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Top Performers By Style: American-Style Imperial Stout

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RankBrewerBeerVintage/
Year		Score
#1 Transient Artisan Ales Kentuckley 2022 95.6000
#2 Bottle Logic Brewing Space Trace 2023 95.4000
#3 Three Floyds Brewing Company Chemtrailmix (aged 3-4 years) 2022 95.1429
#4 Dogfish Head Brewery World Wide Stout (aged 1-2 years) 2009 95.0000
#5 Roughtail Brewing Company Rum Barrel Aged Polar Eclipse (aged 1-2 years) 2019 95.0000
#6 New Image Brewing Anaphora Blend No 4 2023 95.0000
#7 Prairie Artisan Ales Pecans In Paradise 2023 95.0000
#8 Sierra Nevada Brewing Company 30th Anniv Fritz & Ken's Ale 2010 95.0000
#9 Great Divide Brewing Company Barrel Aged Yeti Imperial Stout 2009 95.0000
#10 North Coast Brewing Company Old Rasputin Anniversary Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout 2012 94.8889
#11 Three Floyds Brewing Company Dark Lord 2025 94.8000
#12 Equilibrium Life After Death Star Batch 5 2025 94.7500
#13 Firestone Walker Brewing Company Parabola 2012 94.7143
#14 Hoppin Frog Brewery DORIS The Destroyer Double Imperial Stout 2013 94.6667
#15 Revolution Brewing Company Cafe Deth 2020 94.5000
#16 AleSmith Brewing Company Speedway Stout Espresso & Madagascar Vanilla 2021 94.4000
#17 Dogfish Head Brewery Utopias Barrrel-Aged World Wide Stout 2021 94.4000
#18 New Holland Brewing Company Dragon’s Milk Trible Madh 2024 94.4000
#19 New Holland Brewing Company Chocolate Dragon’s Milk 2013 94.3333
#20 Branch & Bone Artisan Ales 2023 Bourbon Barrel Feral Dawn 2023 94.3333
#21 Hoppin Frog Brewery Barrel Aged BORIS The Crusher 2013 94.2222
#22 Avery Brewing Company Uncle Jacob’s Stout 2018 94.1429
#23 Thirsty Dog Brewing Company Siberian Night Imperial Stout 2010 94.0000
#24 Saint Louis Brewery Schlafly Reserver Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout 2011 94.0000
#25 Dogfish Head Brewery World Wide Stout 2012 94.0000
#26 Odell Brewing Company Bourbon Barrel Stout 2010 94.0000
#27 Great Divide Brewing Company Yeti Oak Aged Imperial Stout 2007 94.0000
#28 Jester King Craft Brewery Black Metal Imperial Stout (2011) (aged 4-5 years) 2011 94.0000
#29 Nebraska Brewing Company Black Betty 2012 94.0000
#30 Left Hand / Tabernash Oak Aged Imperial Stout 2009 94.0000
#31 Sweetwater Brewing Company Happy Ending 2010 94.0000
#32 Saint Arnold Brewing Company Commitment 2022 94.0000
#33 Epic Brewing Company Big Bad Baptist - Naked Baptist (aged 1-2 years) 2021 93.8333
#34 Anchorage Brewing Company Doomed 2020 93.8000
#35 Brooklyn Brewery Black Ops Late Bottle Vintage (LBV) (aged 5-6 years) 2007 93.7500
#36 Destihl Brewery Dosvidanya Mexican Chocolate BBA 2023 93.6667
#37 Equilibrium Fall From Grace 2025 93.6667
#38 Goose Island Beer Company Stout Aged In Bourbon Barrel (aged 2-3 years) 2017 93.5000
#39 The Bruery Black Tuesday 2016 93.5000
#40 North Coast Brewing Company Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XV 2012 93.4000
#41 Avery Brewing Company Uncle Jacobs Stout 2013 93.4000
#42 Burial Beer Company Tragic Echo of the Imperishable 2024 93.3750
#43 Avery Brewing Company Double Barreled Maple Stout (aged 2-3 years) 2019 93.3333
#44 Horned Owl Brewing Omen 2023 93.3333
#45 Founders Brewing Company KBS MAPLE MACKINAC FUDGE 2020 93.3333
#46 Unbranded Brewing Company Wake Up!! 2023 93.2857
#47 Founders Brewing Company Lizard of Koz 2017 93.2857
#48 The Bruery So Happens It's Tuesday 2022 93.2500
#49 Martin House Brewing Company The Last Girl Scout 2022 93.1429
#50 Goose Island Beer Company Bourbon County Stout 2008 93.0000
#51 Roughtail Brewing Company Bourbon Barrel Polar Eclipse 2020 93.0000
#52 Stone Brewing Company Imperial Russian Stout 2008 93.0000
#53 Avery Brewing Company The Czar 2010 93.0000
#54 Brooklyn Brewery Black Ops 2011 93.0000
#55 Southern Tier Brewing Company Imperial Oatmeal Stout 2010 93.0000
#56 Jester King Craft Brewery Black Metal 2011 93.0000
#57 AleSmith Brewing Company Speedway Stout 2009 93.0000
#58 Saint Arnold Brewing Company Pumpkinator 2024 93.0000
#59 Alamo Beer Company Barrel aged One Flew over the Coconut 2023 93.0000
#60 Freetail Brewing Company La Muerta 2011 93.0000
#61 Bell's Brewery Expedition Stout 2009 93.0000
#62 Left Coast/Oggis Pizza and Brewing Company Ale Epeteios 2012 93.0000
#63 Epic Brewing Company Big Bad Baptist Pecan Pie (aged 1-2 years) 2020 93.0000
#64 Jester King Craft Brewery Necrolith 2024 92.8571
#65 Freetail Brewing Company La Muerta (aged 9-10 years) 2015 92.8333
#66 Founders Brewing Company (Canadian Breakfast Stout (aged 1-2 years) 2019 92.8333
#67 Wiseacre Brewing Company Astronaut Status 2023 92.7500
#68 Martin House Brewing Company Kokytus 2022 92.7143
#69 Epic Brewing Company Big Bad Baptist Chocolate Caramel Sea Salt (aged 1-2 years) 2023 92.7000
#70 Fair State Brewing Cooperative Main Boss 2021 92.6667
#71 Timber Ales She Who Walks Among Monsters 2024 92.6250
#72 Avery Brewing Company Imperialis 2022 92.6000
#73 Hop Guru Barrel Aged Imperial Stout 2019 92.6000
#74 AleSmith Brewing Company Barrel-Aged Speedway Stout: Hammerhead Edition 2025 2025 92.5714
#75 Founders Brewing Company KBS ESPRESSO 2021 92.5455
#76 AleSmith Brewing Company BA Speedway Stout Viet Coffee Edition 2024 2024 92.5000
#77 Martin House Brewing Company Colombiana 2022 92.5000
#78 Martin House Brewing Company Shell Shock 2025 92.5000
#79 Great Divide Brewing Company Espresso Oak Aged Yeti (aged 2-3 years) 2010 92.4444
#80 Karbach Brewing Company Good Golly Miss Molly 2017 92.4000
#81 Great Divide Brewing Company Laws Whiskey House Barrel Aged Yeti 2022 92.3750
#82 Angry Chair Brewing Infinite Dunks 2024 92.3750
#83 Founders Brewing Company CBS 2017 92.3750
#84 Typos Brewery Full Grown Man 2020 92.3333
#85 Oskar Blues Brewery Ten Fidy Barrel-Aged 2017 92.2857
#86 Stone Brewing Company Imperial Russian Stout Aged in Bourbon Barrels (aged 4-5 years) 2008 92.2500
#87 Typos Brewery Full Grown Man 2020 92.2000
#88 Goose Island Beer Company Bourbon County Stout Coffee 2013 92.2000
#89 Goose Island Beer Company Kentucky Fog Stout 2020 92.1667
#90 Fifty Fifty Eclipse (Old Fitzgerald) 2012 92.1429
#91 Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout 2012 92.0000
#92 Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout (aged 3-4 years) 2009 92.0000
#93 BrewDog Tactical Nuclear Penguin 2010 92.0000
#94 Hop Guru Its your birthday Jenna (aged 2-3 years) 2020 92.0000
#95 BrewDog Tokyo* 2010 92.0000
#96 Stone Brewing Company Imperial Russian Stout 2012 92.0000
#97 Oskar Blues Grill & Brew Ten FIDY 2010 92.0000
#98 Deschutes Brewery The Abyss 2012 92.0000
#99 Bear Republic Brewery Big Bear Black Stout 2010 92.0000
#100 Great Divide Brewing Company Espresso Oak Aged Yeti 2012 92.0000
#101 Great Divide Brewing Company Barrel Aged Yeti Imperial Stout (aged 2-3 years) 2008 92.0000
#102 Great Divide Brewing Company Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout 2009 92.0000
#103 18th street brewery Bitches' Bank 2018 92.0000
#104 Victory Brewing Company Storm King Imperial Stout 2007 92.0000
#105 AleSmith Brewing Company Speedway Stout 2021 92.0000
#106 Beer Valley Brewing Company Black Flag 2012 92.0000
#107 Martin House Brewing Company The Descent 2022 91.8750
#108 Southern Star Brewing Company Black Crack 2013 91.8571
#109 Coronado Brewing Co Barrel-Aged German Chocolate Cake 2018 (aged 6-7 years) 2018 91.8571
#110 Martin House Brewing Company Acheron 2021 91.8571
#111 Roughtail Brewing Company Apple Brandy Barrel Aged Polar Eclipse (aged 1-2 years) 2020 91.8333
#112 Saint Arnold Brewing Company Divine Reserve #5 (aged 4-5 years) 2007 91.8182
#113 New Holland Brewing Company Dragon’s Milk Bourbon Barrel - Aged 2024 91.8000
#114 Vista Brewing Fireside (aged 2-3 years) 2022 91.7143
#115 Olde Hickory Brewery Photon Sphere 2019 91.5000
#116 NoLi Brewhouse Imperial Stout 2014 91.5000
#117 Hop Guru Imperial Stout (2019) 2019 91.5000
#118 Great Divide Brewing Company Big Yeti 2022 91.4000
#119 Clown Shoes Beer Snow on the Maple Tree (aged 1-2 years) 2019 91.4000
#120 Deschutes Brewery Abyss (aged 1-2 years) 2014 91.3750
#121 Abita Brewing Company Bourbon Street Barrel Aged Imperial Stout 2019 91.3333
#122 Smuttynose Brewing Company Apple Brandy Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout (aged 3-4 years) 2009 91.2500
#123 Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout (aged 2-3 years) 2010 91.1667
#124 Hop Guru Imperial Stout Beta 2011 91.1429
#125 Dieu du Ciel Peche Mortel 2011 91.1429
#126 Peticolas Brewing Company Black Curtains 2022 91.1250
#127 Independence Brewing Company Convict Hill 2010 91.0000
#128 Anderson Valley Brewing Company Huge Arker 2017 91.0000
#129 Smuttynose Brewing Company Smuttynose Imperial Stout 2011 91.0000
#130 Odell Brewing Company Imperial Stout 2010 91.0000
#131 Lexington Brewing Company Bourbon Barrel Stout 2013 91.0000
#132 Port Brewing Company/Lost Abbey Serpent's Stout 2011 91.0000
#133 Saint Louis Brewery Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout 2013 91.0000
#134 Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout 2011 91.0000
#135 Saint Arnold Brewing Company Divine Reserve No. 18 2018 90.8750
#136 Clown Shoes Beer Porcine Unidragon 2012 90.8750
#137 Mortalis Brewing Company Whams Above Whams Below 2023 90.8333
#138 Oskar Blues Brewery Ten Fidy Barrel Aged 2020 90.8333
#139 Weathered Souls Black Is Beautiful 2021 90.8000
#140 Stone Brewing Company Espresso Imperial Russian Stout (aged 6-7 years) 2013 90.8000
#141 Hop Guru Technical Difficulties 2017 90.7500
#142 Sweetwater Brewing Company Happy Ending 2013 90.6667
#143 Clown Shoes Beer UNDEAD Party crasher 2014 90.6250
#144 Boulevard Brewing Company Imperial Stout 2013 90.6000
#145 Lucky Bucket Brewing Company Wicked Joe 2022 90.5000
#146 Angry Chair Brewing Rocky Road 2023 90.5000
#147 Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout 2012 90.5000
#148 Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout (aged 1-2 years) 2011 90.5000
#149 DuClaw Brewing Company Devine Retribution No 3 2013 90.4286
#150 Drakes Brewing Company Drakonic 2012 90.3636
#151 Belching Beaver Brewery Sling Yer Hook 2022 90.3333
#152 Prairie Artisan Ales Pirate Bomb 2016 90.3333
#153 Tupps Brewery Full Grown Nick 2022 90.3333
#154 Clown Shoes Beer Vampire Slayer 2012 90.2857
#155 Stone Brewing Company Farking Wheaton Wootstout 2018 90.2857
#156 Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout (aged 11-12 years) 2009 90.2857
#157 Odell Brewing Company Barreled Treasure 2019 90.2857
#158 Stone Brewing Company 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout 2009 90.0000
#159 Martin House Brewing Company She’ll Shock 2024 90.0000
#160 Rogue Ales XS Imperial Stout 2008 90.0000
#161 Jester King Craft Brewery Black Metal (aged 3-4 years) 2011 90.0000
#162 Cactus Land Brewing Company Del Barril 2025 90.0000
#163 Sweetwater Brewing Company Happy Ending 2012 90.0000
#164 Samuel Smith's Old Brewery Imperial Stout 2007 90.0000
#165 Terrapin Beer Company Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout 2013 90.0000
#166 Real Ale Brewing Company 15th Anniversary 2012 90.0000
#167 Wild Barley Brewing Cowboy Breakfast 2024 90.0000
#168 Great Divide Brewing Company Belgian Style Yeti 2012 90.0000
#169 Goose Island Beer Company Bourbon County Cherries Jubilee Cask Finish Stout 2025 90.0000
#170 Laughing Dog Brewing The Dogfather 2012 90.0000
#171 Revision Brewing Company Depths of Desire 2023 90.0000
#172 Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout 2012 90.0000
#173 DeadBeach Brewery Abuela Stout 2019 89.8750
#174 Drakes Drakonic Imperial Stout 2013 89.8750
#175 Jester King Craft Brewery Beer Geek Rodeo 2012 89.8333
#176 Straight To Ale Laika 2012 89.7500
#177 Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout (aged 10-11 years) 2011 89.5000
#178 Vigilance. Rewing Scorpion Stout 2019 89.5000
#179 Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Bourbon Barrel Sidamo 2017 89.4286
#180 Cactus Land Brewing Company Old Soul 2025 89.4286
#181 Cactus Land Brewing Company Del Barril w/Toasted Coconut 2020 89.3750
#182 Goose Island Beer Company Napa County Stout 2013 89.3333
#183 Avery Brewing Company Night Warden 2020 89.2000
#184 Magnify Do I Know You 2022 89.2000
#185 Deschutes Brewery The Abyss (aged 2-3 years) 2017 89.1667
#186 Lakewood Brewing Co Double Stuffed Temptress 2021 89.0000
#187 Left Hand / Tabernash Imperial Stout 2008 89.0000
#188 Great Divide Brewing Company Yeti Imperial Stout 2006 89.0000
#189 Left Hand / Tabernash Imperial Stout 2007 89.0000
#190 Clown Shoes Beer Chocolate Sombrero 2012 89.0000
#191 Blue Mountain Barrel House Dark Hollow 2017 88.9000
#192 Prairie Artisan Ales Wine Barrel Noir 2014 88.8750
#193 The Bruery Share This O.C. 2017 88.8750
#194 Martin House Brewing Company Honey Bunch 2022 88.6667
#195 Blue Mountain Brewery Dark Hollow 2014 88.6250
#196 Sentry Brewing Mesquite Smoked and Bourboned Imperial Stout 2012 88.5455
#197 Martin House Brewing Company Astronaut Apocalypse 2023 88.4000
#198 The Bruery Catch Me If You Can 2023 88.2000
#199 Campanology Brewing Chocolate Babka Pastry Stout 2021 88.1667
#200 Beer Valley Brewing Company Black Flag Imperial Stout 2009 88.0000
#201 Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Narwhal 2019 88.0000
#202 Founders Brewing Company Breakfast Stout 2009 88.0000
#203 Boulevard Brewing Company Dark Truth Stout 2010 88.0000
#204 Southern Tier Brewing Company Creme Brulee Stout 2013 87.8889
#205 Left Hand Brewing White Russian Nitro 2024 87.8333
#206 Dicks Brewing Company Dicks Imperial Stout 2012 87.8182
#207 Pipeworks Brewing Company Abduction 2014 87.3846
#208 Hop Guru Barrel Aged Peanut Butter Chocolate Cheerios 2017 87.2857
#209 Great Divide Brewing Company Oatmeal Yeti 2016 87.1818
#210 5 Stones Artisan Brewery Fracking Blackstrap 2020 87.1429
#211 Rahr & Sons Brewing Snowmageddon 2012 87.0000
#212 Epic Brewing Company Big Bad Baptist 2014 87.0000
#213 North Coast Brewing Company Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout 2006 87.0000
#214 Left Hand / Tabernash 2007 Oak Aged Imperial Stout 2011 87.0000
#215 Left Hand Brewing Galactic Cowboy (nitro) 2020 86.8333
#216 Campanology Brewing Tiramisu Pastry Stout 2021 86.5000
#217 Jester King Craft Brewery Black Metal (aged 9-10 years) 2012 86.1667
#218 Oddwood Truckasaurus 2022 86.1250
#219 Pike Pub & Brewery Entire Wood Aged Stout (2009) 2011 86.0000
#220 Freetail Brewing Company La Muerta (aged 1-2 years) 2021 85.8333
#221 BJs Restaurant & Brewery Tatonka Stout 2008 85.0000
#222 BrewDog Paradox SmokeHead 2010 83.0000