Good Rum Barrel Aged beers?

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  1. atomic

    atomic Pundit (945) Sep 22, 2009 Illinois

    Just picked up a 3rd year beer at Evanston 1st Liquors. They have plenty left, though while their sticker price of 17.99 wasn't bad, evanston apparently has its own liquor tax so I ended up paying north of 20 bucks after all was said and done.

    Sounds amazing. We havent started getting Ballast Point yet but I picked up a regular VaS down south, can't wait to open it up!
     
    #41 atomic, Apr 12, 2013
  2. BeastLU

    BeastLU Initiate (0) Dec 20, 2012 Virginia

    ISO GI Rum County Coconut Stout
     
    #42 BeastLU, Apr 12, 2013
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  3. sacrelicio

    sacrelicio Pooh-Bah (1,838) Feb 15, 2005 Minnesota
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    More brewers should do this. I know bourbon is probably the easiest spirit barrel to get, but I bet there's a whole mess of used rum barrels for cheap down in the Caribbean.
     
    #43 sacrelicio, Apr 12, 2013
  4. sacrelicio

    sacrelicio Pooh-Bah (1,838) Feb 15, 2005 Minnesota
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    Indeed Brewing up here in Minneapolis is currently aging an imperial stout in rum barrels for release this fall.
     
    #44 sacrelicio, Apr 12, 2013
  5. atomic

    atomic Pundit (945) Sep 22, 2009 Illinois

    Id drink it.
     
    #45 atomic, Apr 12, 2013
  6. MasterSki

    MasterSki Grand Pooh-Bah (4,848) Dec 25, 2006 Canada (ON)
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    Rum barrels can be reused by distillers, which results in a more limited supply. Shipping them from the Caribbean is also significantly more costly than loading a truck in Kentucky - a lot of the rum barrel beers actually use American-made rums (or even in-house ones, like New Holland, Rogue, Ballast Point, etc.)

    I've also casually observed that a higher percentage of rum barrel-aged beers tend to be infected. I'm not sure if there's a specific reason for this (tropical climates? use of sugar cane/molasses? re-use of barrels?) or whether it's merely due to the small sample size, but Avery, Captain Lawrence, Jackie O's, and Cigar City have all had off beers. Avery used Gosling's from Bermuda, Captain Lawrence used Rogue, and I'm not sure about the other two.

    Midnight Sun Rumbah was also infected, but it was a 'pirated' second-use bourbon barrel that was re-hydrated with rum.
     
    #46 MasterSki, Apr 12, 2013
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  7. zachary80

    zachary80 Initiate (0) Nov 29, 2009 Indiana

    Rum Barrel Aged 4 Elf from Dark Horse was very good, but not one that I've seen more that the only time I've had it. Can't say I've come across any others.
     
    #47 zachary80, Apr 12, 2013
  8. loweball727

    loweball727 Initiate (0) Apr 26, 2010 Ohio

    Look for Revolution Brewing 3rd Year - Rum Barrel Aged Institutionalized with Mexican sugars..... so good.
     
    #48 loweball727, Apr 12, 2013
  9. TheBandit1

    TheBandit1 Initiate (0) Mar 19, 2011 Michigan

    Need to reiterate how great rareR Dos was to drink. Just a fantastic beer. Seek it out if you can!
     
    #49 TheBandit1, Apr 12, 2013
  10. chase2634

    chase2634 Initiate (0) Nov 10, 2009 Pennsylvania

    JO's Rum Barrel Oil of Aphrodite was Delish!
     
    #50 chase2634, Apr 12, 2013
  11. Greywulfken

    Greywulfken Grand Pooh-Bah (5,815) Aug 25, 2010 New York
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    Evolution's Rum Barrel Golden Ale...
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    #51 Greywulfken, Apr 13, 2013
  12. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
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    You would think so, but not really. Avery had a really hard time finding enough barrels to do rumpkin this year, and if anyone noticed it was released pretty late because of it.

    edit: http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/rumpkin.35611/#post-450693
     
    #52 SFACRKnight, Apr 13, 2013
  13. tobelerone

    tobelerone Grand Pooh-Bah (4,220) Dec 1, 2010 New Jersey
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    Rarer dos was very good; not a big fan of CL rum barrel smoke from the oak. Flavors didn't hang together very nicely for my tastes.
     
    #53 tobelerone, Apr 13, 2013
  14. Givemebeer

    Givemebeer Savant (1,219) Apr 6, 2013 Vermont


    Underwhelming!? Maybe it's just me because Innis & Gunn doesn't get much love but I adore their rum barrel beer. As well as their whiskey barrel aged beer :slight_smile:
     
    #54 Givemebeer, Apr 13, 2013
  15. scubahood

    scubahood Initiate (0) Jan 29, 2004 Massachusetts

    The only ones I have had are the afore mentioned Innis and Gunn and then Mikkeller had a Rum Black Hole stout. Both were just ok for me.
     
    #55 scubahood, Apr 13, 2013
  16. BKBassist

    BKBassist Initiate (0) Jan 24, 2013 New York

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  17. TallPaul07

    TallPaul07 Initiate (0) Sep 4, 2010 Indiana

    Chicago folks are generally the folks you find selling DLD tix, KBS tix, and other general hoard and gouge dickish practices as well.
     
    #57 TallPaul07, Apr 13, 2013
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