DRUM - Crystal Springs Brewing Company

SkeeterBoganski

Colorado

3.8/5  rDev -7.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Bottle to snifter

A - charcoal; dark; light beige head that stands up with froth; some bubbling present; dissipating lacing

S - brown sugar; rum; vanilla; sweet cream

T - chocolate rum cake; burnt sugar; sweet rum notes; light cocoa-like malt

M - carbonated; medium bodied; frothy; a little flat

O - this is a pretty interesting take on a porter aged in rum; it's tasty and smooth but the smell is superior to the overall finish and flavor of this beer. Pretty palatable for a 9% rum barreled beer.

Serving type: bottle

12-26-2012 23:21:30 | More by SkeeterBoganski

eawolff99

Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +3.9%

06-14-2013 03:03:10 | More by eawolff99

MarkyMOD

Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +3.9%

04-20-2013 03:24:14 | More by MarkyMOD

ucsbmullet

Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +3.9%

01-20-2013 22:59:46 | More by ucsbmullet

JMBSH

Colorado

3.9/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured into snifter.

Appearence: Dark. Tan head that quickly shrinks to just a ring around at the walls of the glass. As I drank it, I noticed that no lacing was left on the glass.

Smell - Sweet. The rum is showing that it is there. Also some dark fruit and vanilla.

Taste - Rum but not overpowering. Can get some chocolate flavors as well. After a few sips, can not get more of an alcohol "burn" as well as a bitterness that was not there at first. Mild and also not overpowering that seemed to stay a bit at the back of the throat.

Mouthfeel - Can feel the carbonation on the tongue very lightly. Very smooth.

I liked this beer. Some of the rum aged beers I have tried had the rum so overpowering that all I could think about was the rum. Here the beer is still tasted and the rum just shows how the two work together.

Serving type: bottle

10-29-2012 02:31:24 | More by JMBSH