GBS [Gingerbread Stout] - Rum Barrel

Hardywood Park Craft Brewery in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Winter

Score

7.95

ABV: 10.6%

IBU: 55

Ticks: 17

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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7.8

Anders37 (30297) reviewed GBS [Gingerbread Stout] - Rum Barrel from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle @ RateBeer Best 2017 Bottle Share. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty rum woody gingerbread aroma. Roasted malty gingerbread woody rum flavor. Has a roasted malty woody gingerbread rum finish.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2017 at 17:48

7.2

DSG (25989) reviewed GBS [Gingerbread Stout] - Rum Barrel from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

[1/29/17] Bottle/Can/Crowler/Growler at the RateBeer award ceremony bottle share at Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa. Black. Lots of spices, rum, boozy, roast, coffee, chocolate, sweet, full-bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2017 at 17:38

8.3

anstei (3640) reviewed GBS [Gingerbread Stout] - Rum Barrel from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at RBGT. Pours dark brown. Aroma is rum barrel indeed, over some porter roastiness and gingerbread spices. Body is heavy, with strong rum barrel notes, sweet caramel and nuts. Long sweet palate. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2017 at 20:58

8.5

Bytemesis (16323) reviewed GBS [Gingerbread Stout] - Rum Barrel from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery 9 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours inky black, medium creamy brown bread, good lacing. Aroma is rum cocoa, vanilla, cookie, biscuit, molasses. Flavor is medium sweet, light bitter, ginger considerably muted but still there. Full body, 😋 creamy. Very good.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2017 at 19:31

7.8

thebrewsader (2760) reviewed GBS [Gingerbread Stout] - Rum Barrel from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Thanks Matt for sharing the bottle! Poured into a taster showing pitch black with no head. The nose shows ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon. The palate is light bodied and moderately carbonated. Very ginger forward with flavors of nutmeg and cinnamon in the background. Ginger leaves a strong and sharp spiciness throughout. Not much rum barrel at all.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jan 2017 at 19:58

8.1

Drake (22940) reviewed GBS [Gingerbread Stout] - Rum Barrel from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery 10 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750 mL bottle shared at the 10th Annual Epic & Unusual Beer Tasting, 11/29/15. Dark brown, thin fizzy tan head, decent retention. Aroma of strong rum, wood, ginger, chocolate, roasted malt. The taste is ginger, vanilla, citrus, rum, dark fruits, roasted malt. Medium bodied, mild lingering spice.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Dec 2015 at 11:16

8.5

GenDV138 (9261) reviewed GBS [Gingerbread Stout] - Rum Barrel from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery 10 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

750 ml caged and corked bottle (2014) shared with friends. Black with light tan head. Aromas of spices, light rum. Tastes of rum, spices, ginger, dark chocolate. Medium-full body with a dry finish. Nice balance, well masked alcohol. Around 7 months old so barrel character and ginger may be a bit faded, still tasty though.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jul 2015 at 16:08