Boris Imperial Stout (2015)
Strange Fellows Brewing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.15
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Note: This is the non-barrel-aged version, which hasn't been made in several years. The annual Boris release is a barrel aged version.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
2018 vintage. 750 ml bottle. Pours black with moderate head. Aromas of creamy roasted malts and bourbon. Flavors follow same with additional chocolate nougat and smoky bourbon. Still a good dose of alcohol but getting better every year.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Glass from the brewery. Very nice dark brown body, dense as can be, with solid creamy head that stays for awhile. This takes a couple of sniffs to absorb: somewhere between a scotch and a barley wine and a chocolate sunday doused in liqueur. The flavour is huge and rich sweet molasses mixed with whisky, earthy and sweet and heavy like a dram of single malt dropped in your stout. Warming. Fierce. Big oozy alcohol finish. Memorable. I ain't no fanboy but this is one of those few imperial stouts that crawls above the pack and makes you remember it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Dark brown. Thin head. Lots of bitter, coffee notes. Good body, little bit of alcohol in the finish. Balanced bitterness, and again just a lot of coffee on this one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at the brewery with Alex. Pours an almost black with a dark beige head. Aroma and taste cold coffee, roasted malt. Very bitter, but not bad though.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at the brewery
Black color with small tan head. A bit of cardboard and chocolate, some roastiness, too dry and thin to be identified as Imperial Stout; strong final bitterness, but it seems to come mostly from the strong roasted character. I find the roastiness in the final to be excessive and out of balance.
A nice roasty beer, that’s all.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Strange Fellows, pours black with a small brown head. Aroma brings out loads of roasted malt, a touch of peat and dry cocoa. Flavour is very dry, with roasted malt, some slight peat and a fair amount of hops that contribute astringency. Highly roasty overall. Good stuff, much better than the 2014 version.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft - Dark roast and some coca. Jet brown with a nice light brown head. Peaty smokey notes and lots of roast. Burnt maybe, but great for a smoky beer lover. Bit of bitterness and heat in the finish.