Hoppin' Frog Boris The Crusher

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Thanks to Quake1028 I finally get a chance to taste this brew. Pours very dark with nice looking brown head. The aroma is roasty with dark to nearly burnt malts to go along with some toastiness and a hint of vanilla. I also get a thin layer of dark fruity esters too. The taste is thick rich and yummy with yummy yumminess mixing with roasty malts, burnt malts, rich dark chocolate goodness and some faint drying malt astringency. Wow, this works very well. I like the bit of balance created by the hint of astringency to play against the rich sweet malt notes.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

Had this again, but it smelled beter....old rating - Sampled at the Bocktown in a frog greenglass from a bottle. BORIS; Bodacious, Oatmeal, Russian, Imperial, Stout...and it is. Black and relatively viscous, somewhat like used shovelhead oil. Has a pretty good aroma, smells more like a sweet stout. Roasty and attractive to the olfactory. First taste however erases any inkling that this is sweet. It is bitter and intimidating with barely any carbonation. Rude and crude. Perfect example of this dreaded style. Leaves a bitter lingering finish that is hard to forget.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle: Poured a black and brown color with no head. Aroma is a mix of coffee and roasted malt. Taste is chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, and a smooth oat finish.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle from 2011. Pour is thick and black with a brown head. Very roasty malt aroma with notes of coffee and chocolate. Syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor is much the same. Surprisingly, the high ABV is well masked. Big, bold stout that hit the spot on a cold, windy nearly winter day.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

The best Imperial Stout I've had in ages. A nice dark stout, not quite black. Excellent vanilla and roasted coffee aromas, with some dark chocolate to keep it interesting. The flavor mimics the aroma with the bitter chocolate finish being delightful.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Intrigued by this one and even more so when I saw the bottle. Pours coal black with a thin dark tan head. Coffee, chocolate and mild alcohol warm the nostrils and move to the pallette translating to similar flavors. Big and bold with a light sweetness to the finish. Great way to end an evening.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

If you like imperial stout this is a must try.Pours black with a thin tan head.Aroma and flavour of roasted coffee and sweet dark chocolate.Smooth mouthfeel with a warming alcohol bite.Excellent must get more.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Bomber from pfoxyjohn -2010 version. Big heavy black pour, tall tan head, lots of lacing throughout. Big aromas too: dark chocolates, heavily roasted malts, hint of smoke and java, nice earthy hops. Big flavor for the nicely roasted malts, rich dark chocolates, java, earthy hops on the end. Big beer, nice beer. Very tasty and handsome. Thanks John - I waited two years to try it and shared it with some very appreciative friends.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

22 oz capped bottle. Poured an unfiltered opaque almost black coloured Imperial Stout with a generous one finger tan and dense foamy head that had a very long retention and tons of micro bubbles. No visible carbonation. Great lacing. The aroma is deep roasted malts and deep roasted coffee beans, dark fruits syrup. The flavour is a thick sweety syrup, dark chocolate, strong roasted coffee beans, spicy, licorice, flowery, violet. The mouthfeel is creamy, thick, syrupy, a bit oily and overall smooth. This full bodied I A has a lingering sweety and spicy finish. A powerful smell, a tasting palate, a thick and smooth mouthfeel, a superb malty / bitter balance, a very well hidden alcolohic presence, all the ingredients are contributing to do from this amazing brew a quite impressive brew.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

A very good imp that hits all the style points. Brought back by a friend on an Ohio roar trip that didn't know what he had until he got back! A lucky score to be sure and certainly a beer worth trying. I didn't think the flavor could hang with the big boys, (bells, dfh, etc.) But from an aroma, visual and mouthfeel standpoint it is very close.