Vuja De - Cigar City Brewing

Overlord

California

1.55/5  rDev -55.2%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 1

Whoa ... this is one epic misfire.

Pours an almost grape-y purplish red with a large off-white head. The smell gives warning that something is terribly, horribly amiss. There are some vague spicy notes, a bit of unidentifiable sweet fruit-i-ness, and an overpowering miasma of cleaning solvent/nail polish remover. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

It was all I could do to get through four or five oz. I like flavor bombs. I seek them out. I crave them. This beer has too much flavor. Needs to have the spices and nail polish dialed down by a factor of 90%. The sad part is the vinegar/tannin/leather notes are almost pleasant, and the fruit-y/sugar-y/lemon-y spiciness might have been good ... if not for that horrible god awful paint removal flavor that throttles everything it touches.

A truly epically awful beer.

Serving type: bottle

11-27-2011 06:10:09 | More by Overlord

DaveHack

Pennsylvania

2.75/5  rDev -20.5%

04-29-2013 23:12:51 | More by DaveHack

hopkrid

Florida

3.75/5  rDev +8.4%

04-08-2013 02:22:05 | More by hopkrid

yokken

Minnesota

3.75/5  rDev +8.4%

02-17-2013 20:32:34 | More by yokken

ObeMaltKinobee

California

3.25/5  rDev -6.1%

02-13-2013 07:09:06 | More by ObeMaltKinobee

pixieskid

France

4.25/5  rDev +22.8%

02-13-2013 07:05:51 | More by pixieskid

beernads

Florida

4/5  rDev +15.6%

02-07-2013 07:42:12 | More by beernads

DmanGTR

New York

3.25/5  rDev -6.1%

01-28-2013 16:38:53 | More by DmanGTR

yourefragile

District of Columbia

2.25/5  rDev -35%

01-27-2013 04:37:20 | More by yourefragile

spycow

Illinois

3/5  rDev -13.3%

01-14-2013 05:36:36 | More by spycow

MordorMongo

Indiana

2.75/5  rDev -20.5%

01-14-2013 00:05:35 | More by MordorMongo

iemailjack

Florida

2/5  rDev -42.2%

01-07-2013 23:32:40 | More by iemailjack

bbadger

Texas

3.75/5  rDev +8.4%

12-14-2012 02:45:27 | More by bbadger

djtomain

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +22.8%

12-02-2012 02:09:14 | More by djtomain

Gtg642

Michigan

3.25/5  rDev -6.1%

10-31-2012 03:50:30 | More by Gtg642

RandomBattle

New York

2.25/5  rDev -35%

09-19-2012 20:03:08 | More by RandomBattle

t0rin0

California

2.75/5  rDev -20.5%

09-15-2012 21:55:56 | More by t0rin0

jda007

Florida

4/5  rDev +15.6%

07-20-2012 01:44:28 | More by jda007

PthPndr

Florida

3.75/5  rDev +8.4%

07-05-2012 01:37:33 | More by PthPndr

scott2269

Ohio

4/5  rDev +15.6%

05-07-2012 14:20:49 | More by scott2269

ygtbsm94

Virginia

2.75/5  rDev -20.5%

04-23-2012 22:31:16 | More by ygtbsm94

brystmar

New York

2/5  rDev -42.2%

04-13-2012 16:37:09 | More by brystmar

joshodonn

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +30.1%

04-01-2012 02:12:09 | More by joshodonn

billab914

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Another bottle shared by Rhettroactive. Poured from a 750ml bottle into a tasting glass. It poured a murky dark brown color with a thick foamy head to it.

The aroma is slightly funky with a lot of fruitiness coming through. A little bit of a malty, slightly caramel like flavor is there. I liked the light funk to it. Not bad overall, but not great either.

The taste shows a little more funk and sourness to it but the tart fruits show through as well. Pretty big malty base to it as well. Pretty decent flavors to it.

The mouthfeel is medium bodied with high carbonation. Overall I thought it was pretty good. It had a nice mix of funky, tart fruits and some decent supporting malt flavors. It was pretty drinkable as well.

Serving type: bottle

03-28-2012 16:29:14 | More by billab914

Rhettroactive

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

From 750mL bottle to Portsmouth glass on 3/24/12
*From notes

A: Shit brown. This beer ain't taking anyone to prom. A hearty pour yields a one finger white head and a decent collar.

S: Traditional funk. Not much more to it.

T: A lot more malt then I was expecting. It's rich and robust, like there's a bigger beer underneath the wild yeast that covers this from top to bottom. Fairly well balanced and reasonably complex. Not nearly the "paint thinner" I'd been warned of.

M: Extremely thick for a Wild Ale. Plenty of bite. Creamy and robust.

O: A surprisingly above average beer. I'd heard horror stories of this one. It's lingered in the back of my cellar for well over a year, and I'd no idea of when I was gonna open it. Yet after all of my worries, I'm glad I finally shared this with friends. Everyone generally enjoyed CCB & St. Somewhere's Vuja De. Not the best of the Wild Ale style, yet it certainly passed my taste test.

Serving type: bottle

03-25-2012 19:24:38 | More by Rhettroactive