8.1

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

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce bottle from the brewery. Black, thin dark brown head, decent retention around the rim. Aroma of rum, vanilla, roasted malt. Smooth, simple, nice. The taste is pepper, dark cherry, vanilla, oak, roasted malt. Medium bodied, mild booziness. Nice.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

32 ounce crowler into snifter, canned on 10/29/2016. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, rum, vanilla, toffee, toasted oak, peppercorn, brown sugar, and dark bread; with lighter notes of molasses, smoke, char, raisin, and roast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, peppercorn, and rum barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, rum, vanilla, toffee, toasted oak, peppercorn, brown sugar, and dark bread; with lighter notes of molasses, smoke, char, raisin, and roast/oak earthiness. Light-moderate roast/char bitterness and rum/oak/peppercorn spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, rum, vanilla, toffee, toasted oak, peppercorn, brown sugar, dark bread, light molasses/roast/char, and roast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, peppercorn, and rum barrel flavors; with a great roasted bitter/sweet and rum/oak/pepper spiciness balance; with zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light dryness from bitter/spiciness, increasing through the glass. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very smooth, creamy/silky, fairly sticky/chalky, and slightly slick balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is well hidden with a small warmth lingering warmth, and bit of rum barrel booziness; but not overwhelming. Overall this is an outstanding rum barrel aged imperial stout. All around awesome dark/roast/bready malt, peppercorn, and rum barrel flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the big ABV. The peppercorns fit in perfectly with the spicy rum barrel notes, and never feel out of place. A highly enjoyable offering.