Cigar City Dirac / BOHR Blend - Palm Ridge Whiskey Barrel

Brewed by Cigar City Brewing
Style: Imperial Stout
Tampa, Florida USA

Serve in Snifter

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Dark brown. Thick. Nice dark head. Really rich character, nice barrel notes. Very sweet even for an impy. The problem is that the sweetness starts to overwhelm. You can tell there’s a lot going on but because that complexity is obscured you start to feel like there is just something that will always be missing from the experience.

On draft at Hunahpu Day 2012. Pours a dark, imposing stout brown with an off-tan head. Nose is booze, some slight roast, marshmallow, molasses, vanilla, and wood. Flavor is similar with a blend of booze, vanilla, whiskey, roast, slight earth and wood. Big boozy bourbony sweetness. Huge beer, enjoyable to the last, just not something to take lightly in the Florida sun.

Damn this is delicious! Nearly black. Strong sweet whiskey aroma up front followed by roasted malt and molasses. Flavor is sweet, roasty, vanilla, whiskey, oak. Loved it.

Poured a dark black color, aromas of roasted malt, chocolate, booze, oak, vanilla and some molasses. Flavors are much the same with a hint of smoke, a real nice stout overall.

On tap at Hunahpu’s Day. Pours pitch black. Nose was sweet molasses and whiskey. Dark fruits and hints of smoke. Flavor was SUPER sweet melded with whiskey. Booze.

Draft at Hunahpu’s Day 2012. The pour yields a dense and viscous looking mahogany brown body with just a thin layer of smooth, dark brown foam at the head. A dense brown wash stains the glass. Aromas are decidedly sweet, based in a dark choco-molasses richness, showing loads of dark fruit like raisin and fig. Oaky vanilla lends further sweetness, while wisps of remainder green, earthen hops lend just a hint of bitterness. Flavors follow suit, molasses and stewed raisin playing a big role. Chocolate-kissed dark fruits are bathed in sweet vanilla from the Palm Ridge barrel. As expected, the palate is big, warm, and initially smooth, finishing quite sticky and cloying. Overall, a tasty brew in small doses, but far too sweet and syrupy for much beyond that.

Pours dark coffee black with a beautiful cinnamon mocha head. Smells sweet roasted malts with delicious coffee chocolate notes. The flavor is the same, sweet chocolate roasted malts and the whiskey barrel smooth on a big smooth thick body.

Draft. Pours black with a beige head. Bourbon aroma, with molasses, chocolate, and roasted malts. The flavor has molasses, sweet bourbon, coffee, chocolate, roasted malts, and plummy dark fruity notes. Thick and delicious.

Thinking outrageously, I drink in cursive, I hide on my bed with the lights on the floor. Wearing three layers of coats and leg warmers I see my own breath on the face of the door. Ohh how I smelt some dark fruits, oh how I smelt that plum, chocolate and molasses in the background I think this is a wonderful brew.

On tap at Blind Tiger. Pours jet black with no head and the slightest hint of red hue. Aroma is dark chocolate, licorice, booze and tobacco. Not a strong nose. Tastes of more dark chocolate, black licorice or some other candy, sweet & dry red wine grapes, and a bit of roast/smoke at the back end. Greasy, chewy texture makes it move like tar. A definite sweetness to it.