Cigar City Vuja De

Brewed by Cigar City Brewing
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Tampa, Florida USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Draft. Dark red, pink-white head. Nose and taste are vinegar and sour cherries, like a typical Flemish sour. Not overly sweet. Tart finish.

pours a murky brownish orange with a thin white head. Aroma of vinegar, citrus, berries and funky yeast. Taste follows, really sour and funky. Nice citrus acidity as well as funky yeast. This beer really tastes of St. Somewhere and ccb. not bad

Pours dark unclear in color with a velvety peach pink carnation head. The aroma brings the wild yeast and black currants very pungent in the nose, a hint of nail polish from the yeast that was a lot stronger when this was fresh. The flavor brings the black currants, hibiscus, and wild yeast with a sour, tart and fruity ending. The body is a bit overcarbonated, nothing a few swirls can’t fix.

A: Pours muddy brown, almost dark pink in light. Off white cap, retention is great - just a weird color S: Sourness immediately, light apple vinegar, brown sugar, caramel, lots of malts. Nail polish remover kinda threw me off, but when you swirl this beer around it really hits you! T: Puckeringly sour, but not so much as others I’ve tried recently. Vinegar, fruit, nail polish remover, brown sugar and very malt heavy flavor. Pretty balanced MF/O: smooth feel, creamy finish, carbonation is spot on...not bad by any means, but unrefined - more like a Flanders than a wild ale Lowest ever CCB score for me is a B-??

Bottle shared by Mes in London. Pours clear, red-brown with a moderate, tan cream head. Big vinegar and tangy berry aroma. medium sweet flavor, quite sour, loads of vinegar, berries, dirt, toasty sugars, light alcohol. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Warming finish, some stinging vinegar, toasty brown sugars, tangy fruits, touches of roasty-toasty wood. Very nice.

Bottle, 75cl. An unclear, dark brown body is topped by a finger-thick, dense, beige head. The aroma has vinegar at first, then supported by roasted malts, lots of dried fruits and a hint of acetone. It’s tart and medium bodied, a tad too effervescent, and with some lemony and vinegar-ish flavors in addition to roasted malts and dried fruits. Tart, lemony finish. Actually, it’s so tart it feels the tongue is burning. I expected a more flower smelling, and flower tasting beer, but it’s certainly nice anyway. 111229

750ml bottle shared by mesandsim. Deep brick read, largeish lasting frothy tan head. Smells and tastes of black currant, hint of soy, alcohol, funk - yummmm. Syrupy, well-carbonated, sour, acidic,not at all boozy - a bit roasty, I guess. Another shambles of a rate, but daaaamn this is awesome.

A Mes rate. Bottle left over from our wedding haul. Damn good. A strange combo but it works well. Very acidic and sweet. Reminds me of La Folie in a lot of ways. The lemon comes through really well but doesn’t take over with bitterness. Hint of Coca Cola on the nose that is really pleasing. Fruity as hell, bags of character but not aggressive. Really really good. There is just something holding it back from being brilliant. I think it’s just slightly too acidic.

Bottle at home with the wife. Poured a deep cola color with a frothy khaki head that quickly dissipated. Smell is heavy acid, vinegar, dark fruits, nail polish, and oak. Taste is very acidic, leather, red wine vinegar, wood, tannin, and rubbing alcohol. Mouthfeel is medium with fizzy carbonation. Overall, much too vinegary for my liking and a bit lop-sided. Meh.

Dark brown with a frothy head. Aroma is fruity (plum, overripe peach, raisin). Malty and deeply fruity palate is quite intense. Strong, muscular flavours but pretty well-rounded. Slightly sharp in the finish, some of that Saint Somewhere influence no doubt.