Hoppin Frog Barrel Aged BORIS The Crusher

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle: Poured a deep black color stout with a small foamy head with OK retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of light vanilla and bourbon notes thought not as dominated as expected with some roasted malt with some black chocolate. Taste is lighter then expected with light bourbon with some distinct vanilla notes and light roasted malt with some subtle black chocolate. Body has an oily texture with medium carbonation and no alcohol was discernible. Kind of disappointing and not sure the barrel-aging brought anything more to this one.

Big bottle kindly provided by OleR and shared with him, Skomakern, larsga, Gr0ve and KnutAlbert. The oily pour revealed a deep, jet black body and a brownish, bubbly head. Delicious aromatic with bourbon vanilla and chocolate malts. Vanilla oak, bourbon whiskey, chocolate and roasted oats in comprehensive and superb taste profile. Gentle, lingering bittersweet tail. Full bodied. Top notch and my best of the evening (garden tasting session at OleRs, Stovner 25.05.2012).

Small brown head. Opaque black body. Roasty alcohol and earthy vanilla aroma with chocolate and butterscotch notes. Fullish body. Hot mouthfeel. Dry alcohol and chocolate aftertaste with vanilla fudge and flour notes. Nice and highly drinkable. (0.65l bottle shared by Ole_R.)

Pours black as night and thick as motor oil. Head is brown and quickly fades. Hop aroma is noticeable but oak, chocolate, and tobacco fills the room. Flavor is intense coffee and roasted malt. Full and smooth from the oats, this is a easy drinking imperial. Black malt finishes the beer with a dry burnt ending. Absolutely delicious.

Bomber from Schaumburg Binny’s. Pours near black with dark tan head. Aromas of roasted malt, chocolate, bourbon, and vanilla. Flavors of roasted malts, chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, and slight hop bitterness. Finishes dry and boozy. Didn’t love the base beer and the barrel didn’t improve it much.

Bottle. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is oak, vanilla, coffee, alcohol. Flavour is oak, vanilla, coffee, cocoa, roasted malt, licorice, hop. Easy drinkable nice beer.

Bottle pours black nice head tastes of coffee chocolate booze sticky thickness very nice beer. Fresh

650ml bottle (grreen cap) thanks to Joes. Pitch black color, small to medium sized dense brown colored head. Smell malts, dark malts, roastyness, coffee, whiskey. Taste malts, roasted malts, coffee, whiskey and nicely bitter. Nice lightly burning finish. Very delicate, velvety mouthfeel but a bit thin body, at least not that oily.

Green cap bottle @ home thx to joes. Opague, pitch blavk colour with a brown head. Smells peat, wood, chocolate, coffee, sweet. Definately a nice barrel-aged smell. Tastes coffee, chocolate, wood, whiskey, sweet, roasty and raisins. Lovely soft and silky, nice warming effect. Full body, great carbo. Great beer!

22oz bottle shared by someone at The Bottle Shop. Pitch black brew with a good amount of tan head. Smells incredibly decadent - chocolate, roasted malt, bourbon, vanilla, and oak. Barrel aging at it’s finest. Flavor is woody and chocolatey - crazy smooth and easy drinking. I want more!

0.66 l bottle at Harry’s, Jyväskylä. Black color with dark rusty head. Rich roasty aroma and flavor with raisins, bitter chocolate, oak, vanilla and some earthy and herbal notes. Full body. Good combination of flavors, clearly oaky, but not too woody. Not too roasty or filling either. Firm hop precence but not overdone. In fact, despite the powerful taste, fairly easy drinking. Great and unique taste.