Hoppin Frog Barrel Aged BORIS The Crusher

Brewed by Hoppin Frog
Style: Imperial Stout
Akron, Ohio USA

Bottled. The aroma has chocolate, some vanilla, oak/bourbon and some dark fruits. Very delicate. Black coloured beer with a brown head. The taste is slightly bitter, sweet with lots of chocolate, some vanilla, bourbon/cognac. Nice dark fruitiness there. Full bodied, balanced, mild and complex. Really awesome.

22oz’r shared with Tim (Lagunitasfan). Cracked this one while Tim was on the phone talking to his brother. Tim exclaimed, "That looks like motor oil!" Pours with plenty of carbonation and weak lacing on glass. Taste contains hardly any proof of barrel aging. Didn’t have an alcohol burn at all, an extremely smooth sipper. Amazing brew recommended.

Beautiful beer shared by TheRealBastard. The two of us polished this thing off after a Cable Car and Stone 10th. Nice afternoon, eh? Nose is cocoa, sweet dark fruit, and a hint of vinegar tartness. Massively smooth in the mouth. Smoother than ANY other good stout I’ve ever had. No alcohol at all. Creamy and oats. Sublime. Looks like motor oil but tastes like silk. Absolutely loved it. Thanks Brent.

Nice tan head of course a very dark IMP aroma caramel bourbon odour smooth coffee caramel dark fruit notes flavour mellow bourbon taste chocolate and coffee molasses liccorice this is bliss hoppin frog morishing imperial mild bitter the malt sweetness is first class oat meal smoothness good bitter on the palate finish oatmeal mellow malt sweetness bitter delicious that bourbon smoothness right through love it.

(dec.16) pitch black, small brown head. aroma is boozy, licorice, wood, roasted grains, quite mild. blended flavaor is roasted grains, wood, coffee like bitterness, whiskey, chocolate, dark caramel

bomber - thanks to RCL for the trade; dense black, slight tan head; yummy nose of bourbon and belgian candy; roasty, super smooth and lots of sweetness; oats, bourbon, chocolate chip cookies, vanilla; very dry with oatmeal and fudge; i wasn’t that impressed with the base beer and while an improvement, it paled in comparison to the BA Blackbeerd which was samples right before

This is probably a little better than I rate it. I’m just not a fan of the overpowering whiskey flavor. I wish someone would figure out how to age in bourbon/whiskey without the flavor being so strong. This one does seem to be pretty tasty despirte that complaint.

I was kinda surprised how much I liked this one. The use of bourbon is extremely subtle. Well, maybe not "extremely", but more subtle than I was expecting. Actually, several people who tasted remarked that they could pick up an oaky note slightly more than a bourbon-y note, and I’m inclined to agree. Anyway, the whole beer came off as a well blended combination og chocolate and coffee, bourbon and oak, and understated background notes of raisin, pune, and vanilla. Tasty stuff.