Indeed Rum King Imperial Stout

Rum King, circa 2018. A much better pic than
the one I posted in 2015.

Indeed Rum King Imperial Stout brewed with Cane Sugar. Brewed and bottled by Indeed Brewing Company, Mpls., MN.

Here's a beer I've sampled  tap once in a while, once or twice, and finally landed a bottle of through my sister who made it to the anniversary hullaballoo last fall, while I was busy working. She held on to that bottle until a few weeks ago, and I've been holding on to it for as long as I can hold out. Time to break it out!

Appearance: incredibly dark coloring, richly roasted brown head, lasting long, leaving lace, looking beautiful.

Aroma: screams out of the glass, all manner of dark, delicious aromatics, and that's from looming over it, not getting in close for a sniff. Very tempting…here I go…maple, charcoal, anise, and, hey, how about some rum, too? Deep stuff, dark and rich and definitely decadent. We're still just smelling, here.

Taste: Ah! Oh, yeah, I meant to say it, …AH! It's got it all, and so much more. Really rich, dense and deep, just so sweet. Fullness of body, longness of length, finish with no finality. Intense is a word, and it's apt and then some. Bee-yoo-tiful.

Whiskey and bourbon-barrel-aged imperial stouts are well known and legendary, but rum barrel-aged? Not quite so much. This is kind of amazing. It's ridiculously intense, incredible, rich and rewarding. Love. It.

I'm keeping the old pic, though
for posterity.

It's a much bigger bottle than I need, just now. Got to have a good couple hours to kill with this one (which I do, actually), or have some pals and a party, to put it away.

One thing we know for sure, Indeed Rum King is in a class of it's own.

Hey, what's the label say? "Complex notes of toffee and vanilla lure you in, with a roasty-toasty, malt-forward body burly enough to un-shiver those timbers. Make way for RUM KING, a pitch black Imperial Stout aged in freshly emptied rum barrels. Smooth, assertive, and nearly 'Navy Strength', this seaworthy and spirited brew is a bold character to be reckoned with. Brewed and bottled by Indeed Brewing Company, Minneapolis, MN. Alc. 10.5% by Vol. 70 IBU."