Cigar City Improvisación (Oatmeal Rye India Brown Ale)

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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Bottle 75cl. @ cgarvieuk - Cigar City tasting.
Clear medium to dark brown color with a large, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, lacto, barnyard, rubber - smoke, soft oak, cheese notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, dry dusty wine notes. Body is medium, texture is oily and smooth, carbonation is soft and very carbonated. [20100206]

Bottled. An amber beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of malt and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with ntoes of malt, alcohol, and spices, leading to a dry and bitter finish.

UPDATED: DEC 1, 2010 Bottle 75 cl. RBESG Rome 2010. Pours an almost clear amber golden with an off-white head. Fresh citrus and peachy hops in the nose. Medium body, sweet fruit and peaches from the aroma hops that also leave a fresh and bitter hoppiness in the finish.
NOTE: we were informed at the tasting, that this was a trial brew of "Improvisación IPA" which is different from the Improvisación (Oatmeal Rye India Brown Ale) listed here. But apparently the IPA version would be released later. Please move my rating by then. 060610

75 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is citrusy and smooth peachy fruity. Bitter, wooden, citrusy and peachy. Dry and bitter and crisp dry wooden hoppy.

Bottled@omhper. Hazy deep brown colour with mediumsized beige head. Aroma is chocolate, fruits, some slight yeast, mild wood and herbs. Flavour is zest, chocolate, mild toasted notes as well as some ryebreadlike notes. Underlying fruityness all the way through as well. Quite interesting brew.

Bottled, thanks baggio! Hazy nut brown, small beige head. Complex aroma where nothing really stands out. Chocolate, orange and wood are there. Mid-sweet wit soft yet solid mouthfeel. Caramel, chocolate, marmelade, roastiness and menthe are flavours I pick up from this well integrated beer. The bitterness keeps growing. Quality all the way!

UPDATED: JUL 31, 2010
Name: Improvization
Date: December 12, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, ORF
Appearance: muddy brown, fine tan head
Aroma: sweet spicy chocolate aroma, lots of spicyness
Flavor: big bitter chocolate flavor, touch of roasted, lots of hops, light citrus, big bitterness from the hops and the roasted, hint of tartness

Name: Improvization
Date: May 28, 2010
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Aroma: picking up a bret character in the aroma
Flavor: picking up a fair amount of funk in the flavor as well

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

RBESG 2010, Grand Tasting, bottle
Beautiful light amber color; small creamy head. The caramel and hop aroma is partially fruity and peppery. Round mouthfeel, sweetish toffee flavor, with strong hopping, not very fresh. Strong final, more resiny than the rest.

Clear amber with a large beige head. Hoppy aroma with pine, grapefruits and lemons. Flavour had plenty of hops, pine, grapefruits and lemons. Finished dry and bitter.

( 750ml bottle, 9% abv version, courtesy of BMan1113VR ) Pours a hazy amber-brown body with a medium beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, pine, grass, chocolate, and caramel. Flavor of cocoa, citrus, rye, roastiness, oatmeal, and caramel malt.