8.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Bottle from Holiday Market. Pours a pitch black with almost no head and floating coconut pieces on top. Big tropical rum nose with toasted coconut and coconut oil aromas surrounded by cacao nib aromas. A touch of vanilla and coffee notes as it warms. Smooth on the palate, medium body with more rum, coconut and toasted brownie notes. Some cinnamon lingers on the palate at the end with more chocolate, rum and coconut. A homerun from Bell's. Glad I was able to track down a bottle this year.

8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

From tap at MBCC 17. Black color with beige brown head. Roasted malty aroma, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, licorice, dark dried fruits, coconut, spicy, wood, alcohol. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Almost full oily body with soft carbonation.

8.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draught @ MBCC '17 [ Red Session ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2017, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. [ As Bell's Blackbeard's Rum Barrel Bear Hug ].Clear dark black brown colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, coconut, chocolate, roasted - coffee - spicy - csake. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, coconut, roasted, dark malt, chocolate, cake, wood - rum - spicy. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel has notes of alcohol. [20170513] 9-4-8-4-16

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7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Draught at MBCC. Red Session. Almost black body, clingy lacing from a filmy layer. Inviting smell of chocolate, oak and bread. Flavours of vanilla oak and chocolate cake supported by a delicate rum touch. Rounded and mid-sweet, lightly roasted malty finish. Fine bodied. Likable sipper. (Copenhagen 13.05.2017).

8.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sampled at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2017. Very dark brown pour with a tan head. Notes of perfumey spiced rum, cinnamon, chocolate, toffee, light cocoa. Quite good! --- Beer merged from original tick of Blackbeard’s Rum Barrel Aged Bear Hug Stout on 17 Jun 2017 at 15:43 - Score: 8

8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Keg at cbc17 Red.. Dark black... Thin tan lacing... Soft sweet chocolate vanilla roast malts nose... Heavy chocolate roast... Little too cold... Heavy sweet chocolate roast malts... Massive coconut

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Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Sampled @ Mikkeller Beer Celebration 2017, Red Session. Schwarze Farbe. Geruch ist süß schokoladig röstmalzig, Vanille, bourbon, rum. Geschmack ist süß schokoladig, Kaffee, Vanille, rumfass, super.

7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Tap @MBCC2017, Red Session. Black, small beige head. Aroma has barrel, cocoa, rum. Boozy flavour, syrupy with coffee and light cocoa. Long boozy bite.