Fundamental Observation - Rum Raisin
Bottle Logic Brewing in Anaheim, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.86
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Rum Raisin Ice Cream-inspired Rum Barrel-Aged Madagascar Vanilla Imperial Stout
Inspired by the nostalgic warmth of rum raisin ice cream, this first-time variant spent 12 months resting in Bayou Rum casks. We blended in a single cask of rum-aged Arcane Rituals barleywine, to pop rich notes of caramel, dried fruit, spiced rum cake, and toasted waffle cone. Though lactose-free, it offers a velvety, pastry-like mouthfeel with just enough chew to linger. At 15% ABV, it stands as a powerful, thoughtfully crafted expression of science meeting creativity.
Inspired by the nostalgic warmth of rum raisin ice cream, this first-time variant spent 12 months resting in Bayou Rum casks. We blended in a single cask of rum-aged Arcane Rituals barleywine, to pop rich notes of caramel, dried fruit, spiced rum cake, and toasted waffle cone. Though lactose-free, it offers a velvety, pastry-like mouthfeel with just enough chew to linger. At 15% ABV, it stands as a powerful, thoughtfully crafted expression of science meeting creativity.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at borefts. Pours black, nose is chocolate, rum, raisin, vanilla, taste is similar, sweet. 8/9/9/8/8
Tried
on 16 Apr 2026
at 17:50
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Wingman for this one. A thick dark mahogany brown coloured pour with halo of tan head. Aroma is medium sweet, brown sugars, hazelnut, raisin. Chewy. Jammy rolly Polly. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, chewy, spicy rum, raisin, brown sugars, cinnamon spicy. Palate is medium sweet, oily, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2026
at 22:51
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Typically solid dark sauce from Bottle Logic. Notes of rich dark fruits, raisins, dates, chocolate cake, soft roast, marshmallows, rocky road fudge. Sweet but not quite cloying. Impressively drinkable given the heft.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Craft Beer Junction
on 15 Dec 2025
at 22:35
8.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at CBJ Tasting. Dark oily brown. No head. Aroma has booze, dark fruits, chewy dough. Flavourwise it has chewy dough and molasses with a boozy (barrel aged?) streak. Spice. More booze. Medium bodied. Oily. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Yum.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2025
at 13:17
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
10th December 2025
Tasting at CBJ, thanks to Wingman. Near opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Smooth palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth dark malts, fairly light bodied, a light carbonation. Light bodied sweetish chocolate malts. A pleasant light ice cream rum and raisin. Light smooth finish. Mild alcohol spice. Nicely done. Concept delivered with aplomb.
Tasting at CBJ, thanks to Wingman. Near opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Smooth palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth dark malts, fairly light bodied, a light carbonation. Light bodied sweetish chocolate malts. A pleasant light ice cream rum and raisin. Light smooth finish. Mild alcohol spice. Nicely done. Concept delivered with aplomb.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2025
at 19:01
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
from Bottle
from Brew Export UK
on 10 Dec 2025
at 18:50
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle split at Craft Beer Junction, thanks to the Wingmane, 10/12/2025.
Black topped with a khaki head.
Nose is decadent chocolate shavings, molasses, niff of rum barrel, light spice.
Taste comprises chocolate, vanilla, brown sugar melt, toffee fudge, mellow barrel.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a rising boost offered.
Solid.
Black topped with a khaki head.
Nose is decadent chocolate shavings, molasses, niff of rum barrel, light spice.
Taste comprises chocolate, vanilla, brown sugar melt, toffee fudge, mellow barrel.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a rising boost offered.
Solid.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2025
at 00:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
EB Tap@Peders post Bottle Logic/Blood Brothers TTO event (11/10/2025)
Tried
from Draft
at
Peders - Pisserendens ølkælder
on 11 Oct 2025
at 05:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Van fles bij Borefts '25. Zwarte kleur, bruine kraag. Boozy, gebrand, rozijnen, rum, bruine suiker, marshmallows, licht metalig door alle overdaad aan suikers, vol, dik. Lekker, maar stukken minder dan de FO of FO Maple.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2025
at 11:51
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
A black beer, no head. Aroma of strong dark malt, rum, wood, booze. Taste of boozy dark malt, chocolate, rum barrel. Boozy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Sep 2025
at 19:27