Bolita Double Nut Brown Ale - Double Barrel
Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.89
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Spanish Brandy and Bourbon barrel-aged Bolita Double Nut Brown Ale
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7/10
Slightly musty in aroma. Taste is hint of brandy barrel, oak, light bourbon on thr finish. Held up well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2021
at 16:47
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
bottle. Pours cloudy mahogany, small tan head, ring of residual. Aroma is rum, dark sugars, bourbon, toffee, caramel, vanilla. Flavor is fairly sweet, light bitter. Full body. Noice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2020
at 04:09
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Opened the 750ml at noon during the pandemic. Pours murky dark brown with no head. The aroma offers up brown sugar fueled malts and then a bourbon nuanced brandy booziness. The taste delivers similar notes with slick sweet thick maltiness and brown sugar. It quickly flows into soft supple sweet bourbon and a simmering cherry and date reduction sauce with an edge of boozy brandy. Solid noon time sipper.
Tried
on 18 Apr 2020
at 19:09
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle shared. Pours very dark brown with a medium brown head. Aromas of dark fruits, chocolatey malts, lots of brandy boozy notes, vanilla, caramel. Taste is sweet, lightly oxidized character, butterscotch, vanilla, bready malts, nuts. Impressive!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tasting at Matt's
Dark brown colour. Aroma of raisins, of Royal Oak pub in London, tobacco, light almonds, bourbon. Full bodied, strong raisin, good malt depth, caramel, strong bourbon too, which leads to some ending booziness.
Not very classy, but very good.
Dark brown colour. Aroma of raisins, of Royal Oak pub in London, tobacco, light almonds, bourbon. Full bodied, strong raisin, good malt depth, caramel, strong bourbon too, which leads to some ending booziness.
Not very classy, but very good.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2018
at 20:31
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle (thx, Chris S.!) at Matt's. Pours a dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is lots of toffee and bourbon. Taste is similar. Good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2018
at 06:48
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle - Bourbon and toffee. Jet brown with a small beige head. Sweet Syrupy and caramel notes. A bit thing and sweet with tons of raisin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2018
at 06:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark brown,with a bit of haze. Thin head. Sweet alcohol up front, and a bit of nuttiness, and there's some barrel. Nice soft malt character. I like the barrel note - I think the brandy is respectable. Good. Like really nice.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2018
at 06:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750mL bottle, pours a deep dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma brings out lots of toasted caramel, bready notes, plenty of bourbon, and a bit of toffee. Flavour is decadent, with heaps of caramel, loads of bourbon, brown sugar, and vanilla. This is a massive beer - loads of bourbon and brown sugar on the finish. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2018
at 06:31
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(On tap @ MBCC 2017 Blue Session, Copenhagen) Pours basically black with a pale tan head. Notes of fairly dark malt with notes of raw sugar, toffee, dark caramel, rather woody, moderate bourbon, sweet dried fruit/raisin quality that felt a touch brandied, vanilla, light chocolate, nutty toast, rather sweet overall but finishing moderately dry, some alcohol, spirit-soaked wood, light spicebox, vanilla, soft fruit. Medium-full bodied, low carbonation, a bit of boozy heat. Proper ASA, a bit loaded on barrel and booze for a double-barrel piece, didn't necessarily smooth the bourbon out with the brandy as much as I'd desire. Still a good sip.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2018
at 18:32