Across The Alley
Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: 3 Sons Brewing CompanyStout - Imperial Special
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Score
8.14
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Between Cigar City Brewing’s home in Tampa and 3 Sons Brewing Co.’s Dania Beach brewery lies Alligator Alley, an 80-mile strectch of the I-75 that boasts more gators than gas stations. Repeated trips across this reptilian thoroughfare have resulted in Across The Alley, a Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout with Chocolate, Vanilla and Coffee.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Sampled from the tap at the Spruce street location. Pours a dark brown with a light brown head that dissipates quickly and completely. Aroma has bourbon and vanilla that is cut by some chocolate and slightly sweet dark grains. Flavor has a nice combination of chocolate, bourbon and vanilla with growing dark grains.
Tried
from Draft
at
Cigar City Brewing
on 31 Jan 2026
at 16:54
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
750ml bottle. Thanks to Vastactiv. Tasting at Ardes. Lots of chocolate, vanilla, warmth and coffee in aroma and flavor. Long finish. Pretty damn awesome. Complex. Bourbon in perfect balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2021
at 08:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle, 0.75 l, thanks VastActiv, at Arde, 20210123) The beer poured oily and black. Its head was small and lightly brown. Aroma had burnt malts and dark chocolate. Palate was full bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were burnt malts, vineousness, dark chocolate, vanilla, ash and bitterness. Aftertaste was burnt, woody and bitter. A delicious burnt brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2021
at 16:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Ardes residence, Helsinki. Color is dark brown with very small head. Aromas and flavors: Dark chocolate, some milk chocolate, bourbon and roasted malts. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2021
at 16:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle. Sweet, roasty and heavy with some coffee, toffee, bourbon, vanilla and syrup. Heavy and intense.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2020
at 11:01
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
750 ml bottle from the Catador Club. Aroma is a rich chocolate, mellow vanilla, hint of coffee. Flavor is bold fudge, vanilla, hints is bitter coffee. Alcohol is only noticed after the sip. Initially for the gravity it’s not nearly as strong as it really is.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2020
at 02:06
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle (2018 vintage) pour--thanks Chris and CJ! Appearance is opaque black with no discernible sparkle, ~ finger-width light brown foamy head with decent retention and no lacing. Aroma is extremely rich cocoa/baker's chocolate (as it warms), vanilla, bourbon barrel and mild coffee. Taste is strong chocolate/fudge, vanilla and bourbon barrel with milder late coffee roast and faint bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium-to-full bodied, thick texture, soft carbonation, late great alcohol warmth, and finish as taste. Overall, even after two years (because of two years?) this is fantastic. Subtle changes as it warms and nice nuances if you are ready to appreciate it. Incredibly well balanced and delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2020
at 02:04
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Power tasting at Salesforce
Pitch black colour. Wonderful aroma of vanilla and chocolate. Sweet, rich, with strong chocolate flavour, some bourbon, and mild roasty character, maybe also from the coffee; quite strong alcohol.
Wonderful.
Pitch black colour. Wonderful aroma of vanilla and chocolate. Sweet, rich, with strong chocolate flavour, some bourbon, and mild roasty character, maybe also from the coffee; quite strong alcohol.
Wonderful.
Tried
on 18 Apr 2020
at 09:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Jet black with a small brown head. Fudge, dark chocolate, cocoa and some nutty notes. Dark and fudgy with light minty vanilla notes and barrel. Nice, but no coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2020
at 05:15
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
750ml (thx, John L.!) at Sales Force. Appearance: almost black with a beige head. Aroma: roasted malts, bourbon, some chocolate. Taste: along the same lines, chocolate, bourbon, some vanilla and booze. Slight peppery notes on the back coming from coffee. Overall: good one.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2020
at 04:14