Warmer Winter Winter Warmer - Cigar City Brewing

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rAvg: 3.86
pDev: 14.25%
Reviews: 189
Hads: 168

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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 weeare138:

weeare138

Pennsylvania

3.65/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Appears a dense chestnut toned brown with a thick beige head that slowly fades into a rocky cap. Tons of scattered lacing is left around the glass.
Smell is of of massive malt, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, prunes, cocoa, rum cake, and citrusy orange rind.
Taste...yowza. Wasn't expecting that. Dense sugar bomb like a buttercream rum candy followed with an extra shot of rum and an orange wedge chaser. Yes. Alcohol. Heat. Hop juice.
Mouthfeel is syrupy, juicy, chewy, sticky, resinous, thick, and very warming.
Yikes. Let this one sit a year or five. It has massive potential but is way to young.

Serving type: bottle

12-22-2011 02:32:07 | More by weeare138

More User Reviews:

cowboy83

New York

3.5/5 rDev -9.3%

05-24-2013 13:01:34 | More by cowboy83

sblank

Florida

3.75/5 rDev -2.8%

05-22-2013 15:56:05 | More by sblank

velcrogrip

Florida

4/5 rDev +3.6%

05-22-2013 03:58:50 | More by velcrogrip

moonknight31

California

4/5 rDev +3.6%

05-19-2013 17:10:34 | More by moonknight31

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