Big Sound - Bourbon Barrel Aged
Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Special Out of Production|
Score
7.67
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Cigar City Brewing during the RBWG 2015 welcome event. Dark brownish black with light tan ehad. Aromas of dark fruit, chocolate, bourbon, booze. Tastes of bourbon, alcohol, dark chocolate, cocoa, dark fruit, caramel. Full body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Mar 2015
at 00:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft - Boozy bourbon notes, not much else. Deep brown with a decent beige head. Chocolate, vanilla and light bourbon notes. Balanced roast flavors with a touch of smoke.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Feb 2015
at 07:24
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Rating #3100. Bottle shared by Tony. Pours brown color with tan head. Aromas of toasted malts, caramel, bourbon, and some oak. Bourbon and toasted malt flavor with caramel, oak, and some nuttiness. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
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Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2015
at 14:02
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draught at AIBF session 3 cons 2014-11-15 Göteborg AR: bourbon vanilla, chocolate, coffey AP: dark brown body, wee staouthy head F: peppery, heavy chocolate, dry, bready, bourbon vanilla, to heavy and to much for me
Tried
on 18 Nov 2014
at 11:31
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at All In Beerfest, 2014. Pours murky brown with a small beige head. Aroma is bourbon, corn, raisins, figs, vanilla, some coffee. Taste is bourbon with big malty flavours, toffee, coffee, figs, vanilla, slight warming alcohol in the end. Medium to full body, light to medium carbo, oily texture. Very well balanced, drinkable despite its complex character. Bravo.
Tried
on 17 Nov 2014
at 05:02
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Dark brown pour with thin head. Aroma and taste of bourbon, vanilla, light smoke and leather. Hides alcohol really well. Quite complex and very tasty.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2014
at 14:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle received in trade. Thank you rfraga7! Pours tiny hazy dark reddish brown with a small frothy mocha head that leaves some lacing and trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is sweet, malty and slightly fruity with caramel, biscuits, toffee, vanilla fudge, coconut shavings, peat, charred wood, raisins, prunes, hay, liquorice fudge and bourbon. Taste is sweet, tiny bitter, malty, and slightly fruity with caramel, toffee, vanilla fudge, milk chocolate, coconut milk, charred wood, raisins in rum, figs in brandy, smoked meat, bourbon, liquorice fudge, hay and hints of orange zest. Mouthfeel is soft, round, fat, creamy, boozy and near full bodied. Finish is sweet, slightly bitter and malty with caramel, biscuits, toffee, vanilla fudge, charred wood, toasted coconut, bourbon, raisins, hay, cocoa powder and hints of liquorice. Sweet, heavy barrel character yet manages to find a vulgar balance. --- Beer merged from original tick of Big Sound - Bourbon Barrel Aged on 07 Jul 2017 at 13:35 - Score: 8. Original review text: EB
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2014
at 11:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle (2009 vintage drank in 2013): Poured a cloudy dark burgundy color ale with a small dark brown foamy head with light retention and some light lacing. Aroma of bourbon notes with light vanilla with a heavy malt base with quite a bit of residual sugars. Taste is also dominated by heavy caramel malt with quite bit of residual sugar with some medium bourbon notes with light vanilla notes. Body is full with medium carbonation and light warming alcohol notes. Drank very well for a four year old beer but ultimately this beer is a sipper and can’t be enjoyed in large quantities.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2013
at 13:04
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2009 Vintage. Bottle 84/246. 750mL bottle, sent from St. Fun (thanks a lot, Josh), pours an opaque murky dark mahogany with a tiny beige head. Aroma is still quite hot after all these years, with heavy bourbon notes, caramel, and booze. Flavour is extremely potent and rich, full of bourbon barrels, alcohol and rich caramel. Quite boozy, as usual for a Cigar City barrel aged brew. Very round and flavourful, though not as easy drinking as the regular Big Sound. Drinkable in small amounts, but too boozy for much more than that. Decent, but flawed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2013
at 09:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Share by bobochamps , drank with the crew of Against the grain Struise Alvinne And travlr Pours black/ brown , no foam . Sweet , bourbonish .. Borning
Tried
on 24 Apr 2013
at 01:36