Hunahpu's Imperial Stout
Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
8.36
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Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
Bottle Brewskival 2025-08-23 Helsingborg
AR: dark chocolate, vanilla, wee chili, cinnamon, roasted malt, semi sweet
AP: dark thick brown, wee sand brown lid
F: dark chocolate, vanilla, wee chili, cinnamon, roasted malt, semi sweet
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle courtesy of Freethyhops. Thanks Riley!
Served near room temperature, it pours a pitch black with a 1 finger head of dark chocolate foam. The rather good head of foam surprised me. I wonder if there's any lacing? Yes sir eee.
The smell has notes of vanilla and roasted malt, cocoa, and some spice. Could be the cinnamon mentioned on the label. Not an overly big bold nose. And just when I say that, the smell *does* intensify and is big and bold. Resmells are always a must as giving time for the beer to "breathe", perceptions can easily change.
The taste has a BIG blast of a cocoa bitterness and roasted malt, vanilla, cinnamon spice, some sweet malts, and a spicy kick about mid palate that has *got* to be from the chiles. Wow. What a kick to the flavours they are. I can taste a little bit of tartness floating around in there but not much and it isn't needed at all. Some warming starts to creep in but I can't say the alcohol is a big factor tastewise. Delicious brew.
Full bodied with lightish carbonation. Super good mouthfeel.
Drinkability? For the abv and the really thick body that this brings to the table, very good. This will easily be close to a one hour session but I ain't complaining...
May 30, 2010
EB - Bottle 22fl.oz. @ MBCC '25 [ Green 🟩 Session 🧙♂️🍻🇩🇰 ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2025, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. Shared by Ann & Rich . [20250524]
A black beer, beige lacing. Aroma of coffee beans, vanilla, sweet dark malt. Taste of sweet dark chocolate malt, vanilla, coconut.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ MBCC '25 [ Green 🟩 Session 🧙♂️🍻🇩🇰 ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2025, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. Shared by Ann & Rich . [20250524]
100ml hunat 4 euro eest?! Miks mitte! Tegelikult see on veits üle eidzinud, suht oksüdeerunud, röstine, nats vürtsikas, linnaseline, šokolaadine. Ok, vanasti oli ägedam.
Roast, old cocoa beans, mild alcohol, woody, mellow
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
sampled at Tampa Bay Beer Festival - another long time waiting to try beer - excellent imperial stout - lovely.