Dark And Stormy
Wicked Weed Brewing

This one pours a dark-ish brown color, with a small white head, and not much lacing.

This smells like rum spice, roasted squash (for some reason?), molasses, caramel, and ginger.

This almost has like a meaty roasted yam or squash type thing, which is peculiar. I know it's supposed to be a Dark and Stormy-inspired, but the ginger doesn't really work for me, and gives it a somewhat unpleasant candied spiciness. The rum barrel is subtle, but done well, adding some spice and bitter caramel to the flavor profile.

This is medium bodied, slightly creamy, and just a touch boozy.

I wanted to like this more, but there were some weird aspects to this that were hard for me.

 

Decent spiced holiday beer but a disappointment for rum lovers. Predominant taste was spices with very little rum flavor. Bottle said 10% abv now but needed more time in the barrel

 

 

 

 

Not terrible, but a bit too malty for me. I should know better when it comes to these barrel aged beers. I do taste the ginger and there's a pleasant sweetness, however, I'm missing the lime component you also get with a dark and stormy, if it's made properly.

 

Appearance - Pours reddish rust color with off white head that dissipates to a thick ring around the glass. Spotty lacing.

Aroma - Lots of ginger, the Turbinado Sugar adds a super sweet aroma that is too much for me, picking up some spices and probably some rum but the sugar and ginger is over powering and really makes the nose pretty unappealing. Little bit of caramel and molasses as well.

Taste - The taste is still pretty sweet but not as sweet as the nose let's on. Getting a little more spiced rum in the taste along with brown sugar, molasses the ginger compliments instead of overpowers. The spices are more Christmas spices like nutmeg and clove instead of what you would think from spiced rum.

Feel - The feel is actually pretty smooth for a 10.5% ABV, well carbonated pretty easy drinking almost like cocktail.

Overall - The taste is pretty well executed and more of a cocktail than a beer, the nose is not good to me.

 

Pours a light chestnut color, minimal carbonation. Aroma is ginger and a touch of rum. Rich and creamy yet lightbodied, tastes like a Christmas beer - ginger, nutmeg, some rum barrel. Very nice. Worth a try, pribably won't buy again

8/4/18
12.7 oz bottle dated 6/14/18 - thanks Pep
4 rating

 

WW Dark and Stormy
On tap at the brewery
into a tulip

Pours very dark reddish brown with nice ruby hues when held to light. Barely a slice of off white head and little lacing. Aroma is huge rum, very malty with sweet malts to include candied sugar and toffee/caramel. Subtle ginger on the nose. Taste is quit sweet, big caramel/toffee, decently strong rum notes. Mouthfeel is fully bodies, carbonation on the lower end but appropriate, drinkability is average. Good beer, but pretty cloying and super rich without enough balance.


4/4/4/3.75/3.75