Humidor Double American Black Ale - Cigar City Brewing

Alieniloquium

Florida

3.85/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

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

Appearance - Jet black, inky, and glass-staining. Well, plastic-staining. Looks as thick and viscous as anything black that CCB makes.

Smell - Cedar and tons of it. Gives it a grapefruit aroma that is difficult to discern from hops.

Taste - Bright and cedary up front. Chocolate malts push it out of the way, but the cedar comes back in the finish. Sweet in the back too with a boozy bite

Mouthfeel - Very thick. Low carbonation. Still doesn't drink as heavy as my description would indicate.

Overall - It's pretty much a stout. Similar to Humidor Zhukov. Less viscous, hoppier, and less chocolatey. I guess that's what they're going for.

Serving type: on-tap

01-25-2013 00:47:14 | More by Alieniloquium

nesarebad

Pennsylvania

4.04/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25

750 oz. bottle date January 2013. Might be a little too old for the style but think it should hold up quite well.

A - Pours almost bitch black with a voluminous two finger tan head. This beer looks great, delicate lacing lingers throughout my glass as I drink.

S - Faint hints of cedar, citrus-y hops and a faint touch of dark chocolat-y and roasted malts. Nothing here is overpowering, shows some good balance.

T - Sweet and hoppy on the front-end. Roasted malts and alcoholic bite in the middle. Finishes with a touch of cedar on the tongue, which is quite pleasant on the palate and is actually the most pleasant experience of tasting this beer.

M - If having a 'balanced' mouth-feel exists, I think this beer hits it. I think the flavor profile could stand for a little more malt-backbone, but that is not detracting from this beer. The cedar notes on the back-end round out the uniqueness.

Overall, this is a wonderfully crafted beer. In the limited experience I have had with cedar aged beers, Cigar City really knows what flavor profiles work. Would have again and would be interested in seeing what some age could to (with the hoppyness muted).

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 03:53:24 | More by nesarebad

Rhettroactive

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -14.6%

05-14-2013 04:12:31 | More by Rhettroactive

Bonko_the_sane

North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

05-13-2013 05:25:30 | More by Bonko_the_sane

2GOOFY

California

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

05-12-2013 14:46:40 | More by 2GOOFY

Ford

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

05-12-2013 03:01:52 | More by Ford

BDstripp

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -14.6%

05-08-2013 02:06:29 | More by BDstripp

StArnoldFan

Texas

4/5  rDev -2.4%

05-05-2013 23:38:55 | More by StArnoldFan

Lucho

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +9.8%

04-19-2013 20:38:35 | More by Lucho

pixieskid

France

4.5/5  rDev +9.8%

04-19-2013 08:11:52 | More by pixieskid

juliusseizure

New York

4/5  rDev -2.4%

04-15-2013 01:43:47 | More by juliusseizure

mhaugo

California

3/5  rDev -26.8%

04-08-2013 17:31:22 | More by mhaugo

mendvicdog

Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +9.8%

04-08-2013 02:40:16 | More by mendvicdog

hopkrid

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -8.5%

04-08-2013 02:12:29 | More by hopkrid

marlinsfan4

Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +9.8%

04-07-2013 17:39:49 | More by marlinsfan4

DruRho

Maryland

4/5  rDev -2.4%

04-06-2013 18:46:08 | More by DruRho

duceswild

Maryland

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

04-06-2013 18:46:05 | More by duceswild

patre_tim

China

4.59/5  rDev +12%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

A: Dark brown, almost black. Any hue is slight red but really opaque. 1.5 finger chocolate milk colour head fades to a foam in a couple minutes.

S: Pine, citrus, chocolate, licorice, tropical fruits like papaya and pineapple. Tar, slight woody smell in the after scent, definite cedar.

T: Nothing like it. At first I get all the thickness, sweetness, resinous, syrup with pine, then the cedar shines through along with the chocolate, tar, and licorice qualities. Smooth finnish without the long bitter hop burn that many doubles have. Black pepper in the back comes out after several sips.

M: Thick, in a really thick way, syrupy, resinous, oily, very low carbonation.

O: A masterpiece. The cedar scent and taste lingers and draws me back. Definite sipper, hides the alcohol in a very real way. Syrupy, sweet but not destructively so, quick finnish making it a desirable beer to keep drinking.

Serving type: bottle

04-01-2013 02:11:12 | More by patre_tim

Auror

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

03-30-2013 21:23:23 | More by Auror

ThreeFishes

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

03-30-2013 01:42:57 | More by ThreeFishes

ThatCracker

Virginia

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

03-27-2013 15:51:56 | More by ThatCracker

RedneckBeerz

North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

03-26-2013 12:01:05 | More by RedneckBeerz

Greenplastic615

Pennsylvania

4.74/5  rDev +15.6%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

So, I've had this one a few times and really, really love it. This review based on a bottle I had last night, split with a few friends over board games (nerds!) :)

A - Pours black with a two finger khaki head. Looks like a black IPA should.

S - HUGE cedar notes, with some piney hops, and some roasty malt. The cedar is almost unbalanced in the smell, in a good way. I love cedar though, so I'm biased.

T - If you took a brewed a big double black IPA and transferred it into a giant cigar humidor for secondary fermentation, then bottled it, it would taste like this. Big wood notes that are right in line with the aroma. No way I'd peg this at 11%, there's no booze at all in the taste.

M - Appropriate for an 11% black IPA. Not really sure what else to say.

O - I wish this was available all the time, or at least made into a seasonal release. Black IPAs are a tricky style to execute well in my opinion, and Cigar City really nailed it. Would gladly drink again (and again).

Serving type: bottle

03-21-2013 20:23:33 | More by Greenplastic615

kwjd

Ontario (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

03-21-2013 00:04:47 | More by kwjd

phishbone23

New York

3.75/5  rDev -8.5%

03-20-2013 01:38:23 | More by phishbone23