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Ghost Stories
Cigar City Brewing
- From:
- Cigar City Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- Braggot
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.78 | pDev: 14.55%
- Reviews:
- 27
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 06, 2018
- Added:
- Jan 11, 2013
- Wants:
- 43
- Gots:
- 37
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
4/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
RBSG 17 grand tasting. Expecting a smoked beer from the label, and instead found a nice sweet, savory braggot. Pit fruit, , savory spice, some vanilla too. Toasted marshmallows? Wonderful creamy feel, mild warmth, plums and melon. Slick and slippery.
Mar 06, 2018Reviewed by cjgator3 from Florida
1.93/5 rDev -48.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2
1.93/5 rDev -48.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2
Enjoyed a bottle of this at a recent bottle share. Glad I got to try this in a small sample because it is not my thing. Dark tea leaves and honey dominate the aroma and taste but just did not work for me with this beer.
Jul 25, 2015Reviewed by Dave_Treat from Virginia
3.96/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Very interesting. Had held up very well. Dark pour small tan head. The honey and tea are very present in the smell and taste. Very sweet. Vanilla is added in the taste. No smokey taste others have reported.
Really enjoyed this. Goes very well after the camping trip I just came off where we sat around the camp fire telling... ghost stories!
Jul 05, 2015Really enjoyed this. Goes very well after the camping trip I just came off where we sat around the camp fire telling... ghost stories!
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.63/5 rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Shared large bottle.
Camp Braggot Ghost Stories
Large shared bottle.
Rich flavor and aroma with a very full body.
Higher ABV evident.
A bit sweet until the end of the finish.
Smooth body but with some heat (alcohol).
Apr 07, 2015Camp Braggot Ghost Stories
Large shared bottle.
Rich flavor and aroma with a very full body.
Higher ABV evident.
A bit sweet until the end of the finish.
Smooth body but with some heat (alcohol).
Reviewed by Docrock from Illinois
4.3/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.3/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
750ml bottle poured into a Barrelworks Teku.
A: pours a smoky dark smooth chocolate color with a nice 1/2" mocha head. Decent lacing but the head diminished quickly. Have sat on this one for quite awhile due to early comments about it being too sweet.
S: like nothing I have smelled before, definitely a nice medium dark chocolate, touch of vanilla, a bit of tea?, and a touch of smokiness.
T: everything that was on the nose was present with a burnt chocolate aftertaste. Very complex and like nothing I have had before.
M: smooth and velvety. Carbonation was a little low but with the aging was not surprised.
O: wow, a very interesting brew. I really enjoyed it and as above like nothing I have had before. Smooth and not overpowering on the sweetness. Might be tough to drink a whole bottle but was fortunate enough to be able to share this one.
Oct 15, 2014A: pours a smoky dark smooth chocolate color with a nice 1/2" mocha head. Decent lacing but the head diminished quickly. Have sat on this one for quite awhile due to early comments about it being too sweet.
S: like nothing I have smelled before, definitely a nice medium dark chocolate, touch of vanilla, a bit of tea?, and a touch of smokiness.
T: everything that was on the nose was present with a burnt chocolate aftertaste. Very complex and like nothing I have had before.
M: smooth and velvety. Carbonation was a little low but with the aging was not surprised.
O: wow, a very interesting brew. I really enjoyed it and as above like nothing I have had before. Smooth and not overpowering on the sweetness. Might be tough to drink a whole bottle but was fortunate enough to be able to share this one.
Ghost Stories from Cigar City Brewing
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
228 ratings
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