Cigar City Brewing Big Sound Scotch Ale

Big Sound Scotch Ale

 

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

  Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular
Score
7.48
ABV: 9.9% IBU: 27 Ticks: 98
Big Sound Scotch Ale is dedicated to our good buddy Gino, the most punk rock bagpiper you’ll ever meet, and the rest of the men and women of Tampa Bay Pipes and Drums. Brown in color, Big Sound has huge notes of dark sweet toffee with underlying mild notes of coffee in the aroma. The flavor starts with a slight note of cherry and then opens into a Goliath of a malt character with notes of dark sweet toffee, slight hints of coffee and mild notes of toasted bread in the finish. Big Sound Scotch Ale pairs well with Haggis, Highland Games, Huge Heads and Enormous Pillows and of course Bagpipe music.
 

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8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

rich roasty malt aromas with lots of caramel, some smoke,and a touch of chocolate. The flavor is very very malty. there is a nice sweet breadiness, with touches of tobacco, and cocoa. A nice scotch ale.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:29


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

(Bottle) Dark brown colour with creamy, beige head. Malty nose with caramel, coffee, liquorice, dark chocolate and nuts. Malty, slightly roasted taste with notes of caramel, coffee, liquorice, port wine, dark chocolate, raisins, hints of peat and a gentle spicy bitterness in the finish. Almost full body, with a certain sweetness. Mellow, well balanced and tasty. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2025 at 22:04


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Flaska från SB. Brun, något murken, med beige krona. Maltig och lätt rökig med toner av toffee, choklad, kaffe och rågbröd. Enkel och rakt på men är också precis vad den ska vara. Välgjort och mycket gott.

Tried on 03 Oct 2020 at 12:37


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Rubinbrun vätska med ett tunt kaffegräddefärgat skum. Rågbröd, russin, mörk gräddkola, choklad och en lätt mörkrostad kaffearom. Lätt syltig inledning sedan en stabil maltkropp som tar plats mitt på torget. Från utkanten seglar snabbt neutral beska. Den uppväger den uppdeffade sötman och tillför ytterligare smakdimensioner. Mycket värmande men ändå diskret eldighet. Munfyllnaden är från en exklusiv klubb där chesterfieldfåtöljen inbjuder till en bekväm sittstund.

Tried on 19 Sep 2020 at 18:08


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared by masterofhoppets. Pours dark reddish brown with a medium brown head. Aromas of prunes, dates, chocolate, raisins, malt, caramel, light booze, cherries. Taste has lots of malt, caramel, sweet dark fruits. Lots of raisins, prunes, dates, rye bread, some anis, chocolate, subtle cherry like notes.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

650ml bottle. Dark brown colour with ruby glimmer and small, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Sweet-ish, toasty, caramel malty and nutty aroma, notes of dark caramel, toffee, some treacle, roasted nuts, a touch of liquorice. Taste is sweet and slightly dry, toasty malty, nutty, notes of treacle, caramel, malt lozenge, hints of roasted nuts, toffee, some Bourbon, vanilla, burnt caramel, bitter hoppy counterpart flashes up in the finish. Rich, intense - not my favourite kind of style.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2019 at 20:35


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

750ml bottle from Doodler in 2011. Batch 1 is on the label. Pours dark brown with a small beige head, light lacing. Dark malts, chocolate, raisins, leather and sweet toffee. It has held up good for 10 years old.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2019 at 01:40


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Backlog. Pours very dark brown with a beige head. Slightly roasted malt with sweet chocolate, candied sugar, wood. Clean and full bodied. Very nice.

Tried from Can on 04 Sep 2017 at 15:33


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

650ml bottle from Beergium. Dark brown, cola coloured beer with very small and quickly vanishing head. Aroma has strong flavors of dark malts, bread, raisins and ripe fruits; plum mostly. Taste has malts, caramel, raisins, some ripe fruits and warming alchocol & sugar at the end. Moderate sweetness, medium carbonation and body. Reminds me a bit of stronger Belgium ales. Quite good.

Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2017 at 11:59


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle, 650 ml from Beergium. Shared with rest at the grand tasting 11/2016. Pours dark brown with small tan head. Average to heavy malty, roasty, caramel, some dark fruit, nutty. Moderate sweetness, medium bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2017 at 07:51