Cigar City Tocobaga Red Ale

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Growler fresh from Cigar City (thanks Austin!). Pours brownish orange with a short but frothy off-white head. Aroma of grapefruit rind, grassy hops, and caramel. Really nice balanced flavor of citrus and floral hops with a sweet malt finish. Easy to drink and no hint at all of the alcohol. A very well done amber ale.

Une bouteille de 12 oz qui dévoile une robe ambrée et passablement embrouillée. Le col mousseux construit lors du versement s’accroche et laisse quelques traces sur la paroi du verre. Le premier nez est fait de fruits sucrés et d’agrumes. Le second et les suivants confirment d’autres choses houblonnées comme de la résine, des herbes fraîches et des notes d’épinette. J’ai l’impression que la levure en est une anglaise. Je me trompe? C’est fort possible. Au goût, mes papilles captent de bonnes saveurs de tangerine, de fleurs, de fruits rouges et de notes de pin qui s’étendent sur une base maltée caramélisé de moyenne envergure. Sur le palais, le liquide est de moyenne densité. Sa texture m’apparaît crémeuse et son pétillement est plus que modéré. La finale se fait sur des notes amères modérément intenses : j’ai des saveurs d’herbes et d’agrumes et de résine qui restent collées dans le fond de ma gorge.

Draft at Sybarite Pig. Tulip. Deep hazy amber pour with medium white head. Aroma of malts, cereal and sweet fruits. Taste is complex with many malts, sweet fruits like apricots and plums, nectar, light hops and earthy flavors. Finishes bold with spices.

12 oz bottle thanks to Ed. Pours an amber brown with a lot of flocculation. Not much of a head. Lots of malt flavor and mild hop levels. A lot of flavor overall for an amber ale.

Bottle. Pours slightly hazy copper with a half-inch beige head. Aroma of sweet cherries, peaches, and grapes, with some slight pepper notes. Taste starts of with those sweet fruits, quickly turns bitter and roasty, with a spicy floral finish. Rich and complex. Good one.

Very interesting take on a red ale. Its more of a fruity ipa. Pours reddish brown with a cream colored head. Smells tropical and hoppy. Taste is just that, fruity and full bodied with that hoppiness that holds. Pretty big body and malty. Very enjoyable and lots of flavor.

Not what I was expecting at all. Given the hopiness of this beer, I would have guessed somewhere between a pale ale and an IPA. Poured from an bottle - deep brown amber with a light tan foamy head with lacy that persisted all the way up the side of the glass. Nice hop bitterness throughout balanced by a solid malt backbone (might have guessed rye, but believe I would have guessed wrong). The hops are piney/resiny and I’m picking up some tropical fruit notes. A bit more grapefruit hitting the palate as I made my way down the glass. This beer has a smooth, medium mouthfeel and a dry finish with lingering bitterness. This was a treat for me to have in Atlanta, considering no current distribution in Georgia.

Copper, clear, white head. Aroma of toasty malts, resiny, piney hops, orange-citrus. Flavor again features toasty malt with a hint of caramel and loads of piney, resiny, citrus-orange hop character. Very well made.

Poured copper red with nice head. Nice malt backbone balanced by a fair amount of hops. A great red ale, wish it was more widely available.

12oz bottle in a shaker. Pours reddish/copper with a lacy, off-white head. Aroma of caramel and toffee malts with a little dough plus a good amount of citrusy and floral hops. Flavor the same, with a good amount of hops for this style. Average texture. A pretty good beer for the style.