BORIS

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 / Rich 

A.B.V. 10.3%

PAIRS WITH Fois Gras / Smoked Goose / Roasted Wild Boar / Old Hard Cheeses / Super Rich Chocolate Desserts 

  

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 is in character. Aged a year in Buffalo Trace 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 / Ekuanot / Centennial 

MALT  Pilsner Malt / Roasted Barley / Peat Smoked Barley 

YEAST Chico 

IBU 80 

OG Big