Boris the Russian Imperial Stout
Feral Brewing Co. in Baskerville, Western Australia, Australia 🇦🇺
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.21
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Slow Beer, Fitzroy, Melbourne. Poured almost black with a round bubbly off white head. The aroma is roasted malt, light coffee, dark chocolate. The flavour is liqourice bitter with a smooth, rich, oily liquorice malt, alcoholic, floral hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Full to medium bodied with flat carbonation. Lovely aroma but the liquorice and alcohol were present well into the finish and the lingering bitterness was not so great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2017
at 05:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out rich roasted malt upfront, with a fairly prominent espresso quality and some light toasted caramel. Flavour is along the same lines, with espresso and roasted malt upfront, low-medium sweetness, and a cocoa-y dry and roasty finish. Medium-bodied for the style. Well-rounded and robust. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2016
at 20:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tasting at Matt’s
Black color, oily, no head. The aroma is based on dark bread, some coffee, light glue. The flavor has dark chocolate character, light residual sweetness, hints of tobacco, and a bit more evident liquorice.
Nice.
Black color, oily, no head. The aroma is based on dark bread, some coffee, light glue. The flavor has dark chocolate character, light residual sweetness, hints of tobacco, and a bit more evident liquorice.
Nice.
Tried
on 20 Jul 2016
at 20:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Bottle Shop at home. Opaque black pour, light tan head. Aroma is rich dark chocolatey roasted malts with a savory (in a good way) note too. Wood too. Nice. Taste is very smooth - bitter, very round, big roasted malt and boozy punch, but not as much as some other imperial stouts. Rich smooth palate without being heavy. Different from most big imperial stouts in its smoothness and round flavors. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2015
at 12:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours out inky black with a small beige head. Aroma is normal stout, nothing to hint at the higher ABV or more robust taste. Taste brings in some chocolate, roast grains, burnt toast. Very mild, warmth come on late in the game. Not a heavyweight RIS, but a good contender in the middleweight class.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2015
at 04:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
From a 330ml bottle on 30/12.2014. Pours a very dark brown with the barest of heads. Has a pleasant nose featuring lots of roasty notes, along with some toffee and caramel. It’s very complex in the mouth, with oodles of espresso and burnt and roasted malt most prominent. But there’s also lots of sweet and spicy nuance to be found. The roasty bitterness ultimately hold sway over the milk chocolate, fudge and caramel sweetness, but it remains very nicely balanced. The body is quite light for an impy with the carbonation average. Very nice indeed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2014
at 03:23
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
(Bottle) Very black with a small tan head. Pleasant but quite restrained aroma - coffee, hints of chocolate, toffee, toast and raisins. Fantastic mouthfeel - full bodied, syrupy, sticky with velvety carbonation with a small prickly hint of brightness to it. Great taste - rich and complex. There’s a nice balance between toffee sweetness and complex bitterness with hints of black coffee, burnt toast and hops. Very impressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2014
at 07:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared at Bruce’s, big thanks to Josh for this home product, 16/01/14. Pitch black with a good sized tan head that dissipates to a pond and edgework. Nose carries a lactic ring, treacle toffee, dark chocolate, light smoke. Taste comprises rich chocolate, dark roastings, toffee, molasses. Full bodied, fine carbonation, sweet closure. Ok impy but a little too sweet and lacking depth and balance to be one I’d want to return to.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2014
at 23:11