Old Rasputin is Getting Colder, and Whiskey is Getting Warmer

Despite the fact that he has a reputation as a power-mad debaucherous mad monk who required five assassins to finally put down, Grigori Rasputin's birthday is still celebrated each Jan. 22, particularly among beer lovers. That's because North Coast Brewing out of Fort Bragg, Calif., has immortalized him with an award-winning Russian Imperial Stout that they call Old Rasputin .