B.O.R.I.S. Batch #100
Hoppin' Frog Brewery in Akron, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.77
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BORIS #100 was made with the finest English Pale Ale malt instead of our usual American malt, to celebrate brewing the 100th. batch of BORIS The Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout. This adds a slightly sweeter and truly traditional flavor for this truly bodacious English-style Imperial Stout, our flagship beer! Made in extremely limited quantites.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into snifter; bottled in late Fall 2011, so this is a year old now. Pours pitch black color with a small dark tan head with decent retention that reduces to a thin lace that lingers. Slight spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big dark chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, toffee, toast, coffee, molasses, bread, light char, oatmeal, and light dark fruits. Damn nice aromas with good balance, strength, and complexity; can definitely see the bready toast character from the English malts. Taste of big dark chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, toffee, coffee, molasses, light char, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, raisin, oatmeal, and light tobacco. Light roasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, caramel, toast, molasses, toffee, biscuit, dark fruit, oatmeal, and light tobacco on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic balance, complexity, and robustness of flavors; with a very pronounced malt backbone and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a creamy, thick, and slick mouthfeel that is very nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a highly excellent Imperial stout! Great balance and complexity of highly robust flavors; and very smooth to sip on. A highly enjoyable offering as expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2012
at 21:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 oz. bottle, sent from jmikolich (thanks a lot, Jim), pours jet black with a brown head. Nose is very heavy, with lots of roasted malts, oatmeal, faint English malt tones, and some chocolate. Flavour brings out lots of chalky chocolate malts, bitter English roasted malt and a considerable hoppy character. Full-bodied, very roasted and very hoppy for an impie, also a bit of wood. Inferior to the other versions of BORIS, but still excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2012
at 23:27
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
27th September 2012
Borefts warm up at Bier Temple, Amsterdam. Opaque black - brown beer, little dark tan head. A little sweet chocolate malt. Loads of sweet bubblegum esters. Mild fruits. Semi dry finish with more chocolatey malt. Not my favourite Boris - it’s a good beer but to much with the esters.
Borefts warm up at Bier Temple, Amsterdam. Opaque black - brown beer, little dark tan head. A little sweet chocolate malt. Loads of sweet bubblegum esters. Mild fruits. Semi dry finish with more chocolatey malt. Not my favourite Boris - it’s a good beer but to much with the esters.
Tried
on 09 Nov 2012
at 10:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Haand. Dark maroon color, brown head. Aroma of dark chocolate, burnt toast. Taste is rich, roasty chocolate with a bit of espresso. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2012
at 08:42
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Bier Temple... Not Cheap but this is BORIS.. and BORIS 100 at that ... How could i say NO... deep black ... thin tan head ... soft roast ... mellow roast malts ... deep fruity berry ... rich malt ... more ovaltine than the normla ...rich and lovely
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2012
at 11:33
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Black with dark brown head - swwet dark malt and dark frouits in the aroma - good malt body with sweetness, olso some hint of dark fruits and chocolate , and some roasted malt tones - lingering malt finish - this was exelent and a nice treat
Tried
on 21 Sep 2012
at 04:37
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Black colour with a tan head. aroma is coffee, roasted malt, licorice, chocolate. Flavour is coffee, licorice, roasted malt, hop, chocolate. Full body. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2012
at 00:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
shared by jorgen, bottle at fermentoren. Pitch dark, smooth dark brown head. Mild sweet roasted malty aroma. Wood, aroma is sweet. Flavor is sweet woddy malty, slightly flowery sweet, malty sweet. Nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2012
at 08:57
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sampled @ HaandBryggeriet Beer festival 2012. A black body with a creamy dark brown head that disappears quite fast. Fantastic aroma of dark, roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate and a hint of alcohol. Flavor is sweet, roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, dry fruit, fruity hops and a well balanced bitterness. Full body and a long and smooth aftertaste. Might be the place and the time, but this one really makes me happy.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2012
at 11:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle from bittermestupid - thanks again Greg. Pours very dark brown/black with no head. Aroma is musty, smoky and dark fruit. Full bodied. Flavor is smoky chocolate with significant dark fruit. Very smooth. Finishes as it started. Good drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2012
at 16:41