From Strange Fellows Brewing Company in East Vancouver comes their "Boris Russian Imperial Stout" the first ever bottled release from the brewery. This beer was a collaboration with Brasserie Trois Dames from Switzerland brewed November 2014 and held in bourbon barrels until March 2016. This bottle I opened in January 2017 which makes it 1 year and 2 months old since its bottling date. The beer pours a black opaque colour with a brown head. The aroma consists of roasted malts, ash, chocolate, toffee, vanilla and oak. The flavour is of ash, burnt malts, roasted coffee, chocolate, toffee, vanilla, oak, bitterness and some alcohol. The alcohol content comes in at 9.5%. If you can find a bottle of this beer I would recommend picking it up as it is tasting really good right now.
Commercial Description: Swift & Silent, owl glides through the dark, his screech believed to portend death & 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 depths of the soul, illuminating unseen truths. A collaboration with Brasserie Trois Dams in Nov 2014, this was one of our very frist brews & has aged in Bourbon barrels ever since, developing a deep, dark, rich smoothness & leathery aroma.
