Rum Barrel-Aged Doppelbock
Hog River Brewing Co.
- From:
- Hog River Brewing Co.
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- Doppelbock
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.51 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 11, 2020
- Added:
- Apr 25, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Brewed in January 2019 and aged in a Cruzan Rum barrel for a year. Pours deep brown with heavy notes of spiced rum with a smooth, sweet malt back bone.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
4.51/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.51/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Picked up a 16 oz can from the brewery a few days ago. Beer was canned on 10/7/2019 Almost 1 year to the day from when I bought it!
The beer pours a clear rich mahogany color and allows very little light to pass through my glass. A fizzy dense khaki colored head of 1 cm foams up from the pour. This foam fades to a thin edge layer and some wispy islands fairly quickly after I empty the can into my glass.
The aroma on this beer is big and malty with caramel, toffee, and brown sugar. I also get vanilla and some general spiciness, which mixes with a little bit of rum booziness, but it doesnt smell fusol or hot. No hop character shows through at all.
First sip reveals a fairly thick body and sticky texture with very fine and slightly tingly carbonation. This is a bit of a sipping beer.
Flavor is sweet malt, brown sugar, caramel, toffee, some dark fruit, with fig and plum notes. I also get some vanilla and light spicy notes of nutmeg and cinnamon hits. The finish reveals a bit of warming booze that I feel on my throat and my belly. Again, no hops come through anywhere on this malt forward brew.
I enjoy this one quite a bit, I was worried about the rum barrel aging as it is not my favorite liquor, but this comes together nicely and works well. This would be a good beer for sitting around the fire pit or sipping while reading or watching a show on TV. Well done beer Ben! A winner from Hog river IMO!
Oct 11, 2020The beer pours a clear rich mahogany color and allows very little light to pass through my glass. A fizzy dense khaki colored head of 1 cm foams up from the pour. This foam fades to a thin edge layer and some wispy islands fairly quickly after I empty the can into my glass.
The aroma on this beer is big and malty with caramel, toffee, and brown sugar. I also get vanilla and some general spiciness, which mixes with a little bit of rum booziness, but it doesnt smell fusol or hot. No hop character shows through at all.
First sip reveals a fairly thick body and sticky texture with very fine and slightly tingly carbonation. This is a bit of a sipping beer.
Flavor is sweet malt, brown sugar, caramel, toffee, some dark fruit, with fig and plum notes. I also get some vanilla and light spicy notes of nutmeg and cinnamon hits. The finish reveals a bit of warming booze that I feel on my throat and my belly. Again, no hops come through anywhere on this malt forward brew.
I enjoy this one quite a bit, I was worried about the rum barrel aging as it is not my favorite liquor, but this comes together nicely and works well. This would be a good beer for sitting around the fire pit or sipping while reading or watching a show on TV. Well done beer Ben! A winner from Hog river IMO!
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