Peg's G.O.O.D. RareR D.O.S. - Peg's Cantina & Brewpub / Cycle Brewing

starrdogg

District of Columbia

4.5/5  rDev -1.1%

02-04-2013 05:48:34 | More by starrdogg

illy0sis

Texas

4.5/5  rDev -1.1%

06-17-2013 01:23:11 | More by illy0sis

lionssoccer13

Florida

4.75/5  rDev +4.4%

06-13-2013 00:19:18 | More by lionssoccer13

Beerdy

Heard & McDonald Islands

4.25/5  rDev -6.6%

06-11-2013 19:54:30 | More by Beerdy

sarge27

California

4.5/5  rDev -1.1%

06-11-2013 05:05:10 | More by sarge27

Mcvs1507

Indiana

4.75/5  rDev +4.4%

06-11-2013 00:58:45 | More by Mcvs1507

chase2634

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev -6.6%

06-09-2013 14:16:25 | More by chase2634

beerpirates

Belgium

4.2/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

500 ml growler poured into a tasting glass

Pitch black with almost no head.
Aroma is rich and complex with rum, vanilla, fruits, coconut, roasted malt, oak, spices and slight chocolate.
Taste is moderately sweet with vanilla, fruits, oak, cacao, spices and acidic notes , light bitternes
Full body. Low carbonation.
Good Imperial Stout, but not a top-50 beers in my opinion.

Serving type: growler

06-04-2013 14:18:55 | More by beerpirates

jl28r1

Texas

4/5  rDev -12.1%

06-02-2013 03:14:56 | More by jl28r1

JayAre46

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +4.4%

06-01-2013 06:33:51 | More by JayAre46

mwgroove23

Georgia

4.75/5  rDev +4.4%

05-31-2013 00:13:10 | More by mwgroove23

portia99

Massachusetts

4.29/5  rDev -5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Bottle generously shared by jlindros at a recent tasting. Poured into a Portsmouth KtG tulip.

A - Pours a super dark brown color, clarity is good and shows a clear dark brown around the edges. Low head of brown foam, no lacing.

S - Brownies, super fudgy and chocolatey, sweet, rum, molasses and vanilla

T - Fudgy, rum, caramel, chocolate, smokey with tons of roasted malt flavors.

M - Thick and full bodied, rich, rather sweet with a lower carbonation level. Very smooth - liquid candy. Super dessert beer.

O - Really outstanding beer. Smooth and thick with lots of complexity. Really good stuff. Glad to have the opportunity to try this one.

Serving type: bottle

05-30-2013 15:13:02 | More by portia99

Mopps

Virginia

4.5/5  rDev -1.1%

05-29-2013 19:45:19 | More by Mopps

coffygrinder

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +4.4%

05-27-2013 10:59:37 | More by coffygrinder

ajzy

Wisconsin

4.75/5  rDev +4.4%

05-26-2013 06:22:19 | More by ajzy

RayUF07

Florida

4.75/5  rDev +4.4%

05-25-2013 05:53:42 | More by RayUF07

CuriousMonk

Virginia

4.2/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5

I have been seeking this one out for some time as I heard many great things about this beer. I was able to land a 550ml swing top growler from a buddy who went to the End of the World Party at Peg’s Cantina & Brewpub in Gulf Port, FL. I was concerned about the growler being 6 months old (12-21-12) and called the brewery which assured me that the beer was going to be still good and may be somewhat infected which kind of turned me off a bit, but since I went out for this beer, I decided to go for it. The beer poured pitch black with razor thin tan head that dissipated quickly as expected. You could bring it back to life after giving the glass a vigorous whirl. I immediately picked up some dark fruit, chocolate, light notes of molasses, and that slight rum booze in the aroma. There was complexity in the flavor which I appreciated especially knowing how old this growler was – malts, caramel, molasses, dark fruit, vanilla, rum and oak. There were zero carbonation; extremely thin mouth feel. Overall, I would have loved to taste this special beer fresh but beggars cannot be choosers. This did still give me that delicious and complex flavor I had been hoping when I cracked open the growler and sure glad to have checked this off my beer wish list.

Serving type: growler

05-24-2013 17:02:10 | More by CuriousMonk

Crysstorm

Florida

5/5  rDev +9.9%

05-23-2013 12:44:35 | More by Crysstorm

ObeMaltKinobee

California

4.75/5  rDev +4.4%

05-22-2013 06:17:03 | More by ObeMaltKinobee

CEDAMA

California

5/5  rDev +9.9%

05-20-2013 19:47:10 | More by CEDAMA

Photekut

Azerbaijan

5/5  rDev +9.9%

05-19-2013 01:52:53 | More by Photekut

deekyn

California

4.5/5  rDev -1.1%

05-16-2013 04:05:38 | More by deekyn

tugg407

Florida

4.75/5  rDev +4.4%

05-15-2013 06:17:29 | More by tugg407

TheRuss9585

Vermont

5/5  rDev +9.9%

05-14-2013 00:34:16 | More by TheRuss9585

tectactoe

Michigan

4.45/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Taste the rare! Big thanks to Mike for splitting this one - I thought for sure I'd never get the chance to sample it, especially now. Comes in a cool looking 500 mL swing-top. It gluggs out in to the glass, very thick and completely black. No head - even the mere ring that outlines the beer is slow to form; possibly a side-effect of being in a growler for a few months, but my thought (and hope) is that the carb for a brew like this is relatively low anyway, so it shouldn't matter much.

The extra "R" in "RareR" supposedly stands for "rum", as this batch was aged in rum barrels as opposed to whiskey barrels in the regular Rare D.O.S., and the first smell reaffirmed that notion completely. Huge rum character on the nose; boozy rum cake, sweet molten chocolates, graham crackers, molasses, a touch of vanilla, and quite a bit of dark fruits. The fruits consist of plum, grapes, and even a bit of apples, and seem to get stronger as the brew approaches room temp. Rum and sweet molasses still remain the leaders of the pack, though.

The first sip reveals quite a bit more of those sweet dark fruits that were so heavy in the aroma; plums, grapes, black cherries, and even some apple skins. Sweet and creamy chocolates come crashing in, soaked in a boozy rum bath. It seemed a bit quiet at first, but the rum character comes out more and more with each successive sip. The rum, chocolate, and dark fruit combination is pretty highly discernable, giving RareR D.O.S. a nice uniqueness in market that's saturated with stouts.

Waves of malts continue to grow in robustness and complexity with time; molasses, chocolate, caramel, and some brown sugar. The oak and woody character is either very low or just completely buried underneath all of the other flavors. The largest components of the barrel aging are definitely the vanilla and the rum itself. The finish is lightly boozy, never getting too hot, with even a mild finishing tartness from the fruits and a sweetness from the chocolates and molasses. Heavy bodied, thick and a bit chewy with an almost-creamy, slick and oily mouth feel.

It's hard to say whether or not this beer lived up to the "hype", because when a beer receives this much hype, your expectations are often raised to unreachable levels. So I'm going to try and forget those expectations and just say that RareR D.O.S. is a damn fine American imperial stout. Unique in many ways and highly complex. I wasn't expecting so much dark fruit sweetness, but it was integrated nicely and the rum provided a nice change of pace. Super glad I got to try this one, it was awesome - thanks, Mike!

Serving type: growler

05-12-2013 19:15:06 | More by tectactoe