Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.) Rum Runner's Reserve
Thimble Island Brewing Company

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From:
Thimble Island Brewing Company
 
Connecticut, United States
Style:
Russian Imperial Stout
ABV:
16%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
4.21 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 04, 2020
Added:
Dec 04, 2020
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What began as our Russian Imperial Stout has been brewed into our M.A.D. Rum Runner's Reserve, a New World imperial stout brewed with all American malts & hops aged in Caribbean rum barrels. Along with bold notes of chocolate, coffee, & molasses the rum barrels add a hit of sweet oak, vanilla, & toasted coconut.
Recent ratings and reviews.
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Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina

4.21/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Pours espresso colored with a thin ecru cap; leggy, with dots dribbling down

Smell: Oaky rum barrel tones dominate the aromatics, along with vanilla, burnt toast and molasses

Taste: Boozy from the get-go, the rum barrel flavors dominate, with molasses, vanilla and Baker's chocolate emerging; some toasted coconut arrives as the rum flavors build further, in the finish

Mouthfeel: Full bodied with low carbonation; considerable warmth in the gullet

Overall: This beer is built to cellar and it is a bit raw, at this point; over times, the rum tones should mellow allowing the other flavors to emerge (and, in fact, that is exactly what happened as I drank my remaining bottle 18 months later)

Thanks, jrc1093, for the opportunity
Dec 04, 2020