Jamaican Black Rum City Porter
Town In City Brewing Co.

A: Pours a dark black color, near opaque. A one finger beige head forms with good retention initially, but eventually fades to a tiny ring. Light lace is left behind.
S: The nose is like that stale, day old rum/booze aroma that is left in the house if you don't clean up after some rum is spilt in the house. Kind of oxidized as well. Then the porter kicks in. With the dark chocolate, light roast, dark fruits. Though it mostly reminds me of a bad/oxidized/day old spilt rum shot poured into the beer.
T: Similar to the nose. Old rum/booze that has been poured into the porter. The porter base seems fine. With the malts, chocolate, dark fruit, and I almost get acclimated to it after a while. Though it just comes off a bit amateurish.
M/O: A medium to full body well carbonated, and a bit sticky. Basically the typical City Porter, but the added booze character lightens things up a bit. I struggled to get through this. Not something I really want to come back to.

Don't get this confused with City Porter aged in rum barrels. This is the porter run through spirals soaked in a dark rum. I ma not adverse to this technique. See some of the Odell's or Great Divide "Oak Aged" offerings. This just seems like the City Porter soaked in old rum that has been spilt and left to oxidize for a few days. I am very happy to see something "new: from this brewery, and regular City Porter is still one of my favorite year rounds in town. Though this missed the mark.