Hoppin' Frog Rocky Mountain BORIS
Aged in very special whiskey barrels to add a super smooth, buttery, and complex whiskey character to our award-winning BORIS the Crusher Oatmeal Imperial Stout. More assertive than our standard Barrel Aged BORIS Stout, this rare version is a testament to our hard work and dedication in bringing our customers the very best.
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Akron, United States
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Flaska från mikkeller webshop. Svart vätska. Doft av choklad, kaffe, bourbon och vanilj. Likande i smak. Tjock krämig, choklad och fyllig. Toner av rostad malt, bourbon och choklad. Söt men inte pastry-sliskig
Flaska beställd från Mikkeller. Svart med ljusbrunt skum. Mild och len munkänsla. Choklad, whiskey, vanilj i smak och doft.
(on touche le top du travail de pro, car pour arriver à ce résultat, il faut : travail, expérience, cerveau !)
Warszawy ul. Wrzeciono
22 oz. bottle from the brewery. Pours a deep, dark, opaque brown with a small tan head that settles into a ring and a few small wisps of film. Notes of vanilla, cocoa, molasses, roasted malts, charred oak, bourbon, dark chocolate, and toasted marshmallow. Hint of dark fruit. Medium-plus bodied, with modest carbonation and a sweet, roasty, warming, coating mouthfeel. Excellent.
Bottle, 650 ml, from Beer Republic. Shared with others. Black with tan head. Lots of chocolate, sweetish, roasted malts, whisky, bitter finish. Smooth. Warming. Oily. Medium to full bodied.
Ciemnobrązowa barwa i spora, beżowa piana. W aromacie czekolada, w smaku wanilia, czekolada. Gęste, treściwe. Bardzo dobre!
65 Bottle @ Boxbeers.com, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Black colour with a thin tan head.
Aroma is roasted malt, cocoa, toffee, vanilla, whisky.
Taste is roasted malt, dark chocolate, sweet, toff, vanilla, licorice, whisky.
Medium body, average carbonation.
Bottle. Dark brown, close to black, brown foam. Great aroma: caramel, coffee and chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, sweet and excellent, esters. Taste: strong, bourbon, chocolate, whiskey, caramel, dried fruits, very warming and powerful, alcoholic, very good.
Pours pitch black with large beige creamy head. Aroma is coffee, caramel, bourbon barrels. Taste is coffee, roasted malts, dark chocolate, licorice, vanilla, fudge, whisky notes. Full body, sliky mouthfeel, soft carbonation.
Taster at THBS. Pours black with a tan head. Sweet malts, roasty dark chocolate, coffee, ash, a bit smokey.
Bottle sampled at Den Haag bottle share at Brody’s. Black with short lasting dark beige head. Licorice, sweet malts, vanilla, bourbon, soft raw whisky, oats, toffee, fudge, plums, sweet chocolate covered fruits. Quite sweet, medium boozy bitter. Full bodied.
650 ml bottle at Werckmeisters place, shared by Sander, many thanks! Pours a dark, nearly black chestnut brown with a light brown head. Aroma of whiskey, vanilla, mildly roasted malt, toffee, chocolate, some dark fruits and hints of alcohol. Medium-full to full body with a soft carbonation, a medium sweetness and a light to medium bitterness. The flavor is full of roasted malt with decent amounts of whiskey, chocolate, coffee, some molasses, nuts, some tobacco and vanilla. Becomes more and more roasted towards the finish. Finishes with a decent roasty bitterness, wood and whiskey. Overall pretty full of flavors for the low ABV, balanced and with well integrated barrel notes.
Aroma: 8
Appearance: 4
Taste: 8
Palate: 4
Overall: 17
650 ml bottle. Shared by Sander, thanks!
Black body, with a small, creamy, dark beige head.
Aroma of whisky, tobacco, soy sauce, cocoa, sherry, dried fruits, chocolate, subtle coffee.
Tastes similar, with more dry whisky barrel.
Medium oily mouthfeel, with a low carbonation.
Finishes dry, medium roasty, wooden, warm, a bit alcoholic, with whisky, tobacco, cocoa powder,
Tasty. Well integrated whisky barrel, leading to nice, dry, wooden notes. Drinks pretty smooth for the ABV. Lovely, complex sipper.
Score: 8 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 16
0,66l bottle athome shared by Sander, big thanks. black color, small coffee colored head. smells earthy, nutty, hazelnuts, whisky, marzipan, very light coffee, light vanilla. nice to very nice smell. full body, light carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes of bourbon, whisky, peppery, spices, bit herbal, grassy, vanilla, lightly doughy, earthy, light coffee, some bitter chocolate. Very nice one, strong on the whisky notes. Whisky is a bit edgy but overall quite smooth. Good stuff.
Sample from the bottle at Ruoholahti, Espoo. Color is dark brown with small brownish head. Aromas and flavors: Whiskey, chocolate, some coffee and roasted malts. Pretty soft and enjoyable.
65 cl bottle @ Ruoholahti Beer Festival 2018.
Pours black color with a small beige head. Aroma is pleasant malty and toasted, caramel, toffee, bourbon is evident. Flavor is cocoa, vanilla, bourbon tones, chocolate, dried fruits, .
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650ml bottle @ Ruoholahti Beer Festival. Sweetish, roasty and grainy with some whisky, wood, oak and vanilla. A bit stuffy but pretty tasty still.
65 cl bottle @ Ruoholahti Beer Festival 2018
Aroma has bourbon tones, whiskey, oat and chocolate. Flavour has bourbon, chocolate, licorice and whiskey tones. Alcohol is present but not in a disturbing way. Not sure whether the whiskey was bourbon, but at least this lacks the oversweetness and strong vanilla tones bourbon stouts usually have. A nice and smooth slow sipper.
Oily, black colour with some tan lacing. Sweet, syrupy malt aroma, some burnt wood. Soft malty taste, sweet, finish is a bit boozy. Medium body, medium carbonation, soft and fizzy mouthfeel. Not as good as good as the basic version and the regular BA imo.
Original rating: Bottle @ Kings Day Tasting 2018. Opaque pitch black color with a medium sized brown colored head. Aroma is malts, whisky. Taste malts, whisky, booze, alcohol sweetness, malt bitter thereafter. Body is medium to full, carbonation is medium. 7-4-8-4-15=3.8 -- Tried it again August 25th 2018: loved it way more. Way more balanced, no boozyness, just lovely. Would rate it 4.2 now so I adjusted.
Oxford tasting
Black color, small head. Aroma of roasted malts and spirit. Good body strength, chocolate flavor, roasted coconut, touch of tobacco.
Very good, but I don't think it comes together very well, or that it's particularly rich.
Bottle picked up from Bierhalle Deconinck, Vichte, West Flanders, Belgium. Consumed at Builth Wells, Powys, Wednesday 30th May 2018 in the company of Jude, Baz, Isobel and Annasley. Pours black with a slim light cappuccino head, soft in the mouth, warmth from the alcohol comes through. Whisky shows, very rich but not sure that it is as good as a standard Boris. Very smooth, really smooth. A8 A4 T8 P4 Ov16 4.0
Bottle @ Koningsdag 2018 tasting. Black with a small light brown head. Smells sweet, chocolate, roasty, coffee. Tastes salmiakki, roasty, salty, sweet. Too salty for me. Full body, soft carbo.
20-APR-2018, bottle @Ulkløbben meeting, @Sonni.
Black with a Brown head.
Soy, Bourbon, Vanilla, chocolate, coffee, all sorts of roast. Smooth, full, sweet. Fantastic :-)
Like boris barrel but more intense, more bourbon and more vanilla, chocolate and dark fuits, black with a good tan head, medium body, average carbonation, bourbon is so pleasant in the mouth with intense notes of chocolate...very good.
Bottle at tasting. Aroma of bourbon vanilla, caramel fudge, oak, dates and chocolate. Taste has licorice, chocolate, oak, roast, dates, caramel and a smooth whiskey finish. Very nice.
Zwart bier met bruine schuimkraag. Geur: licht geroosterde mout, wat vanille, wat alcoholisch, wat hout. Smaak: geroosterde moutbitterheid, zoet, karamel, alcoholisch, zwarte chocolade. Matige koolzuurprikkel. Volmondig. Afdronk: bitterzoet, wat kleverig, alcoholisch.
65cl-fles van bij Bierhalle Deconinck te Vichte. U: Zwart met een donkerbruine schuimkraag. G: Geroosterd, amarettto, chocolade, veel whisky en licht vanille. S: Zoet met een stevige moutbitterheid. Whisky, geroosterd en vanille. Chocolade in de afdronk. M: Volmondig, licht sticky en een lichte carbonatie.
Bottle, thanks Eddan. Black with a minimal tan head. Kind of smooth with chocolate, dark malt, some soy sauce and vanilla. A nice one.