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GBS [Gingerbread Stout] - Rum Barrel
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Winter|
Score
7.95
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Our Hardywood Gingerbread Stout, described by BeerAdvocate as "Freagin' Christmas in a bottle" is an imperial milk stout made with vanilla beans, cinnamon, fresh Casselmonte Farm baby ginger and Bearer Farms wildflower honey. Gingerbread Stout is then matured in Caribbean dark rum barrels, where it adapts an incredibly mellow character with a crescendo of gingerbread spice giving way to subtly sweet, lingering molasses and spiced rum notes and emerges 12 weeks later as Rum Barrel GBS. A festive blend of spice and character laces this rich, chocolatey stout, which warms the palate and the soul.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Taster pour at bottle share -- thanks Stacey. (2016 vintage) Appearance is dark, dark brown with no sparkle, thin cap of beige head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is mildly boozy but can't specifically identify as rum; mild chocolate and ginger bread. Taste is nice chocolate and rum. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with smooth, velvety texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, my favorite of the GBS group. The gingerbread gets overpowered but the blend of the base stout and barreling works best here for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2019
at 12:32
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from bottle thanks Stacey black brown tan head. Aroma is rum, gingerbread, spice. Taste is rich, creamy, well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2019
at 20:34
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2016 vintage. Did the full vertical side- by- side. Aroma shows light rum, chocolate, gingerbread. Flavor is a reflection of the aroma. Spice is low. Maybe a tad more sweet then the regular bourbon barrel.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2019
at 20:28
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2019
at 16:40
8/10
Piernikowo beczkowo owocowo stoutowe, gladkie, cynamon, imbiru niet, schowane alko, ciut malo ciala... 4.1+
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2018
at 19:44
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2016 and 2017 bottles shared at Lucky Bamboo GBS share. Thanks Matthew and Andrew! Pours a deep brown to black with a finger of foam that lingers. Nice coconut rum aromas on the nose with gingerbread cookie and chocolate. 2016 the barrel is well-integrated and balanced. Good complex coconut, nutmeg and ginger flavors throughout. The 2017 seemed to be more or less a splash of rum in a beer. Preferred the 2016 by a lot. Rating is for the 2016 bottle. --- Beer merged from original tick of Rum GBS (Gingerbread Stout) on 24 Mar 2018 at 19:22 - Score: 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2018
at 18:44
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2018
at 19:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Andrew. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is cinnamon, graham cracker, cocoa, licorice, bourbon, wood. Slick body, milk chocolate, coconut, rum, nice sweetness, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2018
at 23:09
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at C-ville location, yesterday. Pours black and thick. Aroma is quite lovely sweet rum on top of chocolate, raisin, ginger, caramel, earth. Flavor is also quite nice - this works well in the rum barrel. Gingerbread cookies, chocolate, rum, alcohol, vanilla, oak, earth. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jan 2018
at 06:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Churchkey. Poured a nearly pitch black color with a small wispy head. Aroma was spices, roasted and sweet malt characters. Gingerbread is still pretty strong in this one, for being a keg from at least 6 months back. Woody notes, boozy rum notes. Rum cake notes, gingerbread. Enjoyable, but in small doses I think.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jun 2017
at 23:05