Silver Series: Dekadents Haiti Rum BA
Pühaste Brewery

Pours a pitch-black coloration with a medium, foamy, mocha-colored head. Smells of slightly roasted, caramel malt, distinct milk chocolate and lighter dark fruit, with hints of vanilla and oak, as well a certain boozy rum note. Taste is a great balance of slightly roasted, caramel malt, distinct milk chocolate, some brown sugar and dark/red fruits, with notes of raisin, fig and cranberry and lighter vanilla and licorice notes, with just a hint of cinnamon and rum-soaked oak as well. Finished a little sweet and boozy, with some milk chocolate, brown sugar and dark fruit lingering in the aftertaste. Full mouthfeel with a rich body and light/medium carbonation.

While this is a little too sweet and boozy for my personal taste, it still makes for quite a rich Imperial Stout with lots of character. There are some rather subtle roasted and bitter accents to this that kinda manage to balance it out, but could have really been a bit more pronounced. The milk chocolate is really intense here, making me wonder if the base stout contained cocoa nibs, but the dark and lighter red fruits are coming through nicely as well, while that brown sugar is a little much for me, too be honest, with those subtle spice notes being a very welcome addition here though. Overall, this makes for quite a rich, but a little too sweet and boozy brew with distinct milk chocolate notes, a good barrel presence and quite a full body and mouthfeel.