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Big Sound
Cigar City Brewing
- From:
- Cigar City Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
Ranked #21 - ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #7,040 - Avg:
- 4.08 | pDev: 10.05%
- Reviews:
- 204
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 22, 2022
- Added:
- Dec 05, 2008
- Wants:
- 188
- Gots:
- 188
Big Sound Scotch Ale is dedicated to our good buddy Gino, the most Punk Rock Bagpiper you will ever meet, and the rest of the men and women of the 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 malt character with notes of dark sweet toffee, coffee and mild notes of toasted bread in the finish. Big Sound Scotch Ale pairs well with Haggis, Highland Games, Huge Heads, Enormous pillows and of course Bagpipe Music.
40 IBU
40 IBU
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Ratings by JayS2629:
Reviewed by JayS2629 from Alabama
4.57/5 rDev +12%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.57/5 rDev +12%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Pours a dark brown with a two finger mocha head that fades fast but leaves great lacing.
The aroma is of molasis, oak, maple and cocoa with a hint of vanilla and hazelnuts. Sweet notes of toffee and a touch of smoke and booze.
The flavor is just as complex. Rich and malty backbone of brown sugar, vanilla, oak, smoke, maple, cocoa, and hazelnuts. Deep toffee dominates with earthy hops in the back. All of this is with a touch of bourbon completes things.
Rich and decandent. Very balanced and tasty.
Jan 02, 2012The aroma is of molasis, oak, maple and cocoa with a hint of vanilla and hazelnuts. Sweet notes of toffee and a touch of smoke and booze.
The flavor is just as complex. Rich and malty backbone of brown sugar, vanilla, oak, smoke, maple, cocoa, and hazelnuts. Deep toffee dominates with earthy hops in the back. All of this is with a touch of bourbon completes things.
Rich and decandent. Very balanced and tasty.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Dfeinman1 from Florida
4.19/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Found an older one of these in my cellar it held up really well. A bit alcoholly but definitely hits of fig and raisin with still some carbonation left.
Mar 04, 2021Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia
3.74/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
From a relatively old (5 years plus) bottle of "Big Sound," it pours a clear dark brown with a short lived light brown head that soon diminishes to a thin layer and ring. In the nose, alcohol and dark fruits. In the mouth, the alcohol is evident and the flavor is of the dark fruits and caramel. It ages reasonably well.
Oct 10, 2020Reviewed by Treyliff from West Virginia
3.83/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
22oz bottle poured into a snifter
A- pours a deep brown with a small foamy head that has short retention
S- smells of dark fruit with notes of fig & raisin, caramel & toffee, as well as light chocolate
T- sweet caramel and toffee up front followed by prune and fig. Mid-palate gives some earthy notes, the finish is malty and sweet, linger of fig & caramel
M- medium body and moderate carbonation leads to a slightly foamy mouthfeel and finish
O- solid straight-forward scotch ale
Jul 02, 2017A- pours a deep brown with a small foamy head that has short retention
S- smells of dark fruit with notes of fig & raisin, caramel & toffee, as well as light chocolate
T- sweet caramel and toffee up front followed by prune and fig. Mid-palate gives some earthy notes, the finish is malty and sweet, linger of fig & caramel
M- medium body and moderate carbonation leads to a slightly foamy mouthfeel and finish
O- solid straight-forward scotch ale
Big Sound from Cigar City Brewing
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
724 ratings
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