BORIS | Russian Imperial Stout 750ml bottle

BORIS | Russian Imperial Stout 750ml bottle^Sale

Regular price $16.60

SMOOTH / RICH / DARK
A.B.V. 10.3%

First brewed by the British for Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, this beer style is as rich in history as it is in character. Aged a year in Woodland Reserve bourbon barrels and brewed with a recipe heavy in roast and dark malts, this 10.3% stout has an assertive backbone. Suggestions of dark dried fruits add complexity and peat-smoked barley lends a scotch-like nose.

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Description

BORIS, Bourbon Barrel Aged Since 2023

RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT

Smooth / Rich / Dark

Swift and silent owl glides through the dark, his screech believed to portend death and misfortune. Some revere him as a messenger of the spirit world. An oracle of secret knowledge. Inspired by owl’s omniscience this barrel-aged stout penetrates the inky depth of the soul, illuminating unseen truths.

COLOUR Ink

AROMA Leather, Vanilla, Peaty Malt

CHARACTER Smooth and Rich

A.B.V. 10.3

PAIRS WITH Fois Gras, Smoked Goose, Roasted Wild Boar, Old Hard Cheeses, Super rich chocolate deserts

BREWER’S NOTES

First brewed by the British for Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia this beer style is as rich in history as it in in character. Aged a year in Basil Hayden bourbon barrels and brewed with a recipe heavy in roast and dark malts this 10.3% stout has an assertive backbone. Suggestions of dark dried fruits add complexity and peat smoked barley lends a scotch like nose.

HOPS Magnum, Columbus, Centennial

MALT Pilsner malt, Roasted Barley, Peat Smoked Barley

YEAST Us-05

IBU 80

OG big