Big Sound
Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
7.45
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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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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Scotch Ale isn’t really my favorite style, though there are a few that I like quite well. I count Big Sound among the better group, but it’s still a bit too sweet and sticky for me. The flavors are nice, though. Big caramel, toffee and molasses. Maybe a hint of some fruitier notes, like apricot, and maybe some smoke but not enough to make an impact. Round feel, though it finishes kinda sticky. Good enough beer, just sweet. I tend to compare every Scotch Ale to AleSmith’s Wee Heavy, and this beer doesn’t hold up to that one. However, it’s still among the best Scotch Ales I’ve tried.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2010
at 18:45
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours a dark muddy brown, almost cola color with tan head. Nose is molasses, caramel, brown sugar and toffee. Taste is thick caramel butterscotch candy, toffee, sticky molasses and brown sugars.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2010
at 20:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled @PBF2010 (thanks Joey Redner!). Ruby colour, small brown head.Aroma is fruits, wood, some alcohol and quite sweet overall. Flavour is quite sweet, but still has some nuts, syrup, wood, fruits and quite a hard edge to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2010
at 02:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled (PBF)
Dark nut brown color, decent steady beige head. Aroma has raisins, cellar and wood. Lots of alcohol, raisins, licorice, toffee. Long warming aftertaste. Strong Scotch Ale.
Dark nut brown color, decent steady beige head. Aroma has raisins, cellar and wood. Lots of alcohol, raisins, licorice, toffee. Long warming aftertaste. Strong Scotch Ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2010
at 02:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
750 ml bottle from the brewery, shared with Nico, Felix and Philip. Pours dark maroon, medium brown head, decent lacing. Aroma of licorice, dates, prunes. Taste has chocolate, licorice, caramel. Decent stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2010
at 13:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ Papsø. Thanks. Pours dark brown with a small creamy head. Nose is sweet and vinous. coffee, liquorice and caramel. Heavy sweet with lots of toffee and an oaky touch. Full bodied. Ends very dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2010
at 09:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
75 cL bottle, courtesy of Papsoe. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is hoppy and roasted malt, slight caramelish. Fruity, hoppy and light caramelish sweet flavoured. Distinct bitterness and mild fruity note into the finish. Rather American take on a scotch ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2010
at 11:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sweet aroma with hard roasted malt, caramel, dark chocolate and coffee notes. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, sweet flavour with roasted malt, dark chocolate and coffee hints. Finished sweet.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2010
at 12:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
cloudy brown, small ligt brown head nice sweet cookie like fruiy aroma. faint. wood? or is i t faint dark fruits flavor is sort of stale hoppy, dark fruity, caramel, toffee, various spicy notes. complex, things to explore - but the initial overall impression is well brewed old beer. re-rate 2010-09-17 at plovmand tasting bottled version. nice woody aroma, spices, very very nice aroma. 8 flavor is dark fruits spices, wood, faint hops, very complex and very tasty. 8 second tasting of this beer was much better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2010
at 12:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of daknole. Pours an opaque dark amber with an off-white head. Aroma of caramel and alcohol. Solid body, caramel, fruit and a little wood. Some warming alcohol in the finish. 230410
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2010
at 12:00