D.O.R.I.S. The Destroyer
Hoppin' Frog Brewery

A 22 fl. oz. bomber with no clear bottled on or best before date. Poured into a snifter glass.

Appearance: Dark brown to black in colour with pretty much no head and only sparse lacing.

Aroma: Roasty, chocolate, coffee, with some dark berries, and charred notes.

Taste: As you’d expect from the aroma, roasty, chocolate, coffee, molasses, charred oak, and light notes of dark fruit.

Mouthfeel: Smooth, full bodied, with soft carbonation.

Overall: A smooth sipper, but the charred notes were a little too distracting for me.

Bomber at my brother's. Black, silky pour, ring of brown around. Aroma is roasty, sweet and boozy. Tasteroasty, sweet. continues with sweet notes, perhaps a bit too sweet. Booziness continues into the taste, sweet, chocolate.

 

this is a real nice russian imperial stout, and it manages to be big and bold and meaty will also having a soft sweeter side to it, there’s a sweet and smokey charred wood and kind of flavour to it that’s really quite nice, standard big meaty unami malt flavour, black bread, dark chocolate, treacle, liquorice, raisin, eucalyptus, caramel, tobacco, bourbon, high bitterness on the finish, full bodied with low to medium carbonation, this is a real nice beer, massive yet not overwhelming, and very fun

Pours black with a modest, soft two finger head. Aroma is earthy, dark and woody. Taste is burnt, bitter, charcoal and a deeply roasted profile. There is a small hint of chocolate, though quite shy. The brew is moderate in body, low in carbonation and hides its' ABV well.

 

 

No canned date, BB date Dec 3, 2024. Poured at 58°. Fast fizzy dark tan head; no cap retention, ring nor lace; no legs. Nose is burnt wood and earthy hops. Entry is very strong burnt wood/chicory; bitter roast; bitter earthy hops; a little chocolate hiding underneath. Medium light body; thin silk feel; moderate minus carbonation; no warmth from 10.5% abv; very dry finish. Overall, too thin, too bitter, too hoppy, too dry…in short, too much and unbalanced; not an enjoyable RIS for me.

 

 

 

 

 

Shared 650 ml bottle at local tasting. Black colour, low brown head. Roasty and boozy aroma, notes of molasses, hints of oak. Rich flavour, balanced roasty notes, some molasses sweetness but not too much. Good stuff.

 

 

22 oz bottle. Had this a few weeks after BORIS.

Beautiful color and head. Super dark brown with rich colored head.

Nice aroma - slightly sweet, hints of the flavor to come.

Very delicious - excellent blend of sweet and very slightly bitter. Rich full mouthfeel.

Overall a very fine beer. A bit pricey, there are others just as good, or better, but still excellent.

Pours a near black with a very dark brown tight head that dissipates to nothing after several minutes.

Cold, this was woody smelling, with leather a hint of licorice. As it warmed, milk chocolate and vanilla joined the party. The woody aroma lingered

Again, a dry, woody note pops out on the tongue. Licorice follows with a bitter cold coffee note following. A little vanilla to finish.

Medium to light body.

This is very interesting. Not like any other RIS I’ve had. I like it.

12 oz bottle, vintage 2019, poured into a taster (drank along with BORIS and TORIS):
DORIS is a bit hoppier than BORIS or TORIS, yet still a nice full barreled stout. I think I prefer the other two though and it may be that the hops take away from the stout flavor for me.

Quite a bit better than boris

Bottle at Las Buenas Pulgas, served in a snifter glass. Black color, small beige head with short retention. Crying lacing. Aroma of hops, coffee, dried fruits, chocolate. Medium to full body, sticky texture, good carbonation. Bittersweet finish. Taste of coffee, chocolate, hops, dried fruits, licorice. Good.

 

very dark - not much head - very strong malty taste- tastes like a bourbon aged - good beer but had better from this brewery

 

 

 

With double the malts and hops I surprisingly enjoyed this a bit more than the regular Boris. Smooth dark full of chocolate and coffee roasts and a rounded sweet hop finish. Great beer overall again I was grateful to have samples at the Pittsburgh Winter Brew festival.

 

 

 

I can’t tell what year it’s from, but it’s been on the retailer’s shelf for a bit. Poured cool, hard to a tulip glass. Dirty dark brown color with a tiny head that practically drops in a second. Extreme syrupy legs. Nose is toasty barrel and slight coffee. First sips are heavy bourbon, oak barrel char, slight coffee, and a hoppy-ish caramel-ish back-end. Alcohol hides well, but the bourbon makes you think you’ll be on your ass quickly. Mouthfeel is full up front, and fades to a nice linger. Nice brew.

 

 

 

Bottle. Pours black with a decent tan head. Aroma of chocolate, malt, vanilla, and bourbon. Taste is dark chocolate, roasted malt, vanilla, coffee, and bourbon barrel. Very good.

 

 

 

 

Jet black body; dense and creamy tan head, not too thin yet not very thick; sheets of foam coating the inside of the glass. Big roasted and charred grain character with some boozy notes; bitter chocolate. Sweet chocolate and cocoa taste; a note of vanilla; bourbon; quiet bitterness. Heavy body; sludgy and velvety on the palate; semi-sweet mouthfeel character with some alcohol dryness to temper things.

This beer is rich and powerful, full of flavor with a surprisingly subtle bourbon quality.