Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout - Stranahan’s Whiskey Barrel Aged

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

Serve in Snifter

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bottle... my favorite of the variants, very balanced, smooth whiskey finish, still can taste a lot of the base... very good

Courtesy of Dak. Pours a dark brown color with a thin espresso head. Aroma has some awesome whiskey notes, but also a bit of vanilla, chocolate and peppers. Taste is sweet as you’d expect. Full bodied and sticky. Really awesome.

Über black with a nice thick dark head. Aromas of deep roasted malt and barrel. Flavor very roasted with lots of chocolate and ash. Light spice with lots of the whiskey barrel. Good stuff.

Pours pitch black with thick tan head. Sticky lacing. Aroma is dark chocolate, toffee, espresso, vanilla, coconut, small amount of whiskey. Whiskey flavor is balanced and not overpowering. Flavor follows nose with thick, chewy palate. Leaves a nice sweet and slightly bitter film on the tongue. Can’t say enough about it.

black, tan large bubbled head. Nose is burnt raisin, wood, tar, light heat. Flavor is more wood and heat, especially through mid, charred as well, light plum and milk chocolate through finish, lightly stinging sugar but balanced and dry for cigar city, meaning still a final OG that’s higher than any starting OG from Jandrainoiulle.

Wow - this is a huge beer! You get tons of the spicy whiskey barrel on the aroma and even more on the flavor! The aroma also brings some vanilla notes and a bit of spice. The flavor brings sweet whiskey vanilla notes on a toasted stout, but the barrel definitely dominates.

Slightly less sweet and a touch less astringent and ashy than the brandy. Slightly better overall, but still nothing to get excited about. The Whisky notes are rather unimpressive.

Thanks GT! Uber black pour with a thick rich brown head. Earthy chocolate cocoa nib and caramel toffee lead to chilli and bakers chocolate. Excellent barreling on this one. Super thick and rich with great carbonation.

750mL blue wax. Pours ink with a larger, deep mocha head. Huge formation. No lace. Rich, tawny barrel with excellent milk chocolate. Really nice nose here finally. Taste is quite rich, spicy, with acidic lemon and sharp tangy dark chocolate. Really nice stuff here. Very dry and bitter palate. Not as lemon heavy as the Apple Brandy BA version and no green olive nose. Very dry in the palate though. Almost too dry. Paired this with some salted dark chocolate. Brings out some excellent body complexities. I like this version of Hunahpu, though I doubt it will ever be a favorite of mine.Subtle bite in the end with spicy cinnamon chocolate and lemon twang. Good stuff. First Hunahpu that I’ve actually liked. Excellent complexities, dry, no sugar overload, no green olive.

Bottle. Pours opaque black with average, fizzy dark tan head; short retention and no lacing. Aroma is whiskey, woody notes, roasted malt, dark chocolate, light smoke, and espresso. Flavor is heavy malt and some supporting dark fruit esters; whiskey and espresso undertones throughout; dry, ashy finish. Full body, medium carbonation, and high warmth.

Bottle shared by GT2. Pours opaque with a small, fizzy tan head, short retention with spare lacing. Aroma is dark chocolate, roast malt, oak and whiskey, light vanilla and tobacco with earthy hops. Flavor is dark malt dominant, spicy whiskey, oak, dark fruity esters and a sweet finish. Full body, high warmth and light carbonation.