7.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Growler
on 04 Jun 2009
at 12:01
8/10
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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.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2009
at 18:06
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Many thanks to Dickinsonbeer for sharing this at Peter’s NY gathering - this beer is seriously intense - so much so, that I’m glad I only got a couple of ounces of it - any more may have killed me - this beer is so bad-ass, it makes Chuck Norris cry - it’s so bad ass, that I am going to spend my entire rating saying almost nothing about the beer at all, except this: I was surprised at how the cedar was able to add an interesting and tasty dimension to the beer - why haven’t other brewers tried this? - anyway, back to the utterly useless comments - this beer is so bad ass, it made me ultra-virile for several minutes, and I impregnated several woman just by looking at them - it’s so bad ass, it makes that dude in Tennessee with 21 kids look like a homosexual in comparison - your mama’s so fat, when she gets on the scale, it says, "to be continuned" - wait...I seem to have gotten off topic...that’s how bad ass this beer is!
Tried
on 01 Jun 2009
at 23:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Many thanks to juiceisloose for sending me a growler of this - shared at Peter’s NY gathering - lighty hazy, dark brown pour - nose of roasted nuts, leafy bitterness, brown sugar, tobacco (though this may have been a mental association based on the beer’s name) - this is a well-executed brown ale - a nice mixture of light bitterness, nutty character, light sweetness - a little fruity on the back end, with moderate cocoa dryness and earthy hops rounding things out - a well done take on a style that most people don’t appreciate.
Tried
from Growler
on 31 May 2009
at 22:00
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draft @ the Great Orlando Beer Festival. Pours black with creamy brown head. Aromas of burnt malts, chocolate, coffee, licorice and piney hops. Similar flavors. The cedar adds a unique type of woodiness to the flavor. Full body with soft carbonation, creamy mouthfeel and hoppy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 May 2009
at 20:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured up on tab at the 05/28/09 Brass Tap CCB tasting with a slightly hazy brown – amber body and nice looking lasting tan head with spotty lacing. The aroma is sweet with malts, vanilla and a dash of caramel. Overall the aroma is moderate in strength and is able to bend the will of the drinker to go ahead and take a sip even if you’re not ready. The taste is much roastier then the nose and is tempered by the smooth near creamy oatmeal-ness. It begins with mild vanilla and caramel notes before layers upon layer of roast to dark roastiness take over. The vanilla persists in the background and build some into the finish. It ends a bit roasty dry but with lingering vanilla sweetness.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 May 2009
at 23:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured up on tab at the 05/26/09 Datz Deli CCB tasting with a slightly hazy brown – amber body and nice looking lasting tan head. The aroma is dark roasted coffee beans with faint roasted malts and a hint of sweetness. The taste hits first with oatmeal aided smooth notes from dark roasted coffee and roasty malts. Toward midway a brief moment of drying astringency surfaces. Midway and to the finish it gets really roasty with dark roasted coffee grounds. It ends refreshing, somewhat dry, roasty and with lingering coffee. Very nice coffee beer.
Tried
on 26 May 2009
at 22:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours deep dark with brown edges and mocha head. The aroma is nearly huge and not in anyway mild with spiciness mixed with coco nib goodness to go along with a slab of black licorice and spicy hops in the background. The taste is the same with tasty good ole’ yum-chocolate blended with a bag full of pepper spices in tow. By midway I get some roast taking hold followed by a black licorice bite and hop spiciness. Full flavored goodness with plenty going on.
Tried
on 26 May 2009
at 22:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Extra thanks to Retorp and tpd! Dark brown. Smokey nose with toffee, deep dark malts and some dark fruits. Sweet palate but rich smokey, roasty, meaty notes. Very complex. A delicious, sipping dessert beer.
Tried
on 25 May 2009
at 15:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Murky chestnut with a light head. Earthy nose is toffee and caramel richness. Soft, full, rich mouthfeel. Soft, chewy toffee notes, very sweet and lush. Hints of peat and wood. Well-balanced.
Tried
on 25 May 2009
at 15:33