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Cigar City Bolita Brown Double Nut Brown Ale

Cigar City Bolita Brown Double Nut Brown Ale - American Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Cigar City Brewing
Style: American Strong Ale

Tampa, Florida USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
1193.85/5.03.8/5.0Autumn9%89.4Snifter, Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
Bolita was a type of lottery popular with the working class citizens of the Ybor City district of Tampa. Bolita means, ’little ball’ but profits from the illegal (and often rigged) game were anything but little. In the 1920’s Tampa native Charlie Wall was the undisputed kingpin of the Bolita racket.

Our Bolita is a Double Northern English-style brown ale that has a complex malt forward character with notes of chocolate, toffee and hints of roasted nuts in the finish. Bolita pairs well with Baklava, Big Band Music, Cool Evenings and robust cigars.
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 jimbowood (947), Athens, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
Nov 7, 2009  
Bottle from 5 points. Big, malty brew. Notes of sweet potato, apples, chocolate, and spice. Almost an imp porter.


 ElDuderino (136), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/105/516/20
Nov 6, 2009  
Bottle, pours a muddy brown body with a thick creamy tan head. Nose was kinda suble with toffee notes and some light toasted nuts. Flavors of deep rich toffee and candied pecans, light airy malts and heavy hops notes that kept the flavors crisp, clean and tight. The sugar transfer in this beer seems so clean and smooth, as the body is just heavenly on the pallate. Light sweet malts with just a hint of carbonation and just a dab of alcohol soak really make this a special beer. I’m not sure if I could change anything about this beer, but I also don’t think I would remember it in 6 months.


 bleeng (586), Spring near Beersel, Texas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 5, 2009  
Bottle shared at the Houston Oct RB tasting thanks to ericandersnavy. Nice dark color with a tan head. Nose is sweet and malty. Chewy, chocolately, very malty, and sweet. A bit alcoholic but not overwhelming for the big ABV. Well done.


 shawnm213 (841), South Bend, Indiana, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 1, 2009  
bottle from mcbackus- Thanks Matt! Consumed with BBB63 while passing out candy to tricker treaters. pours a deep brown with a tan head. notes of medicine, caramel, chocolate, coffee. seems like cigar city has a yeast strain that produces some medicinal notes. Seems to be a common denominator in many of their beers.


 TeamTrappist (361), jericho, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/58/104/515/20
Oct 31, 2009  
Bottle, thanks Jason. Poured a rich mahogany with a slight bubbly head. Nose was vanilla, Carmel, and a hint of alcohol and rich malts. Very bubbly mouthful. This is full flavored beer. Hints of vanilla big malts and a bit of an alcohol bite. Really big beer for a brown ale. Be interested how this would do with some age.


 Schroppfy (1810), Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 30, 2009  
Well, this is a helluva beer. The aroma is very good; lots of malty and sweet components. This kind of heavy brown malt has a slight sourish quality, like wet, fermenting walnut. Really strong notes of smoke and tobacco in the aroma, and slight acidity in the flavor to accompany. Malty all over and then some hop astringency, again and again, in a full-bodied beer. Carries carbonation excellently. Well made, hefty. Extremely flavorful, fresh, and reeks of being handmade. My only complaint is the ABV. Not subtle and detracts from being able to enjoy fully. Slightly sugary yet coffee-acid, overly roasty ending. Thanks to Beerlando for my first CCB.


 j12601 (1144), Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Oct 30, 2009  
Bottle at the release of Flaming Fury. Pours a milky and murky brown with a thick yellowed mocha head. Nutty and malty with notes of chocolate and a light acidity. Medium bodied and full of malt. Tasty, finishing up with a good bitterness.


 glennmastrange (805), hobe sound, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 30, 2009  
Bottle. Moderate roasted and chocolate notes for the malt, pine for the hops, leather for the yeast, heavy background notes of tobacco, cyprus mulch and a little solvent. Head is small, wispy, off-white with just a little lacing and isfully diminishing. Flavor starts moderately sweet and lightly acidic, then finishes lightly sweet and acidic and moderately bitter. Palat eis medium, oily, with a lively carbonation and finishes very dry. A perfectly even balance tempers some of the powerful aspects of this tasty American Strong Ale.



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