Baden Power - Rhum Barrel Aged Edition
O'Clock Brewing in Bois-d’Arcy (Yvelines), Île-de-France, France 🇫🇷
Porter - Imperial Baltic Regular|
Score
7.51
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
330ml bottle. Jet black colour with small, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, tan head. BA supported, dark malty, caramel malty and minimally woody aroma, notes of dark chocolate, dark caramel, rhum, some leather, oak, a touch of molasses. Taste is BA supported, sweet-ish, caramel and slightly roasty, dark malty, slightly alcoholic, notes of caramel, dark caramel, rhum, molasses; minimally warming, alcoholic finish.
Dissolved sugar enriched, slightly creamy, simultaneously alcohol thinned, as a result watery texture, minimally cloying palate, medium to fine, mildly prickly carbonation.
Rather sweet, not overly complex, almost a bit monotonous - decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Black with a thin beige head. Molasses, chocolate silk, rhum, oak, dark malts, and some lingering booze. Full bodied. Finish has some sweetness along with rum and oak. Really lovely pour and the barrel aging is done very well leaving enough influence without overpowering.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Color: Black, thin brown head. Aroma: Boozy, Rum, roasted malt, dark chocolate. Taste: Roasted malt, dark chocolate, Rum, subtle boozy. Sweetish but not too sweet. Hoppy backbone. Well balanced blend of flavours . Nice one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
On tap at La Fine Mousse, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is full of lush rum barrels, moderate roast, and a touch of cocoa. Flavour is complex, with beautiful rum barrels, cocoa, and toasted malt in wonderful cohesion. Ridiculously fine base beer and beautifully barrel-aged. Excellent.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
On tap. Pours a very dark brown with light head. Aromas of chocolate icing, dry vanilla and slick roasted malts with just a hint of fruity rum barrel. Flavors follow same, dry but still quite a bit of chocolate icing. Very good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at home from La Cave a Bulles, 13th December 18. Pours a black beer, aroma is rum, dark chocolate, ash, some caramel. Taste is sweet, but not overly, liquor, rum, wood, well integrated into the base beer, smooth and very drinkable.