Cigar City Humidor Series Gruit

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard

This poured a cloudy darker yellow color with a white head. Aroma was lots and lots of cedar, some sour rotten apples, and some herbal notes. Flavor was all over the place,s omewhat tart and fruity, some tomato juice followed by lots of cedar. I wasn’t a huge fan of this, but it gets points for being complex and different.

Date: May 28, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Bhalter Summersalter
Appearance: hazy orange fine off white head
Aroma: sweet malt aroma, spicy and herbal
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, balancing spicyness, light earthyness, long bitter finish
Overall: the herbal characteris nice but I need more than one hop in a beer

Date: July 30, 2010
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Aroma: picking up a lot more of the cedar in the aroma to go along with the spicyness
Flavor: light tartness showing up in the flavor

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ** /4

Bottle:   Dirty amber, a bit cloudy, large white head, frothy, with nice lacing.   Oh wow, thats one nose, and one nose only... CEDAR!   Oddly enough, it works.   Perhaps some minor candied citrus peel as well.   Not as cedary on the tongue, thankfully, but wow does this seem like I am eating someones deck.   Mind you, this deck is pretty tasty!   Moderate to full body and mouthfeel.   Nice malt base overall, some candied citrus peel, but boy does that cedar dominate.   Glad I shared this with others as a whole bottle may be difficult.

bottle... medium gold with a light orange tint, a bit cloudy, white head, a bit watery.... this smells shockingly excellent, the base has muted the cedar excellently, perfectly nails a cedar cigar box, a bit of tobacco, with cedar, I could smell this all day... the taste brings about the base gruit beer, juniper on the front, pine needles, smooth cedar finish... I couldn’t drink the whole bottle, but its so unique and fascinating this is a must try

Pour is a heady hazy yellow. smell is white pepper sour grapefruit rinds. Taste is wow. Like eating a bowl of cedar smoked salted grapefruit rinds.

11/4/11. 750mL bottle thanks to Tim! Labeled "BATCH# 2010-GRUIT-02." Hazy orange pour with a small white head that’s gone fast. Nice aroma of tart acid and vinegar with fruity spices and herbs. Tart acidic flavor up front that transitions to herbs, smooth vanilla, slight woodiness, and a really nice lingering smooth, chalky sensation. This shit is awesome!

750ml bottle that pours a hazy orange with citrus aromas hitting the nose. A touch of smoke flares the nostrils, due to the cedar aging. Tase is juicy citrus with a touch of smoke. An interesting brew overall.

(750ml bottle from Lueken’s). Pours a hazy, deep orange with no real head. Nice, active carbonation. Aroma is fruity, citusy and a bit tart. Tatse is tart-almost tart peach and apricot. Really good! Medium bodied with dry finish. Really nice stuff.