Café BORIS
Hoppin' Frog Brewery

Café BORISCafé BORIS
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From:
Hoppin' Frog Brewery
 
Ohio, United States
Style:
Oatmeal Stout
Ranked #38
ABV:
9.4%
Score:
92
Ranked #4,904
Avg:
4.14 | pDev: 8.21%
Reviews:
38
Ratings:
253
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 22, 2023
Added:
Aug 08, 2010
Wants:
  22
Gots:
  38
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Rated: 4.17 by MJSFS from Florida

Sep 22, 2023
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Rated by snaotheus from Washington

4.02/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2023-04-09
16oz can in samplers, shared with in-laws. Rich, thick, tons of coffee.
Apr 09, 2023
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Reviewed by Blogjackets from Ohio

4.04/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Barrel aged Café Boris

9.4% stout from Hoppin’ Frog

Pint can with a best by November 2024 stamp.

The body pours bible black. Wee tan head only at edge, and no lacing throughout.

The nose is the whisky barrel.

Body follows nose and perhaps is even more whiskey in flavor. Also present are strong coffee and chocolate notes.

Strangely, the strong whiskey flavor doesn't translate into a boozy heat like a fresh KBS. I say strangely as the brewery is no stranger to high ABV beers. Yet they showed some restraint here.

Mouthfeel is good. Carbonation is low, but it feels right.

Recommended only for whiskey and coffee fans.
Jul 24, 2022
 
Rated: 4.5 by DOCRW from Kentucky

Sep 02, 2020
 
Rated: 4.18 by desint from Belgium

Dec 04, 2019
 
Rated: 3.89 by Bum4ever from California

Sep 16, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by RochefortChris from North Carolina

Jul 18, 2019
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois

4.21/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Black with toasty brown highlights, thin cap of mocha foam. Smell has oats, belgian chocolate, toast, with french roast coffee running through it all. Tastes is centered around the coffee that thinly cuts through the chocolate, toast, oats, leather, dark fruit, caramel, and vanilla. Feel is rich, oat-bready, chewy, and roasted.
May 29, 2019
 
Rated: 3.62 by Hyhat from Ohio

Apr 30, 2019
 
Rated: 4.21 by oberon from North Carolina

Nov 26, 2018
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Reviewed by TheDoctor from Canada (QC)

4.16/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Serving: Bottle
No date

A:
Pours looking like crude oil with a couple fingers of espresso crema head that pretty much evaporates, but is a little easier to rouse up than in the other variants I've tried. Little retention; confetti lacing. (3.75)

S:
Dark roast coffee, brown sugar, rich mellow roast aromas melted together. (4)

T:
Strong coffee flavor that comes through clean (no green peppers) in harmony with everything that is there in the standard version (i.e. all the soft roast oomph with some coffee and no harshness). (4.25)

M:
Soft, almost-viscous, rich, faint carbonation, coating sweetness. (4.25)

O:
Another nice variant of this delicious huge-yet-almost-restrained stout.
This one pours, smells, drinks and tastes similar to the original, but there definitely is a more assertive coffee presence and less sweetness from the oatmeal. It is huge, yet all too drinkable, it is a little sticky on the whole for me, but I feel like the coffee helped clean that part of it up a little compared to the standard version. Another excellent beer and a fine take on a coffee stout. (4.25)
Nov 10, 2018
 
Rated: 3.88 by Jonathan-Morgan from Florida

May 11, 2018
 
Rated: 5 by SerMosh from Ohio

Apr 06, 2018
 
Rated: 4.04 by Taphouse_Traveler from Florida

Mar 31, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by kylehay2004 from Illinois

Feb 17, 2018
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Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri

4.21/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured out an opaque, jet-black color with a small, light brown head of foam. It smelled of dark roasted coffee, chocolate and caramel. Nice, rich coffee flavor with dark chocolate, toffee and caramel notes.
Dec 03, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by thinwhiteduke from Illinois

Sep 04, 2017
 
Rated: 4.75 by lanciloti from Illinois

Aug 22, 2017
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Reviewed by stakem from Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bomber into a snifter appears black in color with a brown head that fades leaving spotty lace.

The aroma is all coffee, chocolate and roasty earthen appeal.

It tastes roasty with earth, slight citrus and finishes like bitter bakers cocoa.

This is medium in body with modest carbonation. A pleasant riff on boris.
Aug 18, 2017
 
Rated: 4.06 by Gaddabble from Ohio

Aug 12, 2017
Café BORIS from Hoppin' Frog Brewery
Beer rating: 92 out of 100 with 253 ratings