Mike Loves Beer

Name – Hoppin Frog Outta Kilter
Country – United States
Type – Scotch Ale

Appearance – Pours a clear amber/red color with a big bubbly off white head.

Smell – Awesome nose here.  Lots of malts and caramel with some nutty and bready notes as well.

Taste – Very sweet and caramel like malts here again.  A little oakiness in there along with a slight Scotch taste.  There is some hop profile that just peaks out for a second then goes back into hiding.

One of the pick ups on my little beerventure I went on Friday.  The name is Outta Kilter and I think this beer was outta this world.  Absolutely lovely.  This is a great American version of a Scotch ale, probably my favorite so far.  Hoppin Frog needs to make that one more hop and come on down into South Florida.  I will be a very happy man when that happens and I can get a beer like this more regularly.  Again sorry for the bad pictures.  The batteries on the camera went and had to resort to the ever amazing camera of the iPhone.

Overall Grade – A

Name – B.O.R.I.S. The Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout
Country – United States
Type – Russian Imperial Stout

Appearance – Poured an ink black color with a nice tan head.

Smell – Mostly roasted malts and chocolate that I pick up.

Taste – Roasted nuts, chocolate, vanilla and a slight taste of oats at the end.

Another grab from my trip to Orlando, I have heard of B.O.R.I.S. (Bodacious Oatmeal Russian Imperial Stout) for quite some time.  It was also a Gold Medal winner at the 2008 Great American Beer Festival.  It is a very good stout that has a lot of flavors mixed in there, probably even more that I didn’t pick up.  I would also say that it masks the 9.4% alcohol pretty well too so watch out for that.

Overall Grade – B