Mikkeller Black Hole Barrel Aged Edition Rum

Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Imperial Stout
Copenhagen, Denmark

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UPDATED: JUL 5, 2011 375mL bottle with orange foil. Pours, um, black with a big foamy cream-colored head that recedes to a thick cap and leaves some spotty lacing and legs along the sides. The aroma definitely has the sugary spiciness of the rum up front but is still really dominated by the heavily roasted black malts. There are dark fruits and some molasses as well. Taste starts with a heavy dose of the base beer - dark roasted malts, bakers chocolate, espresso and raisins. But the finish brings back the spiced rum flavors and leaves a burn after each sip. The mouthfeel is a little slicker than the base beer but is still medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation. The rum brings an interesting spiciness to the base beer which sets it apart from the bourbon a bit, though I still probably prefer the bourbon slightly. Still, both of the barrel versions so far have been good without overpowering the base.

38cl, new exclusive Danish brew Anno 2010, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex Stout, not too heavy, balanced, hazy, small head, very good brew, but very expensive!

375ml bottle bought at Ølbutikken and shared at my hotel room with Skinnyviking and KnutAlbert. Thanks to the Salvation Army for good drinking music played outside our window early on a Sunday. Pours a pitch black body under a steady, tan coloured head. Smell of roasted coffee. Peat-like taste of coffee, spices and ripe fruits. Smooth and dry in the mouth. Hard to spot the rum accent. Anyway, a delicious brew (Copenhagen, 09.05.2010).

Bottle. Black with very nice tan head. Aroma is roasted coffee, dark chocolates, sweet vanilla, light woody character, faint rum, medium booze. Taste brings out light fruity quality that dulls as beer warms, mostly roasted chocolates and espresso, syrupy booze burn on palate. Light rum quality, but not as much as most rum barreled imperial stouts. Light oaky. Oily roasted on tongue. Very good, wow. Best rum barrel i’ve had yet.

Bottle at Blind Tiger, shared during Mikkel’s visit. Opaque black pour, ruby highlights, with a thick, creamy beige head. Aroma holds tons of dark fruit and deeply roasted malts, with hints of hard alcohol. Ripe, sweet fruits predominate in the flavor - raisin, raspberry, strawberry, fig. Roasted malts impart strong chocolate and mild espresso notes. Full-bodied with light carbonation, quite warming. Rum comes in at the finish, a finish that is at once sweet and dry. A delicious beer, well rounded. The rum barrel aging really enhanced the layering of this beer.

Bottle. High creamy light brown lasting head. Pitch black body. Coffee choccolate wood aroma. Rum wood alcohol coffee flavor with low carbonation. and low carbonation.

Bottle at home - shared with Mette. Pitch black - brown head. Sweetness. Alcoholic. Brown sugar. Coffee. Peppery. Barrel. Wooden. Light sharpness. Burned. Dark fruits. Coconut. Rum. Very nice.

Bottle at home. Black coloured with a huge beige head. Roasted aroma of coffee and dark chocolate with notes of berries and rum. Roasted flavour of coffee and dark chocolate with some sweetness and notes of rum. Sweet, roasted and warming alcoholic finish.

Bottle. Spicy aroma, some alcohol. Coffee, sharp edge, which will probably smoothen out by aging. The rum does not contrast as much with the bee as in the whisky variations.

Near black with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with burned malt, dark chocolate, espresso, wood, rum and vanilla. Quite sweet flavour with burned malt, dark chocolate, vanilla, rum, espresso and hops. Finished sweet and burned. Not bad when I think of the very sweet dextrose orriginal.