Dark Apparition - Rum Barrel

Bottle pours out black topped with a fizzy tan head. Nose is sour infection all over the place sadly. Taste is more of the infected mess dark malts bummer.

Bottle @ home, via the rotbox. Thanks to alexsdad for sending! Pours a black appearance with a lasting dark brown head. Possible infection. There’s some blackberry, grape and dark fruit notes in the nose. Some tannins, cinnamon, and a little bit of roast in the aroma as well. Twangy flavor. Some roast along with raisin, burnt sugar, and chocolate in the flavor. Moderate high sweetness. Dull bitterness. A little boozy. Ok but a little gooey.

22 oz. bottle, pours pitch black with a medium light brown head. Nose is full of rum and raisins, without any booziness, and probably subverting the original characteristics of the beer. Flavour brings out the rum barrels upfront, along with raisins and loads of booze. There is a bit of tartness in there, due to the rum barrels, without being overbearing. Fairly viscous and sticky. Solid stuff, but nothing very interesting.

Bottle shared by Sean, thanks! Pours black with a dark brown head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of barrel that combines pretty nicely with the roasted malts, dark chocolate and a bit of bitter coffee. Flavor starts with roasted malts and dark grains backed by dark chocolate and a bit of bitter coffee and a good amount of rum in the finish.