Warmer Winter Winter Warmer - Cigar City Brewing

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rAvg: 3.86
pDev: 14.51%
Reviews: 189
Hads: 164

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Brewed by:
Cigar City Brewing

Florida, United States

Style | ABV
Old Ale | 11.00% ABV

Availability: Winter. bottle (180), on-tap (7), growler (2).

Notes:
A old ale with american hop varietals that has a complex citrus and caramelized toffee aroma and underlying notes of chocolate.

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Reviews by facundoCNB:

facundoCNB

New Jersey

3.85/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

a dark amber, opaque, with 2 fingers of creme colored head causing lots of great lacing. smells of caramel, toffee, dark fruit notes (raisin, date). lots of sweet plum, raisin, dates in the flavor. sweet malty profile making it very sugary and heavy on the abv (though not notable). full body with low carbonation.. a nice warmth in the chest.

this is a pretty nice beer, but not overall that impressed. maybe some wood aged variants of this, or a bourbon barrel aged one could be more up my alley. a little too sweet, but it is definitely a nice dessert beer - as far as old ales go, it's a bit different for the style.

Serving type: bottle

02-09-2013 01:59:29 | More by facundoCNB

More User Reviews:

MoistPope

California

3.5/5 rDev -9.3%

05-17-2013 16:03:51 | More by MoistPope

mverity

Florida

4.75/5 rDev +23.1%

05-16-2013 20:56:46 | More by mverity

Pelican5

California

3.5/5 rDev -9.3%

05-16-2013 07:23:06 | More by Pelican5

kwjd

Ontario (Canada)

4/5 rDev +3.6%

05-10-2013 04:25:43 | More by kwjd

IPAyForHops

California

4/5 rDev +3.6%

05-08-2013 23:28:42 | More by IPAyForHops

ajtorres311

Florida

3/5 rDev -22.3%

05-01-2013 15:09:27 | More by ajtorres311

Benny3000

Michigan

4/5 rDev +3.6%

04-30-2013 12:33:02 | More by Benny3000

Halcyondays

California

3.75/5 rDev -2.8%

04-18-2013 06:02:05 | More by Halcyondays

BAsbill

California

4/5 rDev +3.6%

04-17-2013 20:51:04 | More by BAsbill

dogfishandi

New York

4.21/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

2012-2013 Vintage
750ml bottle poured into a snifter.

Pours a completely opaque deep deep dark reddish brown color, mahghony, a thick creamy light tan yellowish head with a good 1/2 inch or so of retention, thick sticky lacing. Looks nice.

Smells pretty rich and sweet, all about the malt and the dark fruits. Plums, raisins, dates. A bit of an olive juice component is in there. A bit of alcohol comes in as it warms.

Thick and sweet, all about the malt. Lots of them same dark fruits, a nice nutty flavor, rum soaked and candied dark fruits, maybe even a hint of wood. A bit of hop bitterness in the finish, but it doesn't stand up against the big sweet malts and is quickly overtaken.

Almost syrupy sweet, a fine carbonation, heavy bodied.

One of the better straight up old ales I've had. This in any kind of barrel would most likely be amazing. I've yet to have a bad beer from CCB.

Serving type: bottle

04-16-2013 20:15:31 | More by dogfishandi