Cigar City Black Whole

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95		77
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Brewed by Cigar City Brewing
Style: American Strong Ale
Tampa, Florida USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Regional Distribution

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RATINGS: 103 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.57 SEASONAL: Special EST. CALORIES: 240 ABV: 8%

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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Black Whole is a tribute to El Chupa Cobras, a math indie band from Montgomery, Alabama. This effort came about from our realization that craft beer and indie music have something in common… they both share about the same amount of their respectful markets and challenge the consumer. Wayne Wambles, our head brewer, and Kenny Johnson, the front man from El Chupa Cobras, played in indie bands together many years ago and this tribute is for all indie music fans and craft beer lovers. Black Whole is a multidimensional ale that takes many twists and turns similar to our daily lives. It has a big chocolate expression with moderate caramel notes, complex toasted to biscuit notes and hints of clove and black licorice. Don your chocolate mask and discover the meaning of life as you sip this complex, dark beer.

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3.7

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20

steelcitybrew (420) - Orlando, Florida, USA - AUG 5, 2011

Pours a dark brown with a light white head. aroma is heavy roast, belgian yeast, molasses. taste is chocolate, smoke, bananas, belgian yeast, licorice. good mouthfeel. pretty solid beer.

3.3

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

Shaftie (213) - , Maryland, USA - AUG 1, 2011

It’s CCB porters like this that make me wish I dug the style as much as I did five years ago. You get lots of chocolate, some doughiness, Medium bodied. Great stuff.

4.3

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20

gkost (1589) - Tampa, Florida, USA - JUL 29, 2011

Pours black. Nose is big heavy roast, black licorice, chocolate, molasses. Flavor is huge chocolate and bitter cocoa, licorice, heavy roast, smoke, ash and earth. WOW.

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