Rum Barrel Dark Apparition
Jackie O's Taproom & Brewery
- From:
- Jackie O's Taproom & Brewery
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 10.5%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.66 | pDev: 17.21%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 10
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 13, 2014
- Added:
- Dec 06, 2011
- Wants:
- 17
- Gots:
- 9
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
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Reviewed by Etan from Wisconsin
3.34/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.34/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
22oz bottle brought to Oscar and Caitlin's Stout Night.
A: Pours a straight black with a small tan head.
S: Solid rum and wood, some dry cocoa, and an odd vegetal, almost septic smell that I can't get away from.
T: Taste is better, with woody rum, dry roasted malts, dark chocolate. Pretty dry with some almost-tart tannins. The rum provides a clean solvent character to the beer.
M: Medium to thick-bodied with fine carbonation.
O: This was ok but the smell was off-putting. Can't say I'm a huge fan of the rum's influence here.
Oct 21, 2012A: Pours a straight black with a small tan head.
S: Solid rum and wood, some dry cocoa, and an odd vegetal, almost septic smell that I can't get away from.
T: Taste is better, with woody rum, dry roasted malts, dark chocolate. Pretty dry with some almost-tart tannins. The rum provides a clean solvent character to the beer.
M: Medium to thick-bodied with fine carbonation.
O: This was ok but the smell was off-putting. Can't say I'm a huge fan of the rum's influence here.
Reviewed by jegross2 from Illinois
3.87/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
3.87/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
Reviewing the Rum Barrel Dark Apparition from Jackie O's Pub & Brewery.
Score: 87
Bottle is from batch 11. Served in a tasting glass and enjoyed on 08/25/12 at the second Chicago Craft Beer Lovers event. A big thanks to Jonathan for cracking this beer (in addition to a 1414 and Black Tuesday) before I had to leave the event.
Appearance: Pours a jet black color with a thin brown highlight strip atop the beer when held up to light. There is a thin film of khaki head off the pour. Below average lacing and slightly below average retention. It is hard to fairly judge the "appearance" of a beer from a few ounce pour in a taster glass, but this one looks like what you would expect from a Russian imperial stout. 4/5
Smell: Chocolate, desserty vanilla bean, pound cake, and sweet rum. The aroma components are each pretty prominent, but well balanced. I could smell this all day. 4.5/5
Taste: Sadly, the taste does not live up to the nose. Sweet, slightly sugary, rum hits you in the face upfront, followed by an artificial vanilla cake flavor that does not seem to blend well on the tongue with the rum. A little bit of chocolate flavor in the finish, but much less chocolate flavor than the nose led on. I was expecting much more balance from the aroma, but this at least still tastes good. 4/5
Mouthfeel: Medium-light bodied and light carbonation. This beer is way too thin for a double digit Russian imperial stout. Slick and mildly sweet mouthfeel. 2.5/5
Overall: I loved the nose, but the mouthfeel here was a huge let down that really ruined my enjoyment of this brew. I like my stouts to be heavy on the palate, but this one was too slick and light. Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Stout and Haymarket's bourbon-aged Indignant are full-bodied beers by comparison.
Recommendation: I was really glad to get a chance to try this one, and I would drink it again, but it is neither worth going out of your want to hunt down or trading the high-caliber brews it takes to acquire this limited and sought after beer. I'd recommend chasing down a much easier to acquire bottle of Peruvian Morning instead.
Pairings: Chocolate cake.
Cost: $18 for a 22 oz (bomber) bottle.
Sep 04, 2012Score: 87
Bottle is from batch 11. Served in a tasting glass and enjoyed on 08/25/12 at the second Chicago Craft Beer Lovers event. A big thanks to Jonathan for cracking this beer (in addition to a 1414 and Black Tuesday) before I had to leave the event.
Appearance: Pours a jet black color with a thin brown highlight strip atop the beer when held up to light. There is a thin film of khaki head off the pour. Below average lacing and slightly below average retention. It is hard to fairly judge the "appearance" of a beer from a few ounce pour in a taster glass, but this one looks like what you would expect from a Russian imperial stout. 4/5
Smell: Chocolate, desserty vanilla bean, pound cake, and sweet rum. The aroma components are each pretty prominent, but well balanced. I could smell this all day. 4.5/5
Taste: Sadly, the taste does not live up to the nose. Sweet, slightly sugary, rum hits you in the face upfront, followed by an artificial vanilla cake flavor that does not seem to blend well on the tongue with the rum. A little bit of chocolate flavor in the finish, but much less chocolate flavor than the nose led on. I was expecting much more balance from the aroma, but this at least still tastes good. 4/5
Mouthfeel: Medium-light bodied and light carbonation. This beer is way too thin for a double digit Russian imperial stout. Slick and mildly sweet mouthfeel. 2.5/5
Overall: I loved the nose, but the mouthfeel here was a huge let down that really ruined my enjoyment of this brew. I like my stouts to be heavy on the palate, but this one was too slick and light. Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Stout and Haymarket's bourbon-aged Indignant are full-bodied beers by comparison.
Recommendation: I was really glad to get a chance to try this one, and I would drink it again, but it is neither worth going out of your want to hunt down or trading the high-caliber brews it takes to acquire this limited and sought after beer. I'd recommend chasing down a much easier to acquire bottle of Peruvian Morning instead.
Pairings: Chocolate cake.
Cost: $18 for a 22 oz (bomber) bottle.
Reviewed by Dope from Massachusetts
3.3/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
3.3/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
'11 batch, bottle 194/216
A: Pours black with a mid-sized medium brown head. Fades somewhat slowly leaving some decent streaks of lacing behind.
S: Strong boozy rum aroma. Lots of super sweet caramel. Hard to get much beyond that. It's a strong and delicious smell, don't get me wrong, just missing anything beyond the prominent features. I get a hint of chocolate once it fully warms at least.
T: Super strong rum. Loads of caramel and dark fruits - grape and cherry it seems the strongest. Perhaps some raisin. Fruit is almost tart. Might be mildly infected. Mild chalky char and some chocolate. Otherwise no real roasted malt character. Big alcohol burn in the belly.
M: Heavy, chalky.
O: Hard to say, with the slightly tart fruit flavors it might be infected. My last two Jackie O's beers were horribly infected and drainpours. I'm starting to wonder if this brewery has the worst quality control of any brewery, ever. The beer is not horrible but it's pretty much pure rum. Barely any roasted malt character at all. Disappointing to get burned once again.
Jul 21, 2012A: Pours black with a mid-sized medium brown head. Fades somewhat slowly leaving some decent streaks of lacing behind.
S: Strong boozy rum aroma. Lots of super sweet caramel. Hard to get much beyond that. It's a strong and delicious smell, don't get me wrong, just missing anything beyond the prominent features. I get a hint of chocolate once it fully warms at least.
T: Super strong rum. Loads of caramel and dark fruits - grape and cherry it seems the strongest. Perhaps some raisin. Fruit is almost tart. Might be mildly infected. Mild chalky char and some chocolate. Otherwise no real roasted malt character. Big alcohol burn in the belly.
M: Heavy, chalky.
O: Hard to say, with the slightly tart fruit flavors it might be infected. My last two Jackie O's beers were horribly infected and drainpours. I'm starting to wonder if this brewery has the worst quality control of any brewery, ever. The beer is not horrible but it's pretty much pure rum. Barely any roasted malt character at all. Disappointing to get burned once again.
Reviewed by nrbw23 from Ohio
3.23/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.23/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
A- Pours a black color with a thin brown head. Looks like all the variations. A bit of lacing left behind.
S- A touch of coffee, chocolate, darker fruits, and quite a bit of sweetness going on here. Rum is here too.
T- An odd sweetness to this brew for sure. A huge amount of burnt sugar. Little barrel taste here or not as much as I hoped or wanted.
M- Medium in body and more carbonation that I expected.
O- Disappointed for sure. Not as much barrel as I'd expect and way too sweet for my liking.
May 13, 2012S- A touch of coffee, chocolate, darker fruits, and quite a bit of sweetness going on here. Rum is here too.
T- An odd sweetness to this brew for sure. A huge amount of burnt sugar. Little barrel taste here or not as much as I hoped or wanted.
M- Medium in body and more carbonation that I expected.
O- Disappointed for sure. Not as much barrel as I'd expect and way too sweet for my liking.
Reviewed by schwaeh from Ohio
4.19/5 rDev +14.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.19/5 rDev +14.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
22oz bottle from the December anniversary 2011 release.
A: Pours a dark black, thick and leggy. Quarter inch brown head that fades into a small foam cap.
S: Tons of thick rummy chocolate. Sweet sugar cane, molasses, brown sugar. This aroma is huge, it really stands out in this tasting. I get a little bit of alcohol but that is welcomed in this big ris.
T: Awesome rum character in this big stout. A nice sugary sweetness intertwines with the base with serious finesse. There is a boozy chocolate malt/sweet brown sugar quality.
M:Nice body on this, seems thicker than most other barrel aged versions of this lately. Carbonation is lower but it works
O: This is very well done. I think it has done well in the bottle since we had it at the release. On the sweet side of things but everyone still loved it.
Apr 15, 2012A: Pours a dark black, thick and leggy. Quarter inch brown head that fades into a small foam cap.
S: Tons of thick rummy chocolate. Sweet sugar cane, molasses, brown sugar. This aroma is huge, it really stands out in this tasting. I get a little bit of alcohol but that is welcomed in this big ris.
T: Awesome rum character in this big stout. A nice sugary sweetness intertwines with the base with serious finesse. There is a boozy chocolate malt/sweet brown sugar quality.
M:Nice body on this, seems thicker than most other barrel aged versions of this lately. Carbonation is lower but it works
O: This is very well done. I think it has done well in the bottle since we had it at the release. On the sweet side of things but everyone still loved it.
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