Cigar City Coco Loco

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

Serve in Dimpled mug

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on tap-pours a light brown ring for a head and cloudy brown color. Aroma is rich dark malt-cocoa. Taste is rich dark malt-cocoa, coconut with some drying bite.

UPDATED: DEC 14, 2010 My Bottom Line :
Caramel, hazelnuts, chocolate and light coconut coalesce in this velvety Imperial Brown Ale, before surreptitious leafy hops and roasted bitterness are met by an alcohol splash.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A ring of foam circles the hazy brown.
-The soft carbonation makes the body feel bigger than it is, which works for such a strong ale.
-All ingredients are well integrated; this doesn’t feel like a novelty beer even though cocoa, coconut and coffee were used.
-This is yet another well crafted brew from Cigar City; can’t wait to get to try more soon!

Growler.

Tap at CCB. Brown pour. The coffee is the star in the aroma and the flavor. The coconut adds a bit to the aroma along with some caramel and chocolate notes. Flavor has a ton of espresso beans, light cocoa notes and some toasted malt. This one is very very nice. Wayne and Joey know what they are doing with coffee and beer!!

Tap at BT. Pours a deep dark woody brown with a thick lasting frothy brown head. Aroma is more blueberry (reminder from the previous beer), choclate candies, cocoa, earth, toast, nuts, smoke burnt toast, sweet. Flavor is earthy spicy cocoa nibs, cocoa powder hot chocolate mix, sweet tootsie roll, mineral, chalk and earth in the end. Smooth and pretty good overall.

Draft at CCB BA Big Sound release party. It pours dark brown with lasting tan head. The aroma is largely dark roasted coffee then moving into Bolita malty rich roastiness, staying clear of highly roasted, and some nuttiness. There is a faint sense of cacao in the aroma and if I didn’t’ already know it was there I wouldn’t have noticed. The taste at first seems very much like the regular Bolita with thick rich tasty sweet malt, roast and nutty notes. Behind that are pleasing layers of cacao and Navarro deep dark roasted coffee beans and the associated chicory goodness. Plenty tasty.

In short: A nutty, chocolaty, fudgy, coconutty, whateverty brown ale. Nice extravagant beer.
How: Fresh growler 32oz. Tasting session with Montreal crew.
The look: Dark brown body topped by a small beige head
In long: Original nose that blends toasted nuts, coconut, cocoa and banana bread. Taste has a lot of black chocolate, burnt caramel, nutty fudge, crunchy burnt brown sugar, some black coffee. All along I couldn’t help but to think I was drinking a Queen Elisabeth cake with extra cocoa. Very sweet but with so much stuff thrown at my taste buds the beer appeared quite drinkable. Overall it is a fun beer. That was another beer at another tasting session. I know I should go less often to tasting sessions and more often to the gym. But my abs are still hurting from the last time I laughed at myself for thinking about doing sit-ups.

On tap at the Blind Tiger during their Cigar City event. Pours a hazed ruby brown with a thin beige head. Roast with some huge cocoa and chocolate aromas. Sweet cocoa and smooth vanilla. Slightly chalky mouthfeel. Roast and long cocoa flavors, chewy roast and some slow warming alcohol on the finish.

’09 notes Draft @ CCB release party. Bolita base. aroma of coffee, espresso, light coconut and some cacao/chocolate. taste, coffee espresso, coconut flakes add a nice silky palate with some nutty undertones, medium carbonation with the coconut becoming more present as the beer warmed up. Just like the Maduro version, the coffee espresso adds a nice coffee blend without giving the bitterness of regular coffee. Highly drinkable, this one is sure to drive you Loco. Smooth palate and gets better as you let it warm up a bit. Overall, I found this beer to be more complex than the regular coconut.

Bouteille de 32 oz partagée lors d’une dégustation Ratebeer Montréal. Arôme: Odeur de caramel avec une pointe chocolatée. Apparence: La couleur est brune opaque. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel avec une pointe de chocolat et de vanille. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement vineuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence de caramel arrière goût. (Rating #3379)

UPDATED: AUG 25, 2009 On tap at CCB Tasting Night! This place rocks! Coco Loco is one of the best beers I’ve ever tried- just exquisite. Pours a cloudy, deep brown with amber highlights. There is a thin, dark tan head that has okay retention and not much lacing. Aroma is awesome: great fresh espresso beans, Godiva liquor, coconut truffles. Taste is the same as above plus rum-soaked cherries, White Russian, and Kahlua. Finishes like a malted chocolate shake. Very creamy, milkshake-like on the palate. 9% is completely hidden. So good.