B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher - Barrel Aged
(has 8 batches)
Hoppin' Frog Brewery in Akron, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
8.11
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Made from our B.O.R.I.S. Imperial Stout, that was rated one of the World's 50 Best Beers, and won the Gold Medal at the GABF in 2008. BARREL-AGED B.O.R.I.S. has picked up rich characters of vanilla, dark fruit, oak, and spice. It's unbelievably complex and savory
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9.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
Wow. Awesome. 75cl bottle at home. Appearance is completely inky black, with a tiny layer of foam around the edge of the glass. Aroma is incredibly complex, I smell the aromas of the barrel well. Very deep and roasty, plums and other dark fruit, intense coffee, some chocolate, spicy. Liquorice stands out. It’s a great and very intense aroma. Thick mouthfeel, silky and smooth. Taste is also intense, lots of dark malts create a beautiful complexity of flavours. Coffee and chocolate are still around but not as intense as in the aroma. Extremely full bodied. Brilliant beer, one of the best BA imperial stouts I’ve tasted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2016
at 15:45
8/10
Tried
on 04 Oct 2016
at 10:53
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at Ølbaren, Copenhagen. Pours dark brown with beige head. Malty, roasted, chocolate, caramel, coffee, some vanilla notes. dark fruit. Sweet with bitter finish. Full bodied, smooth, oily. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Sep 2016
at 12:02
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bomber, by way of trade with HenrikO. Cheers Henrik! Not far off black. Slim halo of tan head. Nose has bonfire toffee. Sweet liquorice. Rum and raisin chocolate. Rich, vanilla loaded brownie. Woody, boozy, and lightly phenolic. As it warms, there are further notes of fudge, and rye whisky. Taste is sweet. Turns treacly, dark chocolate bitter. Silky smooth mouthfeel. Nicely unctuous. Finishes chewy, chocolatey, woody, boozy, silky bitter. At only 9.4, this is a blinder.
Tried
on 28 May 2016
at 17:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Tap at Beer Temple, 12th May 16. Black with a throthy head. Aroma is black coffee, booze, barrel. Taste is coffee, booze is upfront, great sting flavour. Excellent
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2016
at 09:57
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tap at BeerTemple. Black with hazel brown head. Dark chocolate and loads of bourbon, vanilla. Sweet with chocolate bitter. Full body, chocolate cake drowned in bourbon, dried dark fruits, just the way I like it. Low carbonation. Very nice! --- Beer merged from original tick of Barrel Aged B.O.R.I.S. The Crusher Oatmeal Imperial Stout on 21 Nov 2017 at 22:12 - Score: 8. Original review text: 4.3
Tried
from Draft
on 11 May 2016
at 12:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at BeerTemple. Black with quite big light brown head. Massive bourbon, vanilla, cognac, milk chocolate, marshmallow, light dried red fruits, unripe green nuts, booze, red apple. Quite sweet with a light tart fruitiness and light medicinal bitter finish. Full bodied and quite sticky. Very strong on the bourbon, but pretty good.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 May 2016
at 12:38
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
0.15 l on tap at ’Beertemple’. Pitch black with a frothy, stable, light brown head. Sweetish-malty, roasty aroma of coffee, milk chocolate, cocoa, vanilla and caramel. Sweetish-malty, slightly roasty taste of caramel, sweet coffee, milk chocolate, vanilla and some oak, followed by a rather long, moderately roasty-bitter, slightly warming-alcoholic finish. Full body, very creamy and viscid mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. Very impressive, great balance in all regards, nevertheless very intense flavours and a fantastic mouthfeel. Great!
Tried
from Draft
on 07 May 2016
at 06:34
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap @ Beer Temple, sample size (and a bit more). Black color. Browm head. Aroma’s: roasted malts, wood, later also some alcoholic sweetness. Retronasal it’s sweet, bourbon or whiskey, not so strong in vanilla, but nicely blending in, some red fruit, wood, chocolate. Flavor is rather sweet, roasted, alcoholic. Alcohol feel is quite strong. Body is medium to full. Long finish, sweet, chocolatey., woody, light to medium bitter. Really nice!
Tried
from Draft
on 02 May 2016
at 12:34
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at Brewdog Shepherds Bush, London. A black coloured pour with a thin beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate, coffee, vanilla aroma. Tastes roasty, malty, chocolate, coffee, vanilla, whiskey. Boozy, rich and lovely Imperial Stout from Hoppin Frog.
Tried
on 17 Apr 2016
at 06:33