Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Brown Ale - Cigar City Brewing

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

3.98/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap at Cigar City takes NYC event at Rattle 'N' Hum Yummy,though on the sweet(sugar and lots of malt) and spicy side: cinammon, this kicked early.
The chocolate malt, raisiny taste was in the background. Dark with a whisp of head, appropriately carbonated. Cute, but I could not drink pints of this.

Serving type: on-tap

02-21-2010 18:52:05 | More by northyorksammy

mikesgroove

South Carolina

4.43/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Enjoyed during my long weekend in Tampa. I had the chance to meet some great people and try some new and some amazing new things. Had a lot of fun, but glad to be home. Enjoyed on 4/11/2011.

Have had this on one other occasion and loved it but the chance to try it on tap was a whole different experience. Pours a nice soft hazelnut brown with a small off white head that caps the top rather nicely. Smoothing out around the edges it leaves some nice rings of lacing in its wake. Aroma is deep spices, hints of cinnamon, raisins and dark fruits, notes of bready malts and a sugary cookie dough like backing. Flavor is a nice malt bomb that sits on the palate with great ease. So much smoother then you would think with a light feel and a rich creamy, roasted nut like finish, this one literally tastes just like the name.

Overall one of the great offerings from CCB. Loved the chance to try this one on tap.

Serving type: on-tap

04-20-2011 01:46:04 | More by mikesgroove

Thorpe429

Illinois

4.05/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Reviewed from notes.

Pours a moderate to deep brown color with a tan head and some pretty good lacing. Body is slightly cloudy. Nose brings toasted malt and oats with some slight fruit, brown sugar, and spice. Taste is nice with fruit and slightly sweet malt combining nicely. Feel is great with a nice body and subtle spice. Drinks quite well and was a nice treat.

Serving type: cask

11-08-2010 13:48:14 | More by Thorpe429

brentk56

North Carolina

4.75/5  rDev +15%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

Appearance: Arrives at the bar with a cola brown color but no cap and, as a result, no lace

Smell: As the name would suggest, this smells like oatmeal raisin cookies; also some brown bread elements

Taste: Oatmeal raisin cookie flavors up front, followed by a brown bread finish

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation

Drinkability: Very unusual, to say the least and gets high marks for creativity; I love oatmeal raisin cookies and love this beer

Serving type: on-tap

03-07-2010 19:53:38 | More by brentk56

ChainGangGuy

Georgia

4.43/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: Pours out a clear, dark brown body with some golden-orange edges and topped with a layer of thin, off-white froth.

Smell: Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle! It does indeed smell like oatmeal raisin cookies.

Taste: Sweet-tasting chocolate morsels stirred up with dark brown sugar, toasted rolled oats, a liberal dose of spices, hints of roast, and a box raisins with that bonnet-wearing chick on the front. Does a fantastic job of mimicking the flavor of oatmeal raisin cookies.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation.

Drinkability: A very satisfying, enjoyable beer; another in a series of hits from Cigar City. This is one for the books!

Serving type: bottle

01-17-2010 21:41:04 | More by ChainGangGuy

BEERchitect

Kentucky

3.98/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

The Maduro Oatmeal-Raison brew turns out very drinkable and sessionable even with the bold fruit and bready flavors.

The pour delivers a deep crimson/ruby/brown color with good clarity and only a modest haze. A great (not good) creme forms on the beer and holds firm in sticky and gluey fashion. Lots of lacing left behind. This is one sexy looking brew.

Deep aromas of stone fruits, fruit cake, chocolate and toast fill the nose and all but promise a full and robust taste. A light woodsy/vinous/grape note persists that only makes the complexity more inviting.

Flavors of the raison/fig/date mix garner attention early on and continue to dominate the beer throughout. But intermittenly, we get notes of walnuts, bread crusts and toast, chocolates/cocoa, and a woodsy/vinous/tannin character that makes the flavor very rich and varying.

Creamy early, the beer weakens quickly (maybe too quickly) to a drinkable (maybe thin) feeling beer. The vinous characater turns lighly powdery and astringent and looses its texture just after mid palate. Unfortunately this gives the beer a lifeless feel way too soon in the session.

Definately a great fruit-forward beer but the body just can't hold up which hurts the overall drinking experience. Think of this beer as a raison-forward English Mild Ale.

Thanks RomaniIteDomum!

Serving type: bottle

06-02-2010 04:52:17 | More by BEERchitect

NeroFiddled

Pennsylvania

4.43/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: Clear dark chestnut body with a crimson cast beneath a short head of creamy tan foam. The head retention is good, and it leaves average lacing about the glass.

Aroma: Malty and gently toasty with a distinct note of dark caramel and almost burnt sugar. Ginger bread cookies. Dark fruit... plum/prune. Brown sugar. A hint of vanilla.

Taste: It's really hard to separate the aroma from the actual flavor one this one. The nose gives me spice (mainly cinnamon) and raisin, but the flavor is giving me more dark sugar. Overall, raisins and spice are the first to appear on the palate. As it warms a bit, the oatmeal comes out (Is this even made with oatmeal? It doesn't matter, the flavor of oatmeal seems to appear). It finishes with a quick dollop of golden syrup on the front of the tongue, dark skinned fruit from end to end, and drying 'oatmeal' in the back.

Mouthfeel: Medium-light in body with a dextrinous edge. Standard carbonation level.

Drinkability: Never before has a beer nailed the flavor of an oatmeal raisin cookie so completely. It is, at the very least, an amazing holiday beer - but it's also a surprisingly drinkable spiced ale. Worth seeking out!!!

Serving type: on-tap

12-26-2010 20:21:30 | More by NeroFiddled

drabmuh

Maryland

3.95/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

The name of this beer confused me until I drank it, yep oatmeal raisin cookie it is.

Poured from the growler (cute little 32 ounce growler) into a becher. Beer is brownish / red and clear. Forms an off white head (really big) that falls away leaving some lacing on the glass. Looks fine.

Aroma is complicated and I smelled this beer for several minutes before tasting, bare with me. Slightly lactic at first, some raisin, slight spice, nutmeg or allspice, perhaps slight cinnamon.

The flavor is quite "spicy" if you consider cinnamon spice. Brown sugar is in there as well. Medium body, lots of flavor in the late palate to aftertaste range. Lots of spice comes up late. Overall its a really strong tasting beer. The strength follows through on the aftertaste as well.

This beer definitely tastes like a cookie. For sure. And overall I found it enjoyable but I'm not sure i would try it again.

Serving type: growler

01-25-2010 19:45:13 | More by drabmuh

smcolw

Massachusetts

3.58/5  rDev -13.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Good, lasting head with abundant chunky lace. The color is ruby, brown color. A small amount light passes.

Smells as advertised: reminds me of Quaker oats raisin and cinnimon oatmeal. Strong aroma of these. Appealing in a cookie sort of way.

Tastes more like a conventional brown ale until the swallow, where the cookie aspect leaps forward. Solid body with higher than average carbonation. The aftertaste also has a touch of spicy hop bitterness.

Serving type: bottle

01-17-2011 01:12:53 | More by smcolw

Wasatch

Utah

4.22/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks goes out to cyrusthepup for this brew.

Pours a nice dark brown color, very nice carbonation, very nice thick/creamy one-finger light tan head, with some nice sticky lacing to follow. The nose is malty, with some nice vanilla notes, toffee, slight spice note. The taste is very nice, malty, sweet, with some raisin/oatmeal notes, slightly spiced. Medium Body, nice dry/bitter finish. A very tasty brew.

Serving type: bottle

04-09-2011 19:33:09 | More by Wasatch

jlindros

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Well off my meds finally, after the knee surgery I was on the perks for a while and couldn't drink. Finally back off the meds, and for my first beer back I figured this was a good beer to get back on. One I've been searching for for a while, and a huge thanks to jstilwell for it.

Pours a larger fizzy almost 2 finger head that fades at a med pace, with pot marks and a bit of lacing, over very dark brown coke molasses colored beer.

Nose comes right on with oatmeal raisin cookie aroma, light cinnamon, some oatmeal, brown sugar, brown malts, light sweet malts, light caramel, light roast, hint of vanilla, some crystal malts, some light candied raisins and raisin like fruit, a light nutty malt, an almost like jelly fruit, and just a hint of a dry farmhouse like yeast.

Taste comes with darker malts, plenty of crystal malts, caramel, toasted malts, nice brown caramel malt flavors. Some fruit as well, light fig jelly like, hints of candied raisins and just plain raisin, and a nice cinnamon flavor, a light dry yeast like rustic farmhouse funk that may be the beginning of an infection but not sure. Some light vanilla, hint of butterscotch like oatmeal cookie flavor. A slight juicy raisin like fruit flavor. It comes on fairly dry at first and gets very dry on the finish, with a little sticky syrupy finish, with some more brown malts and brown sugar, as well as caramel, raisin, cinnamon, and a bit of bitterness late on the finish. The cinnamon comes through even more as the finish goes.

Mouth is med bodied, quite a bit of carbonation, a little sticky and syrupy.

Overall pretty good, not as amazing as I was hoping but it could be because of the beginnings of an infection or age but not sure, the nose was great, but the dry light yeast and fruit like taste takes a bit from the taste but otherwise nice, and maybe slightly over carbonated.

Serving type: bottle

07-23-2011 16:48:53 | More by jlindros

Kegatron

Pennsylvania

3.68/5  rDev -10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

32 oz growler into in a tulip glass. Thanks go to Jw347 for this in a recent trade.

Pours a clear deep garnet, with a finger of frothy mocha colored head. This retains with some nice richness about it on the edges, throwing up a robust cascade of spotty lacing on the sides of the glass. The aroma is sweet and smooth in the nose, with notes of oats, dark fruit, sugary bread, and a touch of zesty spicing. Just a bit of floral hop activity sits in the background as well.

The sweetness in the taste is lightly toasted and bready sugars but still pretty smooth overall. Lightly dark fruit (although this isn't overly identifiable as raisin to me) and some gentle spiciness are present as well. Some light earthy bitterness leaves some dryness in the finish. The mouthfeel is medium feeling, with a light creamy sharpness that combines with the oats in the body to keep this silky and easy feeling on the palate.

This was decent. Well balanced and creamy with an easy drinking body on it. I definitely got some of the flavors that they were shooting for but I'm not sure if the whole package really came together for me like it was intended though. OK but I've had better variations on the Maduro Brown.

Serving type: growler

11-17-2010 15:51:13 | More by Kegatron

corby112

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -21.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Pours a deep dark chocolate brown color with lighter chestnut brown edges when held to a light source and a half finger light yellowish beige color head that quickly fades into a thin lasting ring . Sporadic spots of lacing.

Slightly spicy dark fruit aroma with hints of dark fruit, roasted caramel malt, toffee and subtle spice. Hints of toffee, subtle coffee, caramel and chocolate malt . Slight alcohol. Slightly chewy medium body with hints of caramel malt, toffee, slight dark fruit and alcohol.

Serving type: cask

03-15-2010 05:01:36 | More by corby112

glid02

Georgia

4.2/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

On-tap.

Pours a slightly hazy brown color with a one-finger tan head. The head recedes into a wispy layer on top leaving decent lacing.

Smells of brown sugar and molasses with mild amounts of toasted malts. Also present are mild amounts of raisins and dried figs.

Tastes similar to how it smells. Sweet caramel and lightly toasted malt flavors kick things off and are quickly joined by raisins dusted with brown sugar. Midway through the sip small amounts of sweet oatmeal flavors work their way into things. Right before the ending heavy molasses flavors make an appearance before fading out into a crisp and mildy bitter ending.

Mouthfeel is good. It's got a nice thickness with moderate carbonation.

Drinkability is very good. I finished my glass quickly and could easily have a few more.

Overall this was better than I remembered and I was very surprised at how well the flavors worked together. Very much worth a shot and I imagine it will be even better in the colder months.

Serving type: on-tap

09-07-2010 04:00:58 | More by glid02

stakem

Pennsylvania

4.13/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap at Hawthornes, served in a large wine glass. This brew appears a clear amber brown color with 2 fingers of thick, creamy tan head. Absolutely awesome, lasting retention to the cap. Once it slowly starts to fade it leaves thick patches of lacework on the glass.

The smell of this brew is herbal to medicinal hops with a touch of minerals. Once that initial aroma fades it leaves lots of sweet fruity alcohol notes reminiscent of raisins. There is a light note of sulfur included. Across the back is a smooth vanilla-like sweetness that increases in characternas the brew warms.

The taste is again mineral filled with spiced flavors of cinnamon and fruity raisin-like flavors. There is some chocolate malt inclusion. Sweet yet very well balanced with herbal hops and a spiced aspect that leaves some depth of flavor lingering in the aftertaste. At times this brew reminds of of the spiced inclusion typically found in pumpkin ales.

This is a medium to full bodied brew with a modest amount of carbonation. The abv is hidden perfectly in this brew. Quite drinkable with a pleasant contrast of flavors. I didn't quite pick up on the oat quality I was anticipating in this brew but the spiced and raisin flavors were quite fitting of the name. Certainly worth a try, Cigar City continues to impress me.

Serving type: on-tap

06-13-2011 15:38:05 | More by stakem

thagr81us

South Carolina

4.22/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Served from bottle into a Warsteiner mug. Poured a deep red-brown with a one finger very light tan head that subsided to a half finger very slowly. Maintained phenomenal lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised of sweet malt, raisins, graham cracker, and dark chocolate. The flavor was of sweet malt, oatmeal, raisins, and milk chococlate. It had a light feel on the palate with medium-high carbonation. Overall this was nothing short of excellent. I really don't know how CCB keeps doing this with the Maduro, but version I have had has been excellent. Definitely a great flavor and aroma going on in this one. An absolute must try for any beer lover or the curious.

Serving type: bottle

04-01-2011 12:05:07 | More by thagr81us

Huhzubendah

District of Columbia

4.05/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Shared by drivendrink a while ago. Thanks Devin! Review from notes.

I could never forget this one. The beer is brown with minimal head. Both the aroma and flavor are oatmeal cookies all the way. Cinnamon, brown sugar, cookie dough, sweet malt. Delectable and delicious. Shockingly reminiscent of a real, genuine oatmeal raisin cookie - the name doesn't lie. A bit of a one trick pony, however. This becomes cloying quickly. A small sample is perfect.

Serving type: growler

02-13-2013 05:03:48 | More by Huhzubendah

kylehay2004

Florida

4/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: brown with red and orange hues.

S: as advertised, oatmeal raisin is strong here

T: oatmeal raisin from start to finish. Flavor notes include chocolate, nut, vanilla and cinnamon.

M: light to medium body. moderate carbonation

Overall: This was a good one to try. A little too much oatmeal raisin for my tastes.

Serving type: on-tap

08-29-2011 00:37:15 | More by kylehay2004

TurdFurgison

Ohio

3.48/5  rDev -15.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I had this on tap at the Cigar City taproom. The beer was a very dark copper color, completely clear but dark, with a thin tan head. I get a lot of spice in the aroma, it gives the overall smell of an oatmeal cookie. Cinnamon and malt, but more cinnamon than anything else.

It tastes slightly bitter, I suspect due to spice more than anything else. Kind of thin, at least thinner than I'd expected. Not really my thing, kind of in the "pumpkin ale" category.

Serving type: on-tap

05-22-2010 01:53:37 | More by TurdFurgison

tpd975

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -9.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Big cheers to Doug for putting this one together for the brass tap event.

A: Pours an amberish brown, more red than brown which is somewhat suprising as regular maduro pours pretty brown. Nice tall head that shows good retention and leggy lace.

S: Wonder aromas of dark fruit, chocolate, and cinnamon.

T: The nice malty nutty maduro is there right from the start. Real vanilla and cinnamon push through in the middle. A raisin sweetness can be picked up in the finish along with more cinnamon.

M: On the lighter side of medium. Smooth drinking beer.

D: Not the most drinkable due to the sweetness. One tasty treat though that I hope to see again.

Serving type: on-tap

10-01-2009 10:42:06 | More by tpd975

ffejherb

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to Deuane for sharing this cool 32oz. medicine bottle on 12/26/10.

A - Poured a dark raisin brown with burgundy highlights around the edges and a frothy beige cap that diminished slightly but flared up with each swirl of the glass.

S - Oatmeal, molasses, raisins, sweet cookie dough malt and brown sugar all combine to create a pleasant oatmeal cookie aroma.

T - Wow! This tastes like a liquid cookie. Molasses, toffee, chocolate and brown sugar are all apparent in the initial flavor. Finishes with a hint of bitterness, most likely from the addition of the molasses.

M - Medium bodied with a slight syrupy texture that is perhaps a tad thin overall. Finish is sweet with a hint of earthy bitterness on the palate.

D - Mission accomplished, I'd say. This is a liquid cookie. Seriously.

Serving type: bottle

01-04-2011 13:08:16 | More by ffejherb

Jwale73

Rhode Island

3.58/5  rDev -13.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Thanks to Thirstybird for sharing. Pours a brownish-mahogany with a half inch creamy head that dissipates into a sudsy skim with clumps and clusters of ringlets and bubbles. Some specks of lacing adhered to the walls of the glass during the tasting. Nose expresses big cinnamon aromas, followed by raisins, all eventually yielding to the total cookie experience. Taste follows nose, but much more muted. Some brown sugar also comes out in the flavor profile. Mouthfeel is light-medium, with a slightly watery consistency and a finish that falls just short of dry. Decent, but overall flavor and mouthfeel are a little lackluster.

Serving type: bottle

02-16-2011 01:31:34 | More by Jwale73

Gmann

New York

4.03/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a clear dark brown color with light ruby highlights. The head was rather small and left a thin beige ring.

The aroma is of milk chocolate, light caramel, and brown sugar. The malt is quite bready and has some nutty notes. Smells more like a chocolate chip cookie than it does oatmeal raisin.

The taste starts off with some chocolate but it transitions into the oatmeal raisin flavor. Subtle oat flavors with molasses, cinnamon, vanilla and a light grape flavors give the beer the oatmeal cookie presence. A bit of a hoppy bitterness helps offset the sweet aspect of the beer.

The feel is quite light with tingly carbonation. Sweet on the palate but does finish with some bitterness.

An enjoyable brown ale. I do get the oatmeal raisin flavors but sometimes they do get lost in some of the chocolatey notes. An easy drinker.

Serving type: growler

03-03-2011 03:19:28 | More by Gmann

onix1agr

Pennsylvania

4.2/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

32oz growler from Decicco's into a pint glass twice.

Maduro brown with some off red spots in the center. I like how this one pours out, alot of bubbles, a cascading swirl into a nice semi dense inch of dark tan foam that leaves some stick.

Smell is all oatmeal with those roasted malt and a heaping of cinnamon. With alot of oatmeal stout's I find the oat presence in the nose to be completely lacking, this one stands out a bunch. Oats from the farm and cinnamon prevail.

Taste is pretty much summed up above but I gotta say cinnamon is big, yet not overstated, oatmeal is just that, oatmeal, the big roasted malt presence in regular maduro is somewhat muted under everything else. Sweet.

Feel is just at about medium, a little under, smooth though and sweet. It's carbed up nice, but goes down like a champ. I could drink alot of this and I wish they would send some of this to Philly.

Serving type: growler

04-17-2011 16:28:39 | More by onix1agr

spinrsx

Ontario (Canada)

3.69/5  rDev -10.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75

On Tap at Cigar City Tampa FL for 5$

Appearance - Hazy brown colour with a small size fizzy beige head. I can't make out the amount of carbonation showing and there is some fair lacing. The head lasted for only 2-3 minutes before it was gone.

Smell - Malts, raisins, caramel

Taste & Mouth - There is a below average amount of carbonation and I can taste malts, chocolate/caramel, and some raisins. It ends with a raisin/malt aftertaste.

Overall - It really does smell like an oatmeal raisin cookie.. unfortunately the taste isn't great. It's more of a novelty beer and not something you'd want to drink a whole lot of. Worth trying once for sure.

Serving type: on-tap

01-18-2013 02:22:06 | More by spinrsx