Cigar City Cubano-Style Espresso Brown Ale

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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12 oz. bottle that Adam Jackson shared with me. Nose is awesome French Pressed coffee beans with hints of vanilla. The base of the beer Maduro with nice strong espresso bean, followed by vanilla and a chocolate malt sweetness in the finish. The bottle was fresh so all the beans tasted really great. Light hints of chopped nuts. Overall the body was lighter then I would have guessed. Real nice coffee based brew, worth a try for sure.

Much darker than Maduro. Nose is huge. All coffee and espresso bean. Dry roaster coffee taste. Sweet with a touch of mocha. Oak and cream presence. Drinkable but not in large quantities

Pours brown. Unassuming. Wow. Packed with flavor. Much more than the standard Maduro. The coffee adds huge complexity and flavor. Wondsrful sessionable brown ale. One of my favorite browns. Worth the effort to get.

Une petite bouteille après un souper de bouffe pimentée. Une petite bouteille que je verse et qui contient un liquide brun foncé. La petite tête qui se forme ne reste malheureusement pas. Le nez suscite immédiatement de l’intérêt. Ce mélange de fèves vertes de café et de grains torréfiés est étonnant, très expressif et, pour moi, assez unique. Je m’attache aussi rapidement à ces parfums chocolatés et à ces noisettes caramélisées qui viennent se couvrir de feuilles de houblons et de terre noire. Je ne peux pas détester cette signature houblonnée qui apparaît souvent dans les bières foncées proposées par cette brasserie. Sur mes papilles, tout le travail d’un excellent barista et davantage. Le café cubain est à son meilleur. Ici, on l’aromatise avec du caramel et du chocolat. On y rajoute des houblons et on le signe avec une touche de vanille. Le brasseur connaît bien le concept de la mixologie. En bouche, cette proposition est légère. Son pétillement pointu est parfaitement compatible avec la chaleur bleue de North Miami. Mon palais adore cette légèreté. Je comprends la raison pour laquelle Cigar City développe des bières si faciles à boire : qui voudrait d’une bière trop lourde lorsqu’il fait un soleil de plomb? La finale est très stimulante, voire même psychoactive. Que des notes de café qui proposent un large spectre de saveurs teintées par une douce amertume.

Dated May 10, 11...sooo, not fresh at all being almost exactly two years old. Pours a dark brown body that lets some light through. Huge mocha foam head forms instantly over flowing the glass, cools down into one fingers worth. The smell is surprisingly still coffee heavy. Cold pressed espresso with some metallic notes. The taste is much better with faded espresso beans and some lightly roasted malts. A bitter coffee bean aftertaste. Somewhat creamy mouth feel. I hate reviewing a coffee beer with two years on it, but its not as terrible as I thought it would be. The coffee is still hanging on.

12oz bottle thanks to Tricyclist. Pours a deep dark brown color with small foamy tan head. Right off the bat the espresso hits you, followed by chocolate, with subtle vanilla notes at the end. Taste is rich espresso, roasted malt, sweet cocoa, toffee, and vanilla. Great beer.

Bottle from Tricyclist. Clear, medium brown pour, big clingy head, and nice, light fresh coffee aroma. Flavor is somewhat light of roasted malt and coffee, very balanced. Somewhat thin mouthfeel here, but the flavor is good enough that I find I don’t mind. This might be the best brown ale I’ve tried. Very easy to drink this one.

Bottle from trade with OmegaX. Pours a dark brown color with ruby highlights and a small head that fades normally. Aroma is fresh coffee with hints of vanilla and cocoa. Super fresh coffee taste with lots of vanilla. Get a little cocoa and very light roast in the finish too. Light sweetness, light bitterness. Very smooth and easy to drink. Mouthfeel is pretty thin. Overall, a great breakfast session beer. If this were available locally, I would buy this often to be my morning tailgate beer.

Cigar City Cubano-Style Espresso Brown Ale is so good, you will want to have it with breakfast, too, and it would go well too with added coffee. Close your eyes and the aroma of coffee emanates from this tasty brown ale. Speaking of brown ale, they couldn’t go wrong by making Maduro Brown Ale the base. Color is very dark (like coffee). This beer taste just delicious with the definite flavor of espresso roast coffee and the strong malt of their flagship brown ale. Get Espresso Brown wherever you can!

Bottle pour from trade. Little lighter body and color than expected. Very little head that is off white and dissipates fast. I feel like beer just needs to be a bit thicker. Aromas are strong latte. Carbonation bites. Unique beer.