Tears Of My Enemies - Rum Barrel-Aged
Monday Night Brewing

 

Solid Imperial Milk Stout from Monday Night. Unlike the Apple Brandy version, the rum gets a little lost here. The overall effect is of a mellow extract, not a luscious rum flavor with the Milk Stout flavors. Could be a bit creamier or slightly sweeter too, to give you more oomph. Solid, but not spectacular.

 

Just saw tears of my enemy and ordered it, didn't realize it was rum. Pours same as the Bourbon, Aroma is big stout but with sweeter rum notes instead of woody/vanilla bourbon. Tastes little less alcoholis even though it's not, just the same big stout with rum notes. Mouthfeel should be the same but feels lighter some how. Overall not bad just prefer bourbon over rum I guess.

 

Look - poured an almost jet black into a 10oz. snifter with a minimal tan head that faded quickly leaving no lacing.
Smell - The aroma was beautiful and complex with different notes revealing themselves with every inhale. Roasty chocolate was the first thing I noticed. The next inhale brought out the vanilla. The rum barrel only played delicately in the background.
Taste - Bittersweet chocolate and vanilla interplay very nicely at the beginning of my sip. A deeper roasted malt quality lurks beneath it all and begins to grow in intensity. The coffee lends a bit of bitterness, but is not explicitly noticeable. Finally, the rum barrel is the most tame of the notes, but brings a lightness to an otherwise deep and dark stout.
Feel - This stout is smooth with a medium body. It is not thick and heavy, nor is it cloyingly sweet. The easy drinking quality is not at the expense of any flavor.
Overall - A solidly balanced stout that brings a wide array of flavor.

 

2020 Vintage, Draft.