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Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular Out of Production|
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High gravity black ale brewed with Ty Ty honey, copious amounts of hops and aged on toasted Spanish Cedar.
Part 2 of a 4 beer collaboration between Cigar City, Hill Farmstead, and Grassroots.
A note from Joey Redner: "The beers are basically black IPA’s brewed with lots of Citra, Mt. Rainier and Simcoe along with Ty Ty honey from North Florida aged on medium toast Spanish Cedar. There are different hop additions in the Hill Farmstead/Grassroots version (Or) and the 2-row base malt in the CCB version (Either) is replaced with Pilsner malt in the Vermont/Denmark version (Or). There are also some process differences which is one of the purposes of a collaboration; allowing breweries to learn from each other.
The goal was to make two beers that were alike, but slightly different due to preferences in regional approach and access to ingredients. The four beers in this collaborative series will be named:
Either, Or, Neither and Nor. Either and Or will release first and the other two will follow. Both Either and Or were brewed at CCB, but Neither and Nor will be brewed as single batches in both Vermont and Denmark.
Part 2 of a 4 beer collaboration between Cigar City, Hill Farmstead, and Grassroots.
A note from Joey Redner: "The beers are basically black IPA’s brewed with lots of Citra, Mt. Rainier and Simcoe along with Ty Ty honey from North Florida aged on medium toast Spanish Cedar. There are different hop additions in the Hill Farmstead/Grassroots version (Or) and the 2-row base malt in the CCB version (Either) is replaced with Pilsner malt in the Vermont/Denmark version (Or). There are also some process differences which is one of the purposes of a collaboration; allowing breweries to learn from each other.
The goal was to make two beers that were alike, but slightly different due to preferences in regional approach and access to ingredients. The four beers in this collaborative series will be named:
Either, Or, Neither and Nor. Either and Or will release first and the other two will follow. Both Either and Or were brewed at CCB, but Neither and Nor will be brewed as single batches in both Vermont and Denmark.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Drank this one with joes, countbeer and benzai. We had both Either and Or and the Or was my favorite of the 2. Taste and mouthfeel were the best things about this beer.
Tried
on 14 Jun 2011
at 10:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is roasted, smoked malt, coffee, alcohol, grapefruit. Flavour is roasted smoked malt, coffee, hop, grapefruit, alcohol. Full bodied nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2011
at 23:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty hoppy aroma with hints of licorice. Roasted malty hoppy bitter flavor with hints of licorice. Has a roasted malty hoppy bitter chocolate and licorice finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2011
at 06:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle at home ... dark black .... soft sweet roast ... little smoke hop ... soft rich fruity nose ... hoppier tha the either .. little more bitter ... little dryier ... bitter dark chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2011
at 15:11
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 10
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Churchkey, shared with some dude named Mike. Slightly lighter, smaller head, variegated brown. Aroma of burnt fireplace embers. Taste has lots of dark roasted malts, slightly sweet, with a dry smoke and cedar chest finish. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2011
at 18:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle that was kindly passed on by Jan (Fonefan) many thanks Jan, shared with Peter Fowler, Shoulder of Mutton at tasting at his pub 28.04.11 Another very balck pour again its shark eye black with a beige head. Really roasty, but smoothness from the off robust in the mouth, liquorice again and there is dark chocolate. In fact along with woodiness (cedar?) noted a soft aroma of freshly laundered sheets, nice but unusual. This is just softer, touch hoppier and altogether more instantly likeable than the Either which may I add was very decent. A7 A5 T8 P4 Ov15 3.9
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2011
at 06:52
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 355ml @ Geokkjer
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of malt, alcohol and citrus. Taste is medium to heavy bitter and medium sweet. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of malt, alcohol and citrus. Taste is medium to heavy bitter and medium sweet. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2011
at 13:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 12oz, thx to Meilby. A next to pitch black beer, topped by a dense, tan head of moderate size. The aroma is on the hoppy side, like sticking your head into a bag of American C-hops. Pine cones, resins and lots of citrus. There’s hints of roasted malts and a faint note of licorice too. The flavor is quite alcoholic, in a nice way, with roasted malts in the back and lots of hops up front. A good bitterness too. Full-bodied and warming, almost sticky. Lasting finish with alcohol, roasted malts and loads of hops. A big one, a wonderful one. 110420
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2011
at 13:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ DOE Tasting, Fox & Hounds, Holstebro.Clear dark brown color with a average to large, creamy to frothy, good lacing, mostly lastingg, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, honey, moderate hoppy, grapefruit, citrus. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, wood. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110329]
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2011
at 06:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Kyle. Pours near black with a grayish brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has pine with roasted malt and a bit of dark chocolate. Flavor starts with roasted malt which is joined by pine and a bit of dark chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2011
at 21:43