110K+OT Batch #5 - Cigar City Brewing

Auracom

Illinois

3.28/5  rDev -13%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Shared by Raffy I believe, thanks man. 4 oz. poured in an FFF Rastal on August 17th, 2012.

A - Medium amber-golden coloring, almost zero head, retention, or lacing.

S - Interesting fruitiness that I can only attribute to the curaçao peel. Beyond that I get some alcohol solvency, slight sweet malt, and residual sugars.

T - Plentiful, dominant bitterness at front to mid-palate, almost grapefruit and piney but with a smoother blend. At the back there is an offsetting sweetness of honey and brown sugar. Bitter, short aftertaste.

M - Medium body, appropriate carbonation, semi-dry finish. The peel seems to smooth out the body.

D - At the tasting I thought this was a strong ale of some sort that weirdly resembled a DIPA. I guess it is one afterall. Rating to that style suits it much better anyway.

Serving type: bottle

08-21-2012 16:09:02 | More by Auracom

jsmith6051

California

4.5/5  rDev +19.4%

05-17-2013 14:20:06 | More by jsmith6051

mjohnson17

Illinois

2.75/5  rDev -27.1%

05-15-2013 17:57:15 | More by mjohnson17

Hugonaut13

Illinois

2/5  rDev -46.9%

05-13-2013 01:36:00 | More by Hugonaut13

bstyle

Indiana

2.75/5  rDev -27.1%

05-12-2013 06:33:57 | More by bstyle

kell50

North Carolina

3.5/5  rDev -7.2%

05-11-2013 03:10:36 | More by kell50

RayUF07

Florida

4/5  rDev +6.1%

04-11-2013 05:04:43 | More by RayUF07

CheapBeerBuzz

California

2.25/5  rDev -40.3%

04-08-2013 04:24:37 | More by CheapBeerBuzz

Lare453

Florida

4/5  rDev +6.1%

04-03-2013 20:22:46 | More by Lare453

joshbhs04

California

3.5/5  rDev -7.2%

03-24-2013 02:23:27 | More by joshbhs04

Zaphog

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

03-17-2013 19:00:04 | More by Zaphog

BGsWo22

New York

4/5  rDev +6.1%

03-09-2013 20:12:01 | More by BGsWo22

Rhettroactive

Virginia

4/5  rDev +6.1%

03-02-2013 19:10:02 | More by Rhettroactive

lionssoccer13

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

02-26-2013 15:54:47 | More by lionssoccer13

KVNBGRY

Florida

4/5  rDev +6.1%

02-01-2013 22:42:39 | More by KVNBGRY

AdamBear

Pennsylvania

3.51/5  rDev -6.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

A-dark cloudy amber with a light cream colored head

S-strong scent of sweet hops and malts. definitely smells more like a barley wine. strong scent

T-comes in with a very sweet flavor of hops and malts that slowly turns in to an old wood flavor. the after-taste is very fruity similar to fruit punch. they're all quite strong flavors.

M-low medium carbonation with a semi-dry finish

O-not CCB's best offering. I don't know why, but their 110k batches never impress me. This isn't a bad beer at all, but for a DIPA from the brewery, I expect a lot better. it's very sweet with some odd flavors reminiscent of a malt bomb. it's drinkable though I wish I had someone else here to share this one with.

Serving type: bottle

01-29-2013 01:19:44 | More by AdamBear

phishbone23

New York

5/5  rDev +32.6%

01-15-2013 03:38:37 | More by phishbone23

kylehay2004

Florida

4/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Single finger off white head with excellent retention and scattered lacing on a murky copper with orange tones body. Aroma of fig, orange peal, apricot, bready malts, oak and alcohol. Flavor is very malty as expected with candied orange, decent amount of booze, wood, apricot, breads and lemon. Medium but chewy body and light to moderate carbonation. Better than the last batch bring a lot more drinkable and less boozy. I almost didn't get this one as I remember the last being a drain pour, rare for cigar city. This one is much better.

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2013 03:39:39 | More by kylehay2004

HoldenDurden

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

01-08-2013 13:49:58 | More by HoldenDurden

AntLeatherface

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +19.4%

01-08-2013 04:04:27 | More by AntLeatherface

iemailjack

Florida

3/5  rDev -20.4%

01-07-2013 23:22:41 | More by iemailjack

ahippityhoppA

4/5  rDev +6.1%

12-31-2012 03:31:00 | More by ahippityhoppA

duceswild

Maryland

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

12-16-2012 17:32:03 | More by duceswild

haveanother1

Wisconsin

4.5/5  rDev +19.4%

12-04-2012 17:25:19 | More by haveanother1

rauchhund

4.4/5  rDev +16.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

This is such a unique beer! You can taste the Orange Blossom honey in the brew as well as the Spanish Cedar blending with the original IPA. A truly unique Florida experience! I didn't know they had it in a bottle, I have only had this wonderful concoction on tap.

Serving type: on-tap

11-28-2012 22:29:31 | More by rauchhund