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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Sample at the tap room. This brew pours a hazy reddish color with a medium thin light beige head that recedes steadily. Rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of hops and caramel malt. Medium body with flavors of grassy hops, toasted malt, caramel and citrus. The finish is hoppy with a fruity aftertaste. Above average overall.

Tap at Rattle N Hum. Amber pour with aroma of citrus and some bread and caramel. Tastes of a big grapefruit hop bite with a pretty good malt background. Pretty nice!

Pours a rich cherrywood color with a thick lacy head. Aroma of bitter hops, if I was blindfolded I would think this is an ipa. Taste follows, easier to drink than an ipa. This is such a solid beer, ive never been impressed with reds, that is until now ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle. Amber pour. Decent flavor and aroma of caramel malts. sweet maltiness. Well made red, just not my thing

Pint on tap at The Pub in Tampa. Pours a red/copper color as expected, moderate cream colored head. Aroma is sweet and spicy with some caramel maltiness. Also some roastiness and fresh hoppiness as well, like a resin or a floral aroma. Taste is mildly bitter and very enjoyable. Balanced out by sweetness. Full body, active on the palate, fizzy with a mildly bitter finish. Good option.

Bottle. Pours red with a beige head, good retention/lace. Aroma of citrus/resin/pine hops, caramel, toffee. Taste is moderately bitter, grapefruit/pine, some caramel malt sweetness. Palate is soft, creamy, bitter finish. More of an IPA than an amber, very good.

A very nice ale, nice sharp bitter aftertaste, and overall an excellent beer.

Nice amber color pour. Taste is slightly malty with a hop bite. Smooth finish that lingers on a good way. Real nice red. So glad I can pick up CC stuff in my area.

Bottle* 750ml.

Clear medium amber colour with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, caramel, wood, light to moderate hoppy, fruity, passion fruit - dragonfruit. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120421]

Bottle. Grapefruit / pine hops, caramel malt, and apricot aroma. Murky amber with a small off-white head. Just like it smells, sweet caramel malt balanced with a resinous piney hops and apricot flavor. Full sticky body.

In short: A rich caramelized amber ale with sharp resinous/citric/grapefruity hopping. A nourishing IPA classified as an Amber Ale
How: Bottle 12oz. Consumed when very fresh one week after getting it from GodOfThunder who assured me it was extra-super-fresh.
The look: Cloudy dark amber topped by a medium beige head with medium retention
In long: Nose is IPA-hoppy bursting with hops resin with a citrusy/coniferous character. Taste has lots of creamy caramelized malts, some sweet red fruits, plenty of tasty bitter hops that blend a sticky resinous character with refreshing fruity flavors. Also notes of sharper hops with a bitter grapefruits and citric lemons character. Also plenty of wet grass. Bitterness level is medium-high. Full body with a slightly sticky mouthfeel. This was a tasty nourishing beer, enjoyable. Another nice new beer I didn’t know about, to me drinking and ratings beers is more than a hobby, it’s a passion, and I wish my wife and entire family would stop using air quotes when referring to my “passion”.