Island Diaries

Name: Island Diaries
Brand: Drake's Brewing Company
Rating: 4.0 (405 reviews)

Drake's Brewing Company

San Leandro, CA

Tavour Rating

4.0

Style

Belgian Quadrupel

ABV

13.6%

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About This Beer

The brewers first created a sticky-thick Belgian Quad base brewed with candi sugar. Then they aged it in French Caribbean Rum Barrels for nuances of oaky vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

Tasting Notes

This Rum Barrel-Aged brew is just the thing for dreaming about the islands. Its notes of coconut and banana from Belgian yeast inspire visions of white sand and swaying palms, while the 13.4% ABV and flavors of coffee, caramel, and candied dates will keep things feeling cozy. And after four years in Drake’s cellar, this bottle is smoother and more lucious than ever!

Sweet Complex Boozy

Noteworthy Ingredients

Belgian Candi Sugars Rum Barrel

Reviews

4.0

405 Ratings

AGonz3495

5.0

Exceptionally smooth, with the notable sweet smokiness from the rum barrels. Definitely a keeper, and a sipper!

Colormepurplex2

1.0

The rum was just a little too strong, it was all I could taste. Hard to enjoy.

Jadedtrinity

2.5

Tastes like drinking dark rum. Powerful stuff.

ChelseaMiller

5.0

Very smooth and I loved the rum flavor

JLindsay32

5.0

Coconut, Banana Bread, Rum, Caramel, Coffee Bean

Rochefort

4.25

I have always been a fan of rum barreled quads, and this was better than most. Denser, more viscous, notes of molasses, coffee, booze, banana bread and coconut. Yum!

zoesgold

4.5

This is smooth from beginning to end. The rum leaves a very nice tingling burn on the tongue. A six pack of these and a day at the beach, I’m in. More please

shawn483

5.0

if you’re a fan of Rum this is the beer for you. I’ve had a few different styles of beer aged in rum barrels and the rum is usually very subtle too nonexistent but a Belgian quadruple really helps bring the rum forward…very tasty!

matthew3854

3.75

Good

millhouse2881

4.5

Sweet with rum. Overall really good.

Jasmine

3.75

Different. Very boozy!

johl95

4.0

The rum is very present along with strong notes of banana bread and a slight hint of coffee. It’s enjoyable!

Avobandit

4.0

Different, dark and tasty.

dphie130

4.0

Amazing flavors, very smooth.

TheBeerlegacey

4.0

impressive! cellared for a long time, this one is thick, rich and warm! rum warmth with coco notes and a leathery finish!

Rowdy

5.0

I really like Belgium Quads, with the rum barreling and high ABV this beer is exceptional.

zoie

2.5

Good if someone likes darker beer but to me it tastes like soy sause. I love the design though.

SeriousJest

5.0

Rum taste is very powerful, but I love rum.

KevLSquared

1.0

drain pour.

Pyratemnky

4.5

just shy of 5 stars. this was a very enjoyable beer if you like rum. the aged rum adds a tasty note on the back end. it is very boozy, so easy to be over whelmed.

LMcMasters

4.0

delicious rum flavor that gets better as it warms. a little thin bodied but still get the Belgian flavor from the dried fruit

robert7173

4.25

i liked the rum flavors going on with this quad

robert7258

3.0

PeteWindu

4.0

smooth taste of the islands with coconut and banana notes all pulling from the rum which is noticeable but not overpowering