7.8

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

650ml bottle. Jet black colour with average to huge, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, dark beige to tan head. Sweet-ish, chocolately, dark malty, minimally sugary and caramel malty aroma, notes of milk chocolate, vanilla, a touch of brown sugar, dark caramel, whiffs of molasses, toffee. Taste is roasty and slightly chocolately, dark malty, bitter roasty and bitter alcoholic, BA notes of rum, some chocolate, dark caramel, a touch of molasses, toffee; lingering, bitter, minimally warming, alcoholic finish. Oily texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation. Heavy, malty, BA rum notes with minimally unpleasant, burnt caramel-like bitterness, nice composition overall - decent sipper.

8.4

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

Bottle, 650 ml, from Beerdome, shared with Miro B and Max. Black with brownish head. Chocolate, roasty, vanilla, some rum, medium carbonation and sweetness. Medium bodied.

8

A lovely rum beverage thingie. Pretty sweet, rum and raisins is a classical combination, boozy and rich. Rum gives some spicyness, hints of molasses and some wood. Hints of vanilla. Very nicely balanced, and rum used very well here.