Cigar City Big Sound Scotch Ale

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

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RATINGS: 565 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.8/5 SEASONAL: Spring IBU: 27 EST. CALORIES: 297 ABV: 9.9%

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Big Sound Scotch Ale is dedicated to our good buddy Gino, the most punk rock bagpiper you’ll ever meet, and the rest of the men and women of Tampa Bay Pipes and Drums. Brown in color, Big Sound has huge notes of dark sweet toffee with underlying mild notes of coffee in the aroma. The flavor starts with a slight note of cherry and then opens into a Goliath of a malt character with notes of dark sweet toffee, slight hints of coffee and mild notes of toasted bread in the finish. Big Sound Scotch Ale pairs well with Haggis, Highland Games, Huge Heads and Enormous Pillows and of course Bagpipe music.

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Nische (2386) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - SEP 4, 2017

Backlog. Pours very dark brown with a beige head. Slightly roasted malt with sweet chocolate, candied sugar, wood. Clean and full bodied. Very nice.

4.1

alteregoo (1611) - Kalisz, POLAND - JUN 24, 2017

Spory i niespodziewany (czytaj: byłem nieprzygotowany) gushing przy otwieraniu. Piana średnio obfita, szybko opada do zera, barwa brązowa, dość klarowna. W zapachu bardzo przyjemnie i intensywnie - na równi karmel, toffi, porto, sherry, miód spadziowy, melasa i odrobina sosu sojowego. Klasa! W smaku podobnie, dość słodkie, wyklejające, jest umami, delikatna słoność kojarząca się z popcornem w karmelu, toffi, irysy, czekolada, daktyle... Goryczka nieduża, ale obecna, lekko palona, tytoniowa. Niskie wysycenie, pełne, oleiste i gładkie w odbiorze, lekko rozgrzewający alkohol w typie wzmacnianego, słodkiego wina, rumu.
Pozytywne zaskoczenie pod kontem aromatu i konsystencji. Bardziej w typie Backwoods Bastard niż Old Chub. Gdyby nie ten gushing...

4.1

Trolleo (1682) - Pula / Zagreb, CROATIA - JUN 19, 2017

Pitch black color with small white head. Alcohol, caramelized sugar, wood and fig aroma. Sweet chocolate, alcohol, alcohol candy, wooden barrel taste. Medium to full body, soft carbonation. Awesome.

4.2

Pilsnertest (296) - SWEDEN - MAY 20, 2017

Bottle at home. Taste is sweet, malty and roasted. Dried fruits and wood. Very nice mouthfeel. One of the better clean scotch ale!

3.7

BlazerT (1197) - Sosnowiec, POLAND - MAY 14, 2017

Dosyć mocno naładowane słodami - karmel, czekolada, typowe Scotach Ale. Niby wszystko na miejscu, zgodnie ze stylem, ale bez fajerwerków. W tle lekkie nuty dymione.

3.8

mice (994) - FINLAND - MAY 12, 2017

650ml bottle from Beergium. Dark brown, cola coloured beer with very small and quickly vanishing head. Aroma has strong flavors of dark malts, bread, raisins and ripe fruits; plum mostly. Taste has malts, caramel, raisins, some ripe fruits and warming alchocol & sugar at the end. Moderate sweetness, medium carbonation and body. Reminds me a bit of stronger Belgium ales. Quite good.

3.9

adasko (2233) - Poznan, POLAND - APR 8, 2017

Solid, very well made beer. Was expecting a bit more from Cigar, but still - it’s good enough.

3.9

Jashiu (1403) - Gdañsk, POLAND - APR 5, 2017

Bottle shared @Pułapka, Gdańsk

Fruity butterscotch aroma. Taste is sweet and malty, very smooth with a bit of alcohol coming out just before the finish. Caramel finish

3.7

skortila (5953) - Baarn, NETHERLANDS - MAR 10, 2017

Bottled. small sample. The aroma has toffee, caramel, bit horseblanket, roast. Brown coloured beer with an off-white-beige head. The taste is sweet toasted malty, with fruitiness, horseblanket, cookies, molasses. Ends more bitter. Good.

3.7

fugitive (2027) - Athens, GREECE - MAR 7, 2017

Bottle @ Bibere, Piraeus. Color dark brown with small head. Aroma hoppy, roasted, malt, caramel. Taste sweet, caramel, hoppy, alcohol, fruits.

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