Rum Barrel Aged Pumking in NYC

For the price, it's not as good as most other BA stouts I can name that cost about the same. Obviously, the question is always what's available. All the good BA stouts for a similar price are also rare-ish.

I prefer BA Insidious as an example of something cheaper and less rare. Same for
Abita Bourbon Street Imperial Stout

 

I usually love Pumking and Warlock and am up for just about anything Southern Tier does. I definitely think it was the first time I bought something of theirs and was disappointed, and I know it was because of what I paid for it. The beer is OK but just not worth that price. Knock it down to the other price point and I'd happily throw a few bottles back every fall.

 

@MosaicDrops I believe Tri Boro beverage in Astoria still have some.

 

The barrel on this ruined the beer IMO. You have to be a real big rum fan to enjoy this, which I am not. It pretty much tasted like straight booze. I can't speak to the BA Narwhal, since I was too drunk when I tried this. I purchased this as well, thinking it wasn't going to still be sitting on the shelf a year late.

 

Bought two last year, drank one and thought it was ok, definitely better than Pumking. I'm just not a fan of pumpkin beers anymore though.

They were way overpriced. As is pumking. I don't care how imperial it is.

Still have the other 2014 bottle sitting in the back of the fridge. Might just try in a few weeks to see if a year improved the flavor or not.

That all spice or nutmeg blend that southern tier uses gets old pretty fast.

 

I love this beer but it's way overpriced. The 2014 version is still sitting on shelves.

 

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I saw a bunch of the 2014 version on the shelf at DeCicco in Armonk about a month ago. Either Southern Tier produced a ton of it or it just isn't as popular as they expected (or both).

 

Couldn't agree more about the Rum Aged Pumking. I thought BA Narwhal was a bit hot but not nearly as boozy as RA Pumpking. Good thing I have one more bottle of BA Narwhal stored away.

 

well, when it only hits NY/NJ and nowhere else, and with the high price point, its bound to sit.

 

Word from a retailer is that the rum aged Pumpking was not produced this year so anything you see now and for the foreseeable future will be 2014.