Rum Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Russell Brewing Company
- From:
- Russell Brewing Company
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.61 | pDev: 3.32%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Feb 28, 2019
- Added:
- Jan 23, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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An Imperial stout aged in fresh sugar cane rum barrels, imported from Clément, Martinique, for over 6 months. Subtle notes of Chocolate and hazelnuts give way to intense aromas of oak and baking spices. Its like finding gold that tastes great!
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)
3.77/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Russell Brewing 'Rum BA Imperial Stout' @ 10.% , served from a 355 ml can
A-pour is a dark cola brown from the can to a near black in the glass with a small tan head which is dissipating into a minimal lace ring along the tulip
S-rum
T-not so smooth rum , warming
MF-mild carbonation , feels full bodied
Ov-not a good beer for $8
prost LampertLand
Feb 28, 2019A-pour is a dark cola brown from the can to a near black in the glass with a small tan head which is dissipating into a minimal lace ring along the tulip
S-rum
T-not so smooth rum , warming
MF-mild carbonation , feels full bodied
Ov-not a good beer for $8
prost LampertLand
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.49/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.49/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
355ml can - man, finding the ABV listing on the label was like one of those 'can you see the hidden...' Internet memes.
This beer pours a fairly solid black, with subtle amber basal edges, and two fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly brown head, which leaves some decent Swiss cheese profile lace around the glass as it evenly blows off.
It smells of lightly roasted, bready and doughy caramel malt, bittersweet cocoa powder, demarara sugar, boozy barrel staves, licorice root, and some plain earthy, musty, and lit-up floral hops. The taste is gritty and grainy caramel malt, a touch of biscuity toffee, medium dark chocolate, faint cafe-au-lait, simple syrup, an ethereal wet woodiness, anise spice, and more well-understated musty, herbal, and dead floral hoppiness.
The carbonation is pretty tame in its milquetoast frothiness, the body a so-so middleweight, and generally smooth, with perhaps a hint of alcohol ingress starting to rear up at this particular juncture. It finishes off-dry, the malt and cocoa essences showing the most lingering oomph.
Overall - yeah, the rum essences are fleeting at best, rendering a less than complex version of the style. The 20-proof wowee sauce is quite well integrated though, so sipping on this isn't really a chore - just writing about it is.
Jan 28, 2019This beer pours a fairly solid black, with subtle amber basal edges, and two fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly brown head, which leaves some decent Swiss cheese profile lace around the glass as it evenly blows off.
It smells of lightly roasted, bready and doughy caramel malt, bittersweet cocoa powder, demarara sugar, boozy barrel staves, licorice root, and some plain earthy, musty, and lit-up floral hops. The taste is gritty and grainy caramel malt, a touch of biscuity toffee, medium dark chocolate, faint cafe-au-lait, simple syrup, an ethereal wet woodiness, anise spice, and more well-understated musty, herbal, and dead floral hoppiness.
The carbonation is pretty tame in its milquetoast frothiness, the body a so-so middleweight, and generally smooth, with perhaps a hint of alcohol ingress starting to rear up at this particular juncture. It finishes off-dry, the malt and cocoa essences showing the most lingering oomph.
Overall - yeah, the rum essences are fleeting at best, rendering a less than complex version of the style. The 20-proof wowee sauce is quite well integrated though, so sipping on this isn't really a chore - just writing about it is.
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