B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher - Rum Barrel-Aged
Hoppin' Frog Brewery in Akron, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.93
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Aged in select rum barrels to add extra sizzle to the flavor of our multi-award-winning BORIS The Crusher oatmeal-imperial stout. The lively, spicy character of the rum barrel creates a wonderful, crisper overall taste compared to our standard Bourbon Barrel Aged BORIS stout. This is a great twist on our most popular barrel-aged beer!
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Craft Holborn. It pours jet black with a decent tan head. The aroma is rich, fruity, rum & raisin, cookie dough, fruit cake, dried fruits, light spice, roasted malt, vanilla and honeycomb. The taste is rich roasted malt, punchy booze, dark fruits, dried fruits, spotted dick, rummy boost, malt loaf and chewy malt with a lingering warm finish. Full body and fine carbonation. Boozy it is, but it is also rather tasty. These guys know how to do their ba imperial stouts.
Tried
on 23 May 2016
at 12:04
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
On tap at Craft Covent Garden, London, Saturday 21st May 2016 in the company of Jackie and Simon Pours shark eye black no with a creamy textured head. This is a really nice Impy Stout, I am pleased to say that the Rum cask ageing has not overtaken the base beer as Rum BA beers are usually my least favourite of any BA stuff. Some wood notes on the nose along with chocolate and a hint of liquorice. In the mouth this has a lovely feel the chocolate integrates with some vanilla, it’s roasty (but smooth) a little coffee. This is lovely. Hopping Frog really know how to nail this style. A7 A4 T9 P5 Ov16 4.1
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2016
at 01:10
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Hoppin' Frog Rum Barrel Aged BORIS The Crusher (by Hoppin' Frog Brewery):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
21/V/16 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ Erwin's Ponton Tasting - BB: n/a (2016-615) Thanks to ElManana+1 for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige to brown head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of alcohol, mocha, cocoa powder, dried fruits, raisins. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: very bitter, lots and lots of mocha, coffee, hops, dark chocolate, bit sweet. Aftertaste: bit sourish, bitter hops, sweet notes, cocoa powder, caramel, dry, coffee.
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
21/V/16 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ Erwin's Ponton Tasting - BB: n/a (2016-615) Thanks to ElManana+1 for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige to brown head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of alcohol, mocha, cocoa powder, dried fruits, raisins. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: very bitter, lots and lots of mocha, coffee, hops, dark chocolate, bit sweet. Aftertaste: bit sourish, bitter hops, sweet notes, cocoa powder, caramel, dry, coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2016
at 16:00
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
From tap at Fermentoren, Copenhagen. Black color with beige brown head. Malty aroma, chocolate, caramel, coffee, dark dried fruits, wood rum - alcohol. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium to full silky oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 May 2016
at 11:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap@Fermentoren, Copenhagen (11/05/2016) - pours black with a tan head. Dark roasted and sweet malty aroma and taste, with chocolate, liquorice, some coffee, caramel, dark fruits, rum soaked wooden hit, vanilla stokes throughout, roasted finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 May 2016
at 04:30
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draft at Fermentoren. Near black with a brown head. Aroma shows up the rum and woody barrel notes with dark chocolate, caramel, toffee and licorice. Flavour is heavy sweet and above moderate bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2016
at 02:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Thnx to phille. Pours black, big mocha head. Smell is very grainy, Sharp, dark malts. Taste is dark malts , intense Chocolate aroma, very Rich. Thick maltyness, but not an extreme body. Pretty good one ! I remain to Be unconvinced about rum barrel aheing, but this beer in specific sure is Nice. Low carbo. Lovely.
Tried
on 12 May 2016
at 17:14
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample at the Hoppin’ Frog Tasting Room during the "Rocky Mountain Barrel Aged BORIS The Crusher Oatmeal Imperial Stout Release!" event on 05/07/2016. Black pour with a medium foamy beige head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Small patches of lacing. The aroma consists of rum, roast malt and chocolate. Full-bodied with flavors of oaky vanilla, rum and chocolate malt. The finish is sweet with a rum and vanilla aftertaste. Good beer all around.
Tried
on 12 May 2016
at 15:36
8/10
Very balanced barrel presence. Just the right amount of rum spice, dark fruits and brown sugar. Tasty!
Tried
at
Fermentoren CPH
on 11 May 2016
at 19:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at fermentoren pitch dark smooth light brown head.aroma is roasted malts wood vanilla flavor is roasted malts rum and a sweet caramel or like note
Tried
from Draft
on 11 May 2016
at 10:00