Cigar City Capricho Oscuro (Batch 2)

Formerly brewed at Cigar City Brewing
Style: American Strong Ale
Tampa, Florida USA

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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Bottle 12.fl.oz.
Clear dark black brown color with a small to average, frothy to creamy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, tobacco notes, moderate to heavy, alcohol, wood, port - tawny, red wine, tart notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter, light light berry tart acidic with a long duration, dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic - bourbon. [20100207]

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of wood, brettanomyces, roasted malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of wood, soy sauce, malt, and roasted malt, as well as lighter notes of brettanomyces, and a bit of whiskey, leading to a dry woody finish. Thanks a lot MadsBerg for sharing.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of madsberg. Pours dark brown with a reddish hue and a small brownish head. Amazing Bourbon aroma - never sweet though. Solid body, dry woody accents, nuts and burned caramel with dry and hot bourbon accents. Malt bitter finish. Appears stronger than 9%! 161209

12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is phenolic, citric and fruity. Roasted malty too. Citric and fruity flavoured. Lingering fruity, phenolic and roasted malt flavoured. Lingering malty note into the finish.

UPDATED: MAR 27, 2010
Name: Capricho Oscurto, Batch
Date: October 16, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade
Vintage: #2
Appearance: muddy dark brown, wispy beige head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: sweet roasted and dark chocolate aroma, big woody character, sweet wine and dark fruits
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, nice balancing oak, sweet vanilla and bourbon, touch of roasted, light peppery alcohol

Name: Capricho Oscurto, Batch
Date: March 12, 2010
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: #2
picking up a winey tartness,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

( 12oz, batch #2, bottle 396 of 450, 2009 vintage, courtesy of BMan1113VR ) Pours an opaque black body with a small tan head. Aroma of smoke/peat, cedar, caramel, pepper, roasted malt, and vanilla. Flavor of roasted malt, chocolate, bourbon, and caramel with a dry wood finish.

12oz bottle, thanks sebletitje. Small brown head atop dark brown body. Aroma is sweet, Bourbon/vinous, milk chocolate/syrup, some sour, light smoke. Taste is moderately sweet, vinous, some Brett, syrup/bittersweet chocolate, light alcohol/Bourbon, smoke. Sticky medium-full body, low carbonation.

bottle at home ... thanks to thecheeseman ... tart then chocoltae and a little tobaco in nose ... soft roast ... some spice? .... again hint of tobacoo ... definite bourbon tones ...

Shard by madsbeg, thanks a lot dark brown, light brown smooth head. slightly berryish aroma, wood, ashy note too. flavor is wood, roasted stuff, malts, licorice, caramel.

Bottle #322 of 450 from ericandersnavy. No way I can adequately thank you, but I’ll make an effort. Pours opaque black with a three finger dark tan head. Aroma is dark malt, lightlly sour dark fruit, and chocolate. Medium body with frothy, creamy carbonation. Flavor is espresso, chocolate, dark malt, wood, sourish cherry. There is no heat. But my bod says there’s alcohol. Finishes suggestive of chocolate cherry. Bitter dark chocolate. But incredibly smooth. Very pleasing. This is the beer for breakfast.