Taza Stout (Rum Barrel Aged)
Night Shift Brewing
- From:
- Night Shift Brewing
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.3 | pDev: 10%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 07, 2013
- Added:
- Apr 25, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Dope from Massachusetts
3.63/5 rDev +10%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev +10%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Bottled 3/4/13
A: Nice dark brown pour with a fizzy, fluffy light brown head. Head fades at a moderate pace, revealing minimal spotty lacing. Somewhat decent retention.
S: Big heavily spiced rum notes. Kinda has an herbal spicy aspect to it if I'm honest with some cola. A little chocolate and a bunch of ginger.
T: Lots of spiced rum up front. Pretty boozy. Heavy on the ginger with a little chocolate following it. Better than normal Taza because the chicory does not show up at all (I am not a fan of chicory in my stouts). Has an interesting fizzy cola taste and feel, especially in the finish. Sometimes I swear someone took a stout and mixed it with a can of coke. With the rum it almost gives it a rum and coke flavor. I may be losing my mind, maybe I've drunk too many rum and cokes in my life but that's what I'm picking up. A little grainy chocolate in the finish and lingering aftertaste.
M: Medium bodied, fairly thinned by the rum treatment.
O: Another unique creation from Night Shift. Never had anything like this. An improvement on normal taza for sure as I mentioned, the chicory gets lost in the barrel treatment but the chocolate and especially the ginger is still here. Not half bad.
May 07, 2013A: Nice dark brown pour with a fizzy, fluffy light brown head. Head fades at a moderate pace, revealing minimal spotty lacing. Somewhat decent retention.
S: Big heavily spiced rum notes. Kinda has an herbal spicy aspect to it if I'm honest with some cola. A little chocolate and a bunch of ginger.
T: Lots of spiced rum up front. Pretty boozy. Heavy on the ginger with a little chocolate following it. Better than normal Taza because the chicory does not show up at all (I am not a fan of chicory in my stouts). Has an interesting fizzy cola taste and feel, especially in the finish. Sometimes I swear someone took a stout and mixed it with a can of coke. With the rum it almost gives it a rum and coke flavor. I may be losing my mind, maybe I've drunk too many rum and cokes in my life but that's what I'm picking up. A little grainy chocolate in the finish and lingering aftertaste.
M: Medium bodied, fairly thinned by the rum treatment.
O: Another unique creation from Night Shift. Never had anything like this. An improvement on normal taza for sure as I mentioned, the chicory gets lost in the barrel treatment but the chocolate and especially the ginger is still here. Not half bad.
Reviewed by AlexFields from Tennessee
2.97/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.97/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours a pretty dark silky black, one inch of bubbly coffee head, fades to a pretty thin later.
Smells strongly of ginger, cheap liquor, cloves or other spices. Not as roasty or chocolate as I expected or hoped.
Tastes of light rum, ginger, other spices, mint maybe, hint of chocolate, maybe some vanilla. Really have to search hard for the chicory but I guess it's there. A little odd, pretty good.
Mouthfeel is pretty good, surprisingly light and refreshing, good carbonation, really doesn't feel like a stout much less a fairly high abv stout.
Unusual beer, enjoyable overall, I like the rum character okay but I'd like a thicker, darker rum character and a roastier stout backbone, taken for what it is it's still pretty tasty though.
6.0/10
Apr 25, 2013Smells strongly of ginger, cheap liquor, cloves or other spices. Not as roasty or chocolate as I expected or hoped.
Tastes of light rum, ginger, other spices, mint maybe, hint of chocolate, maybe some vanilla. Really have to search hard for the chicory but I guess it's there. A little odd, pretty good.
Mouthfeel is pretty good, surprisingly light and refreshing, good carbonation, really doesn't feel like a stout much less a fairly high abv stout.
Unusual beer, enjoyable overall, I like the rum character okay but I'd like a thicker, darker rum character and a roastier stout backbone, taken for what it is it's still pretty tasty though.
6.0/10
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