Cigar City Brewing Big Sound - Bourbon Barrel Aged

Big Sound - Bourbon Barrel Aged

 

Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, Florida, United States 🇺🇸

  Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Special Out of Production
Score
7.67
ABV: 12.0% IBU: 42 Ticks: 62
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8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at Pilsner Pete’s RBSG and then again at my house. What are the odds of getting two bourbon barrel aged Big Sounds in one week in NJ? Apparently pretty good. Pours a brownish almost black color with tan head. Nose is coffee, toffee, smoked wood, molasses and brown sugar. Taste is lightly smoked wood, toffee, vanilla, alcohol, maple brown sugar and light molasses.
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2010 at 16:46

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8
bottle at RBWG, pours dark brown with a medium light tan head. Aroma is sweet cream and bourbon. Flavor is bready malts and yeast flavors with some light bourbon and vanilla in the finish. I like the original, but I love this one.
Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2010 at 13:40

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
750mL bottle, 47/246 shared by iowaherkeye.. Nose of oak bourbon, and toffee with a hint of maple. Hazy brown with a big tan head. Flavor is toffee, maple, woddiness, and a light pepperiness.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2010 at 17:15

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
750ml bottle pours a translucent, caramel brown with very little creamy beige head. Aroma is vanilla, butterscotch, apples, pears. Flavor is sweet, caramel, butterscotch. Missing the peat of a Scotch ale. Full bodied, sweet finish.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Apr 2010 at 18:45

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of ryan - thanks! Muddy, chunky brown, edge head, no lacing. Aroma of alcohol, chocolate. Taste is sweet butterscotch and chocolate. Too light bodied, too sweet, especilay for a BA. 8-4-7-3-13-3.5. Rerate at RBWG brewery tour. 3.8
Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2010 at 17:42

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle @ cgarvieuk, paired with the unaltered version. Brown colour, tan head. Aroma of bourbon, more vanilla, sour fruits, roasted malts. Flavour of bourbon, vanilla, roasted malts and fruits. Quite sweet.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2010 at 07:10

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
bottle 111 at home ... thanks to thecheeseman .... short lived tan head ... deeep cherry richer nose than normal ... light vanilla nose ... bourbon front ... soft fruits again ... but quite a lot of vanilla and coconut ....prefer the original ... 3.5 TK2 Same bottle 4 days latter ... if anything i think this has got better ... deep brown ... rich caramel vanilla nose ... soft rich fruits .... coconut ... soft roast malt ... this has definitely improved with the breathing ... 3.9 Leaving as is after all who else is likl to let it breath for 4 days
Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2010 at 08:03

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Sampled at the January ’10 Metro Detroit tasting. Thanks to northernbrews again! Poured a very murky deep brown with a brown head. Aroma was quite boozy with some underlying dark grains and vanilla. Flavor was boozy as well with dark grains and some cereal notes. The beer was nice and slick on the tongue.
Tried on 13 Jan 2010 at 16:42

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle 74 of 246. Pours out a nice black topped with a medium white head. Aroma is pitfruit, light wood, roast nutts. Taste is much more of the roasted nutts along witht he sweet pitfruit and a little oak. Thanks douglas for sharing this treat.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2010 at 20:15

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle courtesy of dkachur on 09/12/2009. Bottle 214/246. Somewhat cloudy dark brown body with a medium frothy light brown head. Sweet oak and smoky aroma with a bit of chocolate and roast. Sweet oak and chocolate flavor with a bit of roast. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2009 at 13:20