No Rules: Rum Barrel-Aged
Perrin Brewing Company in Comstock Park, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Imperial Special|
Score
7.34
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No Rules aged in rum barrels instead of the usual bourbon barrels.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
22oz bottle pours out dark brown almost black topped with a tan head. Nose is nice sweet chocolate toasted coconut vanilla cinnamon and some barrel. Taste is more of the nice chocolate roast toasted coconut cinnamon and barrel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2024
at 03:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample, brown bottle, 1 pint 6 ounces, 15%, gift from a stranger, during Dark Lord Day, trip to Dark Lord Day with Luc Bourbonnière, savoured on 18 May 2019; eye: black, opaque, thin sheet of dark brown head, slight lacing; nose: rum, oak, coconut, slight green pepper, alcohol ; mouth: rum, oak, coconut, slight green pepper, alcohol, alcohol warmth, woody, slight tannin, light acridness from alcohol, metallic, finale in coconut with presence of rum, full-bodied, lightly below average carbonation, mildly sweet, alcoholic texture; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Échantillon, bouteille brune, 1 pinte 6 onces, cadeau d'un étranger, durant Dark Lord Day, voyage à Dark Lord Day avec Luc Bourbonnière, savourée le 18 mai 2019; œil : noire, opaque, mince couverture de mousse brun foncé, très légère dentelle; nez : rhum, chêne, noix de coco, très léger poivron vert, alcool; bouche : rhum, chêne, noix de coco, très léger poivron vert, alcool, chaleur d'alcool, boisé, très léger tanin, légère âcreté d'alcool, métallique, finale en noix de coco avec présence de rhum, corsée, carbonatation légèrement sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture alcoolique; en résumé : bien bon
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2020
at 21:08
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
22 ounce bottle into snifter, 2018 vintage bottling. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger dense and rocky khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, coconut, vanilla, cream, toffee, brown sugar, toasted oak, rum, maple, marshmallow, fudge, nuts, and brown bread; with light notes of coffee, raisin, fig, herbal, and oak/toasted earthiness. Slight touch of booze in the aromas as it warms. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, coconut, brown sugar, and rum barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of huge milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, coconut, vanilla, cream, toffee, brown sugar, toasted oak, rum, maple, marshmallow, fudge, nuts, and brown bread; with light notes of coffee, raisin, fig, herbal, and oak/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/roast bitterness and rum/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, coconut, vanilla, cream, toffee, brown sugar, toasted oak, rum, maple, marshmallow, fudge, nuts, brown bread, light dark fruit/herbal, and oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, coconut, brown sugar, and rum barrel flavors; with a nice roasted bitter/sweet and rum/oak spiciness balance; with zero cloying flavors after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and rum/oak spiciness. Medium carbonation and full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky, and slightly sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Slightly increasing warmth of 15%, with zero barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is an amazing flavored imperial porter! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, coconut, brown sugar, and rum barrel flavors; extremely smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the huge ABV. This tastes about half as much on the ABV level. Extremely well balanced between rich malts, coconut/brown sugar, and barrels. Perfect integration of barrels, which complement the base beer perfectly. Not overly roasty. Still prefer the regular BBA version, but this was extremely impressive. This was way better than the Scotch(I still really enjoyed); which was an onslaught of Laphroaig peat smoke/brine, that was a bit rough. This is way smoother. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example as expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2018
at 11:43