Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Growler with much thanks to Greg. In spite of a little leaking during transit, this still opened with a hiss and poured a very cloudy, dirty orange with a little bit of a head. Aromas are interesting, to say the least. Grapefruit and, (if my memory serves me), guava and celery... Flavor is fruit dominated... grapefruit and guava, but this goes very well together. There is a bit of a grassy edge to it and some pine/cedar to it as well. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but this one is a winner, especially as something different.
jcwattsrugger (14801) reviewed Maduro from Cigar City Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
@Pilsner Petes East Coast Gathering-growler–pours a light tan head and hazy amber color. Aroma is dark malt-peat/roasty, earthy hops. Taste is dark malt-peat/earthy/coffee, earthy/leathery hops. Interesting. Thanks notalush for sharing.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
This is dark, could be the darkest stout I’ve found yet. Not just opaque black in the glass but the stream pouring from the bottle is nearly opaque, just hints at reddish brown, otherwise barely passes any light! Large foamy head, dark brown in color. Aroma is full of roast and burnt chocolate, maybe there’s a raisin or other dark fruitiness in the background. The flavor is equally roasty, with hints of a resinous wood and burnt coffee. After the first swallow, the resinous wood starts up in the nose and now seems very apparent. Drier than expected, though full bodied without a doubt. Hops are there if you concentrate, kinda spicy, lending a long bitter finish. Alcohol is not obvious, amazingly.
gnoff (11189) reviewed 110K+OT Batch #2 I.R.I.S. from Cigar City Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 10
First rating75 cl bottle thanks to sebletitje!On June 16, 2009. Shared with a bunch of the Göteborg ratebeerians.Black color, dark brown head. Salty, sweet, alcohol, hoppy, malty, a bit fruity scent, also some wood and a bit of smoke. Salty, burnt, wood, smoke, coffee, roasted, char coal taste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.8/5/7/5/17=4.3Rerate750 ml bottle shared @ Timos CCB Day tasting on July 7, 2012.Black color, dark brown head. Sweet, raissin, chocolate, malty, alcohol scent. Sweet, salty, charcoal, malty, wet stones taste. Mineral, roasted, ash aftertaste. Smooth full mouthfeel, medium bitterness.9/4/9/5/19=4.6
gnoff (11189) reviewed Big Sound Scotch Ale from Cigar City Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
75 cl bottle thanks to sebletitje!On June 16, 2009. Shared with a bunch of the Göteborg ratebeerians.Shady dark brown color, big nice tan to orange head. Sweet, hoppy, malty, licorice, alcohol scent. Salty, malty, caramel, coffee, chocolate taste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium high bitterness. Warming alcohol. Dryish finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Growler courtesy GodofThunder. Ruby color. Loads of coffee and chocolate in the nose on this one, luxuriant almost. Sweet balanced malt flavors, a bit nutty with a backdrop of coffee. Great coffee finish with a kiss of hops and no lack of malt backbone to finish it out.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Growler courtesy GodofThunder. Ruby color with a light head. Touch of vanilla in the nose with a touch of woodiness and tobacco makes it come across almost like a dipped cigar. But the strong vanilla flavor comes across like vanilla creme soda mixed with brown ale, not crazy about it, but vanilla isn’t my favorite. Easy finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
32oz growler from the brewery pours up very dark with just a bit of brown peaking through right at the edges and nice mocha head. The modest strength aroma emits soft notes of cedar with faint notes of pine to fir tree hops, highly roasted malts, dark chocolate and a sense of caramel. The taste is full and bold with notes of dark roastiness, smooth cedar, dark chocolate and then a dash of caramel. By midway the cedar takes over along with some pine like fir tree hops. Into the finish I get lingering roastiness, cedar, mild pine hops and a bit of dry dark chocolate. Very tasty stuff with a load of flavor.
beastiefan2k (4725) reviewed Maduro from Cigar City Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Growler at PilsnerPeter’s Spring Gathering. courtesy of notalush, thanks Brandon this is my first Cigar City brew. Aroma is very original, its mix of woody fumes, very different, almost like a cigar. This is all mixed up with a sweet pea aroma (in a good way) and this is very earthy and soil/muddy like a Scottish brew. The word rustic comes to mind with this aroma, weirdly smoky. The flavor is much less original but more straight up brown ale, just that sweet pea, earthy, natural, flavor. This does make an interesting brown ale which is hard to come by.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Thanks to juiceisloose for this one - shared at Peter’s NY gathering - a very turbid pour - quite sweet, even for a scotch ale, but that is really my only complaint - low carbonation, with a smooth mouthfeel - a lot of caramel, toffee, and plum, on top of a soft peaty and smoky character - a bit of roasted nuts and cherries - quite earthy, but the smoke phenols take a back seat to the sweetness.