Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged

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

Serve in Snifter

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Growler. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is dark roasted malty and light chocolate note, solid bourbon accents coming through. Fruity and spiced flavoured. Dark roasted malty and light herbal. Mild vanilla note. All swept in bourbon notes. Smooth and dark malty into a lingering and lasting finish.

Name: Hunahpus, Bourbon Barrel
Date: March 12, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewery
Appearance: black, creamy tan head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet roasted aroma, nice dose of bourbon, touch of the hot pepppers
Flavor: big bourbon and roast flavor, vanilla sweetness is offset with the hot pepper character, bitter black chocolate
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 9/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 18/20
Rating: 4.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **** /4

(Draught) Pours an opaque black body with a thick brown head. Aroma of bourbon, oak, roastiness, toasted coconut, and dark chocolate. Flavor of oak, chocolate, chilies, licorice, roasted malt, some caramel, and bourbon with a dry, bitter finish. Excellent!

Draft. Large brown head atop black body. Aroma is moderately sweet, Bourbon/vanilla, some chocolate, grape. Taste is moderately sweet, Bourbon/vanilla, some alcohol, chocolate, light grape, mango, pepper. Medium-full body, light alcohol burn.

@RLRL with Orlando group-thanks to Degarth and SoLan-1QT growler-pours a dark brown head that disappears and black color. Aroma is rich dark malt-chocolate/licorice, bourbon, earthy, easy. Taste is dark malt-chocolaty/licorice, bourbon, earthy/wood, alcohol kick. Sipping. Well done, occasional.

bottle at The Danish Invasion tasting ...dark black ... thin tan head ... dep roast malts ... heavy roast ... big chocolate ... vanilla bourbon nose ... big chocolate ... soft vanilla chocolate coffee roast ... big malts rich and smooth and complex

UPDATED: APR 1, 2012 Growler… This beer rocks!… Pours tar black with a small, creamy, light brown head. Decent retention. Aroma-wise, the chocolate malt, black malt, bourbon, oak and subsequent vanilla and caramelized notes result in an aroma not unlike coconut macaroons (thanks for summing it all up, Cheez). Smells better than a freshly shaved and strawberry-douched vagina – I kid you not. Full-bodied and ultra velvety with subdued carbonation. The hearty, luxuriant flavor is a bittersweet mélange of vanilla, bourbon, mocha and cinnamon. Toward the end, I pick up chili flavor, but no heat. Wow. So complex, but so simple and decadent at the same time. Much like a sliver of a home baked pecan pie. The finish, much like the flavor, is hearty and rich with afterthoughts of vanilla and cinnamon and finally, at the wee end - heart-warming bitterness. Thanks to SoLan and Degarth for sharing this growler of world class beer! I wish this were bottled so more people could enjoy it.

A deep dark stout with a thin dark brown head. A super aroma of sweet chocolate, vanilla, alcohol, oaken barrel notes. In mouth, a classy imperial stout with loads of torrefied coffee, some bitter chocolate, wood, tons of taste and warming alcohol, all smooth and pleasant. On tap at Cigar City, May 22 2010.

Tap at Rattle N Hum. Pitch black pour with a thick sticky brown head. The nose is very peppery and a little bit spicy as well. Sticky with an intense cocoa flavour. Rich with a bit of bourbon vanillaish character. The pepper in here seems more intense than it does in the regular Hunapuh’s. Rich and chewy with a little bit of anise as it starts to warm up. Long sticky sweet/bitter cocoa finish. Lingering vanilla and a kiss of oaky tannins add quite a lot of complexity to the beer, but it’s quite a subtle treatment. I like this more than the regular.

Growler at Woodshop 5.0 (2/20/10): Pours an oily opaque black with a thin ring of khaki-colored head. Has a sweet, rich dark caramel malty nose with some smooth vanilla oaky bourbon and rum raisins. Starts with good fullness and rich dark caramel sweetness with some peppery spice and black licorice complexity before a warming sweet rich dark chocolate finish. Could use a little more body and sweetness to balance the warmth of the spice, but a nice beer regardless.