedmaltysmokyboozy

Structure: Very close — a touch less bitterness, a touch more sweetness.

Structure: less bitter

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3

Blended Barrels

Almasty Brewing Co.

United Kingdom · Imperial Stout · 10%

ALTERNATIVE

74%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares dark fruit notes and smokiness with Old Rasputin; adds vanilla notes, noticeably less bitter, but drops dryness.

What carries overroastedcoffeedark fruitsmokyboozy

Structure: less bitter, a notch stronger

Compared to Old Rasputinvanillacarameloakdrybitter

Structure: Very close — a touch less bitterness, a touch more sweetness.

Structure: less bitter, a notch stronger

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4

Surly Brewing Co.

United States · Russian Imperial Stout · 10.2%

72%

MATCH

Keeps bitterness and dark fruit notes like Old Rasputin, adds oak notes, noticeably less bitter, drops dryness.

Structure: less bitter, a notch stronger

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Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

United States · Imperial Stout · 10.2%

72%

MATCH

A touch more fullness, noticeably less bitter, no dark fruit notes — dryness and smokiness as with Old Rasputin.

Structure: less bitter, a notch stronger

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Imperial Stout (2026)

Hawkers Beer

Australia · Imperial Stout · 10.5%

71%

MATCH

Like Old Rasputin on dryness and dark fruit notes — adds fullness, sweeter, but without the smokiness.

Structure: sweeter, less bitter

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Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

Victory Brewing Company

United States · Imperial Stout · 9.1%

71%

MATCH

Mirrors Old Rasputin's bitterness and dark fruit notes — plus fullness, noticeably less bitter, minus smokiness.

Structure: less bitter

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St-Ambroise Russian Imperial Stout

McAuslan Brewing

Canada · Russian Imperial Stout · 9.2%

71%

MATCH

Same bitterness and booziness as Old Rasputin, adds vanilla notes, noticeably more bitter, but without the dryness.

Structure: more bitter

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Hornbeer

Denmark · Russian Imperial Stout · 10%

70%

MATCH

Sweeter — same dark fruit notes and booziness as Old Rasputin, adds fullness, sweeter, but without the dryness.

Structure: sweeter, less bitter

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Pasteur Street Saigon Hustle Imperial Stout

Pasteur Street Brewing Company

Vietnam · Imperial Stout · 10.5%

70%

MATCH

Less bitter — same bitterness and dark fruit notes as Old Rasputin, adds fullness, noticeably less bitter.

Structure: less bitter, a notch stronger

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