Maple Bourbon Barrel Aged Hunahpu's Imperial Stout
Cigar City Brewing

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From:
Cigar City Brewing
 
Florida, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
15.4%
Score:
98
Avg:
4.6 | pDev: 5.87%
Reviews:
8
Ratings:
33
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jan 20, 2021
Added:
Mar 10, 2018
Wants:
  23
Gots:
  5
The “mother of all Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout” treatments, this one-of-a-kind barrel-aged Imperial Stout is a maple syrup bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stout with vanilla, cacao nibs, cinnamon and ancho, pasilla and guajillo chile peppers.

Think “white chocolate chip pancakes eaten with a white-oak fork after dusting some chile powder over the plate”.
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Ratings by lupercmda:
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Reviewed by lupercmda from North Carolina

4.71/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
This pours black with a minimal one finger head that quickly dissipates. It smells of deep rich chocolate and maple. Tastes really maple up front with the midpalate chocolate taste and a small lingering back end alcohol burn. Really well balanced and one of the best beers I have had from CCB.
Mar 15, 2018
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.94 by matteice88 from Washington

Jan 20, 2021
 
Rated: 4.24 by 22Blue from Kansas

Aug 16, 2020
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Reviewed by spersichilli from California

4.68/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
500ml bottle poured into a teku

Appearance
: pitch black with a bit of head

Smell
: maple is present on the nose right after pouring, followed by cinnamon and chocolate. Not as much of the peppers or vanilla, although the lack of peppers could be due to the age of the bottle.

Taste
: Very maple forward, with maple/cinnamon/chocolate fighting for the front seat. Bourbon character is minimal, I think this could also benefit from a bit more pepper heat to balance it (which probably was there when this was fresher). Besides that, extremely tasty. Boozier than the base huna but it a good way, you can tell that this is amped up compared to the standard version

Mouthfeel: medium-full, not overly heavy


Overall: Great beer that punches above its value. Would love to see Cigar City do more stuff like this.
Oct 07, 2019
 
Rated: 4.58 by vfgccp from New York

Mar 23, 2019
 
Rated: 4.86 by Stofko1992 from Pennsylvania

Mar 03, 2019
 
Rated: 4.95 by elkinbrown from Tennessee

Dec 17, 2018
 
Rated: 4.34 by user785335 from Florida

Dec 06, 2018
 
Rated: 4.48 by fthegiants from California

Oct 19, 2018
 
Rated: 4.47 by swanfungus from California

Oct 05, 2018
 
Rated: 4.54 by pagesofphotographs from Colorado

Aug 15, 2018
 
Rated: 4.5 by ADTaber from South Carolina

Aug 06, 2018
 
Rated: 4.41 by rodmanfor3 from Vermont

Jul 16, 2018
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Reviewed by LloydDobler from Indiana

4.73/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
500ml bottle poured into snifter

Shared this with some good buddies. Absolute maple BOMB! The barrel characteristics meld well with the base and maple additions. Dark malts with traditional Huna spice. Mild heat, and super slick. You would never be able to tell that this is 15%+. It really IS the “mother of all Huna treatments”. I rated regular BA Huna higher than this, but I had this next to equally impressive brews which might have adjusted the bell curve. Still, I’m happy to have the chance to try any beer with a 500 bottle count.
Jun 29, 2018
 
Rated: 4.5 by kylehay2004 from Illinois

May 28, 2018
 
Rated: 4.85 by mattsmith413 from North Carolina

May 27, 2018
 
Rated: 4.47 by SadMachine from New Jersey

May 19, 2018
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Rated by IckyT2012 from Florida

4.79/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Possibly the best Cigar City beer I've ever had. I will not be trading my other bottles.
May 17, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by oline73 from Maryland

May 05, 2018
 
Rated: 5 by Narthax from Texas

May 05, 2018
Maple Bourbon Barrel Aged Hunahpu's Imperial Stout from Cigar City Brewing
Beer rating: 98 out of 100 with 33 ratings