Hunahpu's Imperial Stout - Rum Barrel Aged - Cigar City Brewing

hdelavega

Florida

4.65/5  rDev +4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Poured form a 750ml waxed bottle to a delirium snifter.
Pours a a thick oily black color that shot up about an inch of dark brown head that settled to a ring around the glass. No lacing.
Super rich nose. Lots of chocolate, malty sweetness, just a hint of booze with a bit of rum sweetness.
Taste is big on chocolate, I do get more alcohol and rum than in the nose. I am missing the chilies, there is a bit of a bite on the back of the tongue, it's coming out a little more as the beer warms up.
The mouthe feel is awesome, very creamy, a real full body,medium light carbonation, a bit sticky, really sits well on the pallet.
Overall I feel this guy has lived up to the hype, an awesome brew.

Serving type: bottle

10-28-2011 05:10:42 | More by hdelavega

seeswo

Ohio

4.33/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

This beer was enjoyed alongside all of the rest of the versions and with each of the spirits.

Pours the characteristic black with little head and thin brown-gold edges. The smell is of the huge chocolate and roasted malts and a nice light rum sweetness flowing underneath. Taking a sniff of the Flor de Cana (or whatever it was called), its recognizable. Low key, but the spirit brings the flavor out. Good integration for sure. The taste is the characteristic Huna flavors, with very subdued chili flavors and big cocoa but with a really nice, underlying sweet rum and almost nutty flavor. Comes together quite nicely and actually represents an improvement on regular Huna other than the loss of the chilis. Mouthfeel is huge as you would expect. Overall, this was the best of this years BA Huna's (but not better than Apple Brandy) which went: Apple Brandy > Rum >> Whiskey > Bourbon >> Virgin Oak. Super glad to have tried it, and feel like this was the only one from this time that should have been in barrels. As compared with Apple Brandy, I wonder if they put chilis in the AB barrel as well, but not in the Rum. Next time, I would make sure to keep up the stuff that makes Huna so fun in the barrel so there isn't an increase in barrel flavor but a loss in spices, cocoa, chilis, etc. This had the best integration of flavor and really did a good job elevating the beer.

Serving type: bottle

10-27-2011 01:29:29 | More by seeswo

dboon

Florida

4.35/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Bottle. Thanks to Cesar for sharing this bad boy. Joan Jett black pour with a chocolate head. Sweet fruity aromas. The rum is very deceptive ( I could only pick it up in the nose) and adds more booze/whiskey notes. This treatment had less of the traditional Hunahpu’s flavors than the others. It is still a world class stout, but side by side with the other treatments, it is my least favorite. That being said a couple of the other guys thought this was the best. ...

Serving type: bottle

10-19-2011 15:15:19 | More by dboon

BeerAndBourbon

Ohio

4.38/5  rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A. Pours black with a nice dark chocolate colored wisp of a head that leaves no residual lacing.

S. The rum starts to really come out on the nose with some real booziness, some brown sugar sweetness. Spice really his in the back of the nose.

T. Brown sugar, cocoa, rum booziness - starts to get very sweet as it warms

M. Thick body with some ethanol on the tail. Thicker body than the other barrel aged versions.

D. This or the bourbon is my favorite so far, but this is a bit boozy.

Serving type: bottle

10-19-2011 00:25:33 | More by BeerAndBourbon

Urbancaver

Ohio

4.4/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a very pretty reddish brown. Nice brown head. Smells pretty good. Sme light oak and spices. I think the chili comes through best on the nose. Tastes great. More subtle oak then the rest. Lots of roasty notes. The rum is subtle and balanced. Love the taste of this one. Good well carbonated mouthfeel. Very enjoyable

Serving type: bottle

10-18-2011 23:49:32 | More by Urbancaver

brew3crew

Ohio

4.75/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Part of the epic hunaphu's tasting in Cincinnati

A-dark body with a tan head that quickly disapates. Just like the rest of them

S-sweet rum mixed with chilies. Yum

T-perfect balance. So smooth. Wow. Just wow.

M-medium body and smooth

O-this is a phenominal brew. Would like to have more

Serving type: bottle

10-18-2011 23:37:51 | More by brew3crew

ktrillionaire

Florida

4.97/5  rDev +11.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

As is true with the base beer, the brew looks like an absolute beast. Perhaps the tar-brown head is less plentiful in this version; at any rate it is certainly shorter-lived. Where Hunahpu is flavored like a Mayan flourless chocolate cake or something, and Brandy Hunahpu tastes like, say, a decadent liqueur-filled chocolate truffle, this incarnation comes across like maybe akin to a Ben and Jerry's chocolate-coconut-cinammon-cayenne confection. Everything about the aroma and flavor are stunning; additional notes include vanilla, almond, (vague) anise, coffee, and dry tannic sugarcane (rum.) The feel is perfectly complementary: luscious and rich. Overall, this beer is phenomenal, top-to-bottom and start-to-finish (actually even better as it airs out/warms.)

Serving type: bottle

10-12-2011 08:58:08 | More by ktrillionaire

olimpia84

Florida

4.55/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Served this on a CCB Snifter from the 750ml bottle.

A: pours a viscous black jet oil color with a very small coffee head, literally no lacing present.

S: sweet roasted malts, peppery scents, sweet coffee smell with touches of cinammon. Spiced rum is definitely present. Very well balanced.

T: this one had a strong bitter liquory and boozy feel at the beginning that was never offensive. Roasted malts, dark coffee, spiced cinnamon, peppermint, some dark chocolate. Ends with a nice alcohol kick in the throat.

M: smooth, creamy, viscous composition, full bodied with balanced carbonation.

O: my second favorite out of the three different barrel aged versions released in 2011 by CCB, this is a phenomenal imperial stout that packs a formidable taste and smell with a one of a kind feel. Worth waiting and 'fighting' in line for this brew at release day.


. bitter liquory roasted malts dark coffee leaves a liquory aftertaste and the abv definitely kicks yiu inthe throat mf is excellent smooth creamy soft full body. score 4.5 4.5 4.0 5.0 4.5

Serving type: bottle

10-10-2011 23:40:04 | More by olimpia84