Cisco Ten

Formerly brewed at Cisco Brewers
Style: American Strong Ale
Nantucket, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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Milwaukee YeHA! 2006

Thanks to Joel (StewartOfGondor) from bringing this up from his cellar. It was an interesting and very unique beer. I don’t think I have ever had something with this combination of flavors that was so easy to drink. It suprises me to find out it is almost 10% - I would never have guessed that from the way it went down.

Aroma / Appearance - Godiva chocolate dipped strawberries, melons and a melody of other fresh fruits form a very sweet nose. The body is a deep chocolate brown with no head. A little light was able to escape but on the whole it was pretty opaque.

Flavor / Palate - Caramel, strawberries and chocolate form a relatively simple but fun mouthfeel. The finish is tart and fruity, accenting the fruit in this fruit beer. If there would have been more left over I would have easily finished it off had my stomach not been so full. If you can manage to get your hands on this soon, give it a try.

From the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 11/10/2007 (As Cisco XII Wild Strawberry Ale) Sour fruit aroma. Golden coloured with a sour fruit flavour. Crisp and slightly dry finish.

Definitely a big strawberry presence, both in the nose and in the flavor. Very tart and fruity with almost a lambic thing going on. Interesting.

Sampled at GABF 2007. Reddish brown in color with a thin beige head. Earthy and oaky in the aroma. Cherries, tart apricots and rye whisky in the flavor. Very woody finish.

GABF 2007: XII version. Tart aroma and flavor with a hint of strawberry. Light funk. Mild acidity in the tart flavor. Smooth mouthfeel.

(Draught, labeled XII) Pours a lightly hazy golden amber body with moderate off-white head. Aroma of fruit, candish strawberry, vanilla, and caramel. Flavor of sourness, strawberries, nuts, earthiness, and caramel.

on tap at gabf. I tasted it hoping to enjoy the strawberries, but was greeted instead by a sharp palate, a wild yeast, and not much strawnberry flavor. Perhaps it needs to wait another year to mellow?

Date: 02/10/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Extreme Beer

hazy amber, frothy off white head, streaks of lace, tart cheery and oak aroma on a lightly sweet caramel malt base, tart cherry flavor with a woody cherry pit character, light bitterness, a hint of sweetness sneaks in at the end

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

En fût. Verre de dégustation directement à la brasserie. Servis sous le nom de "Twelve". Arôme: Odeur de caramel et de cerises avec une pointe d’alcool. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée. Présence d’une large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel au beurre et fruits des champs. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de framboises en arrière goût. (Rating #1115)

Thanks to Steward of Ghondor for sharing this. Nice brown color, off white head. Nose is strawberries with a touch of oak and vanilla. Cool! Flavor is slightly dissapointing, the berries are there, the wood is there, its just missing the mouthfeel the nose aluded to.

Bottle shared by StewardofGondor on 12/16/06: Pours a clear copper bronze with wispy-lacing off-white head. Complex, sweet caramel malty aroma has some fruity cherry notes. Body starts lightly sweet and full with some complex oaky bourbon notes and a smoother, slightly warming drier finish. A unique and enjoyable brew.