Hunahpu's Imperial Stout
Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
8.35
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In Mayan mythology, Hun Hunahpu was the father of the Mayan hero twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque. Hun Hunahpu, along with his brother Vucub Hunahpu, was tricked by the Dark Lords of the underworld and slain. Hun Hunahpu’s corpse morphed into a cacao tree, his head becoming a cacao pod, which in typically awesome mythology fashion, spit upon the hand of a young maiden named Xiquic who promptly became pregnant with the hero twins. The twins would ultimately grow up to avenge their father and uncle and defeat the Dark Lords and ascend the heavens to become the moon and sun. We brew Hunahpu’s® Imperial Stout once a year and release it only at the brewery on the second Saturday in March. We will continue to do so until the end of the cycle.
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8.1/10
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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
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
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brewski Brewery
on 05 Oct 2025
at 15:31
8.4/10
LCI. Well-cellared. Up front on the nose, the spice has faded, so comes across like a Russian Imperial stout, in the mouth it’s still got all the Mexican spice. Nice chili heat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2025
at 14:43
8.5/10
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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
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
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2025
at 21:14
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2025
at 19:57
8/10
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]
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2025
at 19:02
8/10
A black beer, beige lacing. Aroma of coffee beans, vanilla, sweet dark malt. Taste of sweet dark chocolate malt, vanilla, coconut.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2025
at 17:42
8/10
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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]
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2025
at 17:04
8/10
Tried
on 26 Mar 2025
at 11:48
7/10
100ml hunat 4 euro eest?! Miks mitte! Tegelikult see on veits üle eidzinud, suht oksüdeerunud, röstine, nats vürtsikas, linnaseline, šokolaadine. Ok, vanasti oli ägedam.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2024
at 18:38
7/10
Roast, old cocoa beans, mild alcohol, woody, mellow
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2024
at 18:31