With blackened coffee roasts and depths of chocolate, the Russian Imperial Stout is the ultimate expression of darkness. Earningover 20 GABF medalsfor their dark beer skills, Alaskan Brewing Company created a beer that not only honors the RIS - it takes it to aneven darkerplace.

With their 9% ABV, 30th Anniversary Perseverance Russian Imperial Stout, Alaskan enhances the style’s cocoa nib, boozy ganache-like roast with a trifecta of flavorful ingredients unique to their state: Alder-smoked malts, birch syrup, and wildflower honey.

• Alder-smoked malts boost roastiness by extracting the wood’s naturally delicate, sweet cedar character with subtle glimpses of campfire and toast.

• Loved by Alaskans for its molasses-like richness, birch syrup introduces notes of woody spice and caramel; think of a less sweet, yet richer muscovado dark sugar.

• Wildflower honey harvested from bees that feed on native fireweed boasts a warm spice attitude and complex sweetness.

Alaska has become the unlikely home of some of craft’s most unique, yet delicious dark beers. Reflecting the very best, midnight-shaded tastes the state has to offer, Perseverance is an intense ode to the Russian Imperial Stout. And with a price that allows you to enjoy now and cellar for later, Perseverance lives up to its hearty expectations.

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