Cigar City Christmas Mint Brown Ale

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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32oz Growler. Amazing aroma of Thin Mint Cookies. Brown color, tan head. Nice roast. Cool mint. Chocolate cookie. I don’t want the fresh mint taste out of my mouth!

Brown pour with a tan head. Aroma is nutty and bam mint herbal tea!! Wow. I get the normal maduro and then a fresh minty finish with a hint of cocoa. What a unique brew.

A beer that will bring a tear to any thin mint fan. I really couldn’t belive how great the flavor profile was.

Lovely beer. Makes me want to go out and buy a box of milano’s. Pours a wonderful brown color. Smells of mint and more mint, yum. The flavor of the maduro mixed with all that mint and hints of chocolate is friggin great. If it had a bit more coco in it this beer would be straight ridiculous.

Served at NoHo Bistro Cigar City beer dinner. A: Pours a nice nutty shade of brown with a cream colored head. Okay retention with some lace. S: Nice notes of chocolate malt, coffee, and subtle mint. T: Wonderful flavors of regular maduro up front. Chocolate, coffee with a nice roast. The mint comes through in the finish. It is a nice spearmint flavor. Tasty kind of reminds me of the girl scout mint patties. M: Medium in body, pretty slick mouthfeel. D: Very good, one I could sit back and sip on for hours. Love the use of the mint tea.

This beer sounded horrible when I heard about it but man was I wrong. The beer pours just like regular Maduro but the aroma is insaine on this one. This beer smells and tastes like Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies. Aboslutely wonderfull.

swingtop handbottle. pours a crystal clear dark brown with bright toffee edges. loose creamy gray head. big caramel, chocolate, and brown sugar nose. creamy medium body with lively carb. caramel, tons of chocolate, some molasses, and light bright mint on the mid palate. lingering chocolate finish.

Pours a light amber color with brown head. Aroma is mint, chocolate, cinnamon, ginger bread, and brown sugar. Flavor is cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger bread, mint, and a sweet nutty finish.

Appearance: Pours out a clear, medium brown body with a foamy, lasting, light ecru-colored head. Smell: Engaging choco-mint combo in the nose with supporting notes of roasted grains, mild coffee, and even some hot chocolate mix. Taste: Chocolaty, roasty malts with an added bonus of blackened grains and plenty of deep earthy tones to it. Then, there’s the mint, which, thankfully, is well blended into the taste. Phew! I’ll admit, I feared the combination could be disastrous. Light bitterness which seems to come more from the roast than anything else. All in all, it’s reminiscient of those lil’ Andes Crème de Menthe candies. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Lightly creamy mouthfeel. Drinkability: Surprisingly good! For me, when it comes to beverages, a little mint can go a looong way. Fortunately, I found it to be ’just right’.

Handbottle at our last tasting thanks to illidurit. Dark brown with a small head. Big mint-chocolate candy sweet aroma. The flavor is medium-sweet and has a big mint-chocolate finish. Medium bodied with lower carbonation, which was to be expected. Very minty stuff, but the combination with the cocoa is killer and not overwhelming despite its intensity. This bottle showed a touch of oxidation, which you can’t really blame it for though. Looking past that, a pretty killer minty brown ale that I would love fresh on tap.