Cigar City Bolita Brown Double Nut Brown Ale

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

Pours a nice dark brown color with a thick head. Has hints of chocolate, brown sugar, hazelnut and slight honey. It was a little pricey but worth a try.

25.4 oz bottle. Dark brown with a smooth beige coating. Nose is toffee, tobacco leaf and chocolate. Medium to full body with a sparkle. Taste is dark caramel, chocolate, nuts and black pepper. Finishes with burnt sugar and grass. Excellent brown, probably the best i’ve tried, even though the ABV pushes this into an American Strong.

750ml, thanks to kan. pours reddish brown with off white head. nose is off with some brett coming through. flavor is bretty, spritzy body, some chocolate and raisin. clearly a touch infected and not what this is supposed to taste like. hopefully i get to re-rate a non-infected bottle.

Pours a very dark ruby/chestnut brown color with dark mahogany edges and a one finger frothy light beige head that quickly settles into a lasting ring. Roasted malt aroma with lots of caramel toasty malt. Slightly smokey that has some slight toasty hazelnut character and subtle spice. Medium body with a lot of smokey roasted malt and sweet caramel notes. Hints of toffee, slight spice and hazelnut with a subtle dry hoppy finish.

Pours dark brown nutty brown with a lasting tan head. Nose is odd. I think this beer is quite a bit drier than its supposed to be. I can get some nuts and chocolate. No alcohol character. I don’t think this is what its supposed to be though. It nothing like the previous reviews. Hopfully I can come across another bottle later.

750ml Bottle: Aroma of chocolate, cocoa, light cream, nuts, light malts, slight brown sugar, and a tiny of hint of roasting. Poured brown/slight ruby in color with a medium-sized, creamy, tan/light brown head that diminished but lasted throughout. Cloudy. Opaque. Slightly sparkling. Full of small particles throughout. Good lacing. Flavor is light to medium sweet. Tastes of malts, chocolate, cocoa, light toffee, slight roasting, light nuts, and a hint of tobacco. Medium to full body. Lightly syrupy, slightly dry texture. Soft to average carbonation. Chocolate, malt, cocoa, toffee, and nut finish is slightly dry. 9%ABV is totally hidden.

Draft @ Capones. Brown color with a sweet roasty aroma of caramel, sugar, and light hops. Flavor is sweet and malt dominant with just a hint of hops. Very well balanced and quite tasty.

Draft at Capones. Poured brown in color with a huge frothy tan head that left great lacing on the glass. Aroma of toasted malts, toffee with light hops. Tastes of toasted malts, burnt caramel, noble hops, nuts, light vanilla. Balanced very well and finishes with some hop bitterness. I’m starting to really like these Cigar city brews.