Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout

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

Serve in Snifter

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Black color; medium sized dark brown head. Light aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, cacao, light alcohol, very light vanilla. Thick and quite viscous mouthfeel; very strong chocolate flavor, lightly smokey, salty; light chili pepper too; tobacco; more liquorice in the end, with warming alcohol. Peculiar, very good, not easy, but bold.

Sample @ CBC 2012 version. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich roast malt, coffee, chocolate, licorice and hops. Nice and dry.

(Draught) Pours an opaque black body with a medium brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, chilies, vanilla, and chocolate. Flavor of licorice, roasted malt, chocolate, earth, anise, cinnamon, caramel, and chilies.

Bottle at Plovmand’s - Thanks. Pitch black - big brown head. Chocolate, cocoa, sweetness, cocoa-powder, dusty, licorice, coconut notes, smokey notes, nice hoppy, high sweetness. Lovely fullbodied.

UPDATED: AUG 4, 2012 bottle at chris -o ... deep black ... no head ... spicy peppery roast malt nose ... big soft roast ... coffee and toffee ... some vanilla ... little coconut ... good solid roast ... only a little chilli ... best so far today ... br br ... deep black ... thin tan head ... big heavy roast malt ... little capsicum nose ... Bottle at chrisO 2012 ... deepblack ... thin tan head ...deep meaty chocolate malt ... big chocolate ... soft toffee ... dark roast ... choclstr ... nice chilli spice 4.2

Bottle at Chris’ Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia tasting. I’ve had this twice now, so thanks to both Puzzl and Ken for allowing me the chance to drink this. Oily coconut. Very decent, but lacks a lot of character. Decent, hides alcohol well. Smooth creamy dark choc and I did have quite a bit of this so I must have liked it, but still doesn’t hit the heights, plus I scored it 3.5 the first time and 3.6 this time so pretty consistant.

UPDATED: APR 6, 2010 Revised rating, bottle
Thanks to Diego for this one! Extra black and inky. Very dark head. You aren’t going to see through this. The aroma is crazy - milk chocolate, ancho and alcohol. Big and brash. On the palate, this is a rich imperial stout, very thick, with a great ancho and chocolate accent. Fun stuff.

Original rating, draught at the brewery. Extra black body with a rich dark brown head. Complex aroma - chocolate, tobacco, light ancho and dark fruit. Tastes like beer candy - ancho, lots of dark fruit, rich coffee, intense dark sugars, creamy black malts, cherries. There are so many layers to this it’s scary. A full value champion. 8-5-9-5-18 = 4.5

UPDATED: MAY 20, 2012
Name: Hunahpu’s
Date: January 31, 2009
Mode: Cask
Source: Beerfest, ACAT
Vintage: 2009
Appearance: black, scant head
Aroma: dark roasted malt aroma, lots of earthyness, lots of spicyness
Flavor: sweet and spicy flavor, lots of spices, touch of hot pepper, dark caramel sweetness keeps it balanced, nice chocolate brought out by the sweetness, lots of complexity

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

Name: Hunahpu’s
Date: February 27, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Brewvival
Vintage: 2010
Appearance: opaque dark brown, fine brown head, bits of lace
Aroma: sweet choclate aroma, light roast, dark caramel and vanilla sweetness
Flavor: sweet chocolate flavor, just a hint of the peppery spicyness, dark caramel sweetness, cedar adds a nice complexity

Name: Hunahpu’s
Date: May 08, 2010
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2010
a bit more intense in the bottle, pepper character is coming on stronger, strong chocolate keeps it balanced,

Name: Hunahpu’s
Date: June 19, 2010
Mode: bottle
Source: brewery
Vintage: 2010
Score: 4.2 to 4.3
Appearance: pours as black and thick ink, dark brown head, thick and viscous with legs, globs of sudsy lace are too heavy to stick and slide back into the glass
Aroma: big sweet chocolate and roasted aroma, agressive pepper character blends wirh the spicy wood, vanilla sweetness
Flavor: sweet dark chocolate flavor, vanilla sweetness, lots of roasted, light spicyness from the chilis and wood, chili builds up as it warms towards the bottom of the bottle

Name: Hunahpu’s
Date: December 25, 2010
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar stock
Vintage: 2010
still one of the most complex imperial stouts with the dark chocolate balanced by the hop peppers,

Name: Hunahpu’s
Date: March 12, 2011
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar stock
Vintage: 2010
picking up some sherry oxidation to balance the huge roast, mellow on the peppery character when side by side with the 2011

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 9/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 18/20
Rating: 4.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **** /4

Name: Hunahpu’s
Date: March 12, 2011
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Vintage: 2011
Appearance: solid black, fine brown head
Aroma: dark roasted aroma, nice pepper character, touch of sweetness balanced the roast and pepper
Flavor: rich roasted flavor, lots of peppery character, bitter dark chocolate, good dose of hops

Name: Hunahpu’s
Date: April 17, 2011
Mode: bottle
Source: brewery
Vintage: 2011
Appearance: black, creamy brown head, drippy lace
Aroma: rich chocolate aroma with a light peppery character
Flavor: splitting only half the peppers leaves the flavor a lot sweeter in the bottle bringing out more of a rich chocolate character, peppery spicyness is in the background
Overall: I like the extra pepperyness of the draft which use all split peppery, but the bottle version is great as well

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***+ /4

Name: Hunahpu’s
Date: March 24, 2012
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, HMOG
Vintage: 2012
Appearance: black, fine tan head
Aroma: sweet roasted aroma, chili pepper coming strough strong, rich chocolate
Body: huge body
Flavor: big rich chocolate flavor, lots of vanilla sweetness, balancing chili pepper, rich roasted, long pepper rinish

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 10/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 19/20
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **** /4

75cl bottle. Medium brown head that mostly dissipates atop a motor oil black body. Aroma is moderately sweet, rich cocoa, some vanilla, cinnamon, chili pepper. Taste is sweet, cocoa, dark chocolate, some chili pepper, light vanilla. The chili burn is noticeable, and while it builds slightly in intensity, it never overpowers. Sticky full body.

Balck with a medium dark beige/deep espresso head. Spicy aroma with burned malt, chilis, coffee and dark chocolate. Flavour had a nice chili touch, burned malt, dark bitter chocolate and coffe. Finished dry and somewhat spicy.