Why you may ask is the rum gone? Well, I have two answers to that one question. The first one is.. I used it to start a fire to keep warm. True story, I had a bottle of some Brazillian Chachaca rum and it was so terrible that even mixed in conservative portions it was nigh on undrinkable… well, I ran out of scrap papers and didn’t want to use lighter fluid in my fire place… so I used the rum. It worked like a charm, and even burned off blue.

Second answer. Because the fine folks at Avery used it all in their Rumkin Ale. I will admit, after the demon series, I haven’t been staying on top of Avery news. I should have been though… (I still need their dictator series, so if you feel like getting me something for Christmas….) anyways, I digress. These fine folks have created their own pumpkin ale. Now, I have had countless beers that were aged in bourbon barrels, or wine barrels, or even good ol whiskey barrels… I’ve had scotch ales, etc… but I don’t believe that I have ever had a beer that was aged in rum barrels. I honestly was not expecting a lot from this brew, I knew it would be slightly sweet, and then a strong alcohol note… Well it is all of that, and so, so, so much more. This fine ale took the sweet characteristics of the rum barrels, and then with added molasses… this beer is wonderful. Sweet with forthcoming notes of brown sugar and molasses, spiced properly (Not quite as spiced as Pumpkinator, but a very nice medium). I am unsure as to what it runs a bottle as it was given to me, but it is probably in the $9 range judging by the Avery label and the 15.9% ABV. I am saying very complimentary things about this brew, and some background is that I am not a big fan of rum, I cannot emphasize this enough, so take this as a very well put together beer. It will certainly knock that winter chill right out of your bones.

Check it out.

Prosit!