Rum King
Indeed Brewing Company - Minneapolis

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From:
Indeed Brewing Company - Minneapolis
 
Minnesota, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
10.5%
Score:
96
Avg:
4.32 | pDev: 7.18%
Reviews:
77
Ratings:
525
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jan 04, 2024
Added:
Dec 01, 2013
Wants:
  142
Gots:
  142
Complex notes of toffee and vanilla lure you in, with a roasty-toasty, malt-forward body burly enough to un-shiver those timbers. Make way for Rum King, a pitch black Imperial Stout aged in freshly emptied rum barrels. Smooth, assertive, and nearly ‘Navy strength,’ this seaworthy and spirited brew is a bold character to be reckoned with.
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Ratings by rlee1390:
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Rated by rlee1390 from Indiana

4.1/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Rather sweet, some chocolate and malt. Decent balance though.
Jan 02, 2016
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.85/5  rDev -10.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottle at share. Dark brown pour, flat, dull. Aroma is roasty malts, woody, rum, dry. taste brings mild sweetness, light coffee notes and sweet rummy flavors.
Jan 04, 2024
 
Rated: 4.44 by psweendogg from Connecticut

Mar 09, 2021
 
Rated: 4.35 by Burgy from Minnesota

May 14, 2020
 
Rated: 3.75 by jschott75 from Illinois

Apr 15, 2020
 
Rated: 4.44 by joshcmn from Minnesota

Jun 13, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by ian_graf from Minnesota

Jun 09, 2019
 
Rated: 4.38 by NolaHopHead from Louisiana

Jun 03, 2019
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Reviewed by Treyliff from West Virginia

4.41/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
750ml bottle poured into a snifter
2015 vintage

A- pours dark black with a one-finger khaki head that reduces to a ring around the edge

S- rum soaked tobacco, leather, molasses, brown sugar. Caramel, toffee, raisin, fig Oak

T- dark fruits up front, raisin fig date, caramel burnt brown sugar, molasses, finish gives Oak, more rum. Chocolate dark fruit

M- medium body with moderate carbonation, creamy mouthfeel and finish

O- dark fruits, rum, chocolate, this has aged outstandingly well
May 22, 2019
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Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona

4.25/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From a 12 oz can. Pour s dark black with a black cherry /brown head. Smell has chocolate,cocoa roasted malts notes. Taste had vanilla some dark fruits mix in some wood and Rum it finishes with chocolate ,and raisins. Mouth feel has sweet roasted malts with a nice BA Rum finish.
May 09, 2019
 
Rated: 4.24 by LXIXME from New Mexico

Apr 29, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by Dovers from Wisconsin

Apr 16, 2019
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Reviewed by DoctorZombies from Florida

4.17/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Black pour with cinnamon brown head; ok cap retention; little lace, incomplete ring, thin legs. Boozy barrel nose. Rum, bitter roast malt, bittersweet dark chocolate. Medium minus body, moderate minus carbonation. Overall a bit thin for the ABV, but I do like the boozy!
Apr 13, 2019
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Reviewed by gopens44 from Virginia

4.25/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Big billowing tan head doesn’t completely disappear as what does recede leaves great lacing, what stays behind leaves a mustache. Despite a foam hat, plenty of pleasant aroma starting with vanilla, nougat and sure enough, rum. Taste follows a different path as chocolate, toasted marshmallow and finally roasted malt and coffee dominates prior to a bold rum alcoholic finish leaves in front of dryness and a lingering, cloyingly sweet aftertaste.
Mar 17, 2019
 
Rated: 4.33 by Hop_Swig from Minnesota

Feb 09, 2019
 
Rated: 4.2 by nruhlig from Minnesota

Jan 04, 2019
 
Rated: 4.55 by owlhunter from Minnesota

Dec 18, 2018
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Reviewed by AyatollahGold from Indiana

4.27/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pouring this from a 12 oz. can into a snifter this beer pours out as black as motor oil with no highlights and forms a delicious looking one finger width dense caramel colored crown. (4.5)

The smell comes in with a strong rum presence warming the nostrils. Tropical notes mixing with chocolate backed by a dry wood smell. (4.25)

The taste brings dark fruit galore. Raisins and figs tangling with a dark bitter baker chocolate element. Molasses, toffee, slight vanilla bring in the balanced sweetness before fading into wood and alcohol presence. (4.25)

The mouthfeel is thick and chewy with the alcohol providing a warming effect that is amazing for cold days and the wood making sure the finish is dry. (4.25)

Overall, this is a very pleasant brew that I thoroughly enjoyed. I love how the wood brings the dryness and the rum brings a warming alcohol while the elements of dark fruit, bitter chocolate, toffee, molasses and vanilla all tangle together to make a really complex brew. (4.25)
Dec 16, 2018
 
Rated: 4.3 by ECOBOOSTINST from Iowa

Nov 29, 2018
 
Rated: 4.85 by tittyfish from Minnesota

Nov 06, 2018
Rum King from Indeed Brewing Company - Minneapolis
Beer rating: 96 out of 100 with 525 ratings