Hoppin' Frog Brewery Café B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher - Barrel Aged

Café B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher - Barrel Aged

 

Hoppin' Frog Brewery in Akron, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.84
ABV: 9.4% IBU: - Ticks: 10
A Bourbon barrel-aged version of our fan favorite - Café B.O.R.I.S. The Crusher Stout. Freshly roasted coffee flavor and aroma add satisfying levels of complexity to this robust stout, perfectly complimenting its intense, rich roasted character. Cold infusion with whole coffee beans keeps the bitterness low and the flavor high!
 

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8/10
Toasted/roasted malts, chocolate, cacao, coffee, vanilla, rich, thick, smooth, vevely, great coffee BA stout
Tried from Can on 19 Jul 2025 at 22:07

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Sample (thanks fonefan!). Pitch black colour, small brown head. Aroma is coffee, some berries, fudge, mild cocoa, dark chocolate with some roast and mild alcohol and syrup upon that. Flavour is alcohol, syrup, some roasted tones with alcohol, some vanilla and cocoa in a bunch, very dark chocolaty tones too.
Tried on 24 Sep 2023 at 12:56

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Deliriously good, offering up deep veins of dark chocolate, molasses, caramel, anise, roast, and dark jammy fruits, with a bitter coffee finish spiked with a healthy dose of bourbon and oak. Hits all the notes you want. Absolutely delicious.
Tried on 31 Jan 2023 at 01:17

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
16 oz. can, pours jet black with a small brown head. Aroma is rich and complex, with equal parts coffee, molasses, roasted malt and whiskey barrels. Flavour is rich and complex, with a wonderful dark cocoa and coffee character upfront, accentuated by whiskey and molasses. Rich, roasty, barrel-y and integrated beautiful, with a silky, oily palate. Wonderful.
Tried from Can on 06 Dec 2022 at 04:48

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
--Sample, thanks fonefan! -- Black, minimal brown head. Distinct aroma of espresso, bourbon and and honey. Really sweet with full body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Dark chocolate, syrup, honey, lots of espresso and intensely warming bourbon with lingering coffee bitterness.
Tried on 27 Nov 2022 at 20:16

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can. Massive coffee, oats, boozy whisky barrel, soft floral, dark chocolate, marzipan. Solid sweet and bitter. Full bodied. Tasty!
Tried from Can on 26 Nov 2022 at 00:42

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Tried on 21 Oct 2022 at 09:09


7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
44 cl can @ Kultainen Apina Aroma is surprisingly mild with some coffee. Flavour has coffee, chocolate, bourbon tones, vanilla. Good, drinkability could be better though.
Tried from Can on 25 Aug 2022 at 14:32

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can at home. Pours black, nose is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, vanilla, coconut, taste is chewy caramel, roasted coffee, bitter, chocolate, toffee, vanilla. --- Beer merged from original tick of Bourbon Barrel-Aged Café B.O.R.I.S the Crusher Stout on 27 Jul 2022 at 18:35 - Score: 8
Tried from Can on 27 Jul 2022 at 17:35