Roaring Lion - Cigar City Brewing

Alieniloquium

Florida

3.53/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

On tap at Bx Beer Depot. Poured into a plastic cup. Classy.

Appearance - Deep orange, but tough to see in the dark here. Not much head. Could be the cup.

Smell - Herbal and a little citrusy. Musty pine resin. Not abundantly hoppy, but enough to mostly drown out a biscuit malt.

Taste - Brighter orange flavor. Immediately becomes herbal and bitter. Bready malt backbone, but light.

Mouthfeel - Light but quite bitter compared to other flavors it delivers.

Overall - Not sure how well this hop stands on its own. Just doesn't deliver a complex flavor.

Serving type: on-tap

01-25-2013 00:14:39 | More by Alieniloquium

jkball01

Kentucky

3/5  rDev -16.9%

05-13-2013 16:19:50 | More by jkball01

juliusseizure

New York

3.5/5  rDev -3%

04-15-2013 01:44:02 | More by juliusseizure

manutdfan

Florida

3/5  rDev -16.9%

03-18-2013 19:24:44 | More by manutdfan

lionssoccer13

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -3%

02-26-2013 16:30:12 | More by lionssoccer13

RayUF07

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -3%

02-16-2013 06:52:06 | More by RayUF07

beernads

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -3%

02-07-2013 07:54:25 | More by beernads

KVNBGRY

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +17.7%

02-01-2013 22:46:23 | More by KVNBGRY

iL0VEbeer

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +10.8%

01-23-2013 21:10:51 | More by iL0VEbeer

BeerMeBrah

Florida

3.75/5  rDev +3.9%

01-18-2013 03:28:29 | More by BeerMeBrah

Lovely85

Florida

3.75/5  rDev +3.9%

01-13-2013 04:37:48 | More by Lovely85

One2Remeber

Florida

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

A: Hazy, cloudy, unfiltered, orange colored body with a light amber hue. Well carbonated with tons of micro sized bubbles rising to keep intact an off white, frothy head.

S: Orange, toasted bread. Not explosive in hop nor malt aroma.

T/M: Dry feel, light orange citrus, mild malts of toasted bread. Flavors seem mute, medium to light body. Herbal hop notes linger with some green apple flavors.

O: Best quality is a drinkable IPA, though would have never guessed it is an IPA from the lackluster hop profile. If drinking Roaring Lion after a Jai Alai a hop-thirsty pallet would be dissatisfied. Worth trying but not seeking out another.

Serving type: growler

12-29-2012 03:01:57 | More by One2Remeber

djtomain

Florida

4/5  rDev +10.8%

12-22-2012 23:46:34 | More by djtomain

nickfl

Florida

3.75/5  rDev +3.9%

12-22-2012 05:33:42 | More by nickfl

chinchill

South Carolina

3.55/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pint on tap at Kickbacks in JAX. A hazy orange-amber color with a modest size but exceptionally durable tan head. Good hoppy aroma with floral notes and a faint hint of citrus, but only has the strength of a typical APA. Earthy-fruity hop flavor [3.75] has some balance provided by the malts. Long lasting, medium-bitter aftertaste.

O: a solid, and somewhat distinctive IPA.

Serving type: on-tap

12-20-2012 20:45:15 | More by chinchill

Toadhopper

Florida

3.75/5  rDev +3.9%

12-18-2012 03:46:07 | More by Toadhopper

kylehay2004

Florida

3.58/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A: single finger off white head on a cloudy copper with golden hue body.

S: light aroma with caramel malts, single hopped beer so aroma is also simple with mostly light citrus and earthy notes.

T: simple flavors of earthy and light citrus hops make this one seem relatively malt forward.

M: nitro smoothness, creamy and medium body.

Overall: simple single hopped IPA. The nitro was a nice way to offer this one. As flavorful as one would expect calypso hops.

Serving type: nitro-tap

12-15-2012 01:42:27 | More by kylehay2004