Crosby's Kitchen & CocktailI.R.S. Imperial Russian Stout

This beer refers to a historical episode, in which the Russian Czarina Catherine the Great could not get enough of the deep dark and heavy English stouts. The journey from England to Russia then took long. Additional alcohol was, therefore, necessary in order to guarantee the shelf life. Still one attaches in those parts to a root beer, in the low countries, the popularity rapidly. Notes of black chocolate and coffee can be found without difficulty in this harmonious beer, cane sugar softens the bitter character.