Maduro Brown Ale
Cigar City Brewing

Just nice... balanced stable.. malty. Notes of Chocolate ... Smooth and just enough bitter balance to leave a sweetness lingering on your tounge... Inviting another sip...

 

 

 

 

Gorgeous beer. Dark brown but not opaque. Thick fizzy tan head with excellent retention. Smells of caramel, toasted malts, and pea nuts. It's a good aroma, I just wish it was more pronounced. Toasted flavor; with a hint of caramel and cigar. Good beer. Balanced mouthfeel. There's a lot going on in this beer but I feel like you have to reach for it.

 

 

 

Poured into a Nonic pint glass from a 12-oz can 2 1/2 mo’s after its canning fate.

Look: A pretty beer — ruby brown, two fingers tan head with decent retention, and producing abundant lacing.

Nose: Faint roasted malt.

Attack: Follows the nose exactly, then the flavor deepens.

Finish: Some hop bitterness to balance the malt.

Mouthfeel: Medium thin, and a little too much carbonation.

Overall: Another very good, very drinkable English Brown. While, as with the Alesmith Nut Brown, I prefer both the now defunct Rogue Hazelnut Brown, and Samuel Smith’s Nut Brown Ale, just a bit more, I’d gladly order and enjoy drinking this one. I do agree with the brewer’s notes — this would be an excellent beer to accompany a cigar.

 

Your above average brown ale. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Nose is cocoa, caramel, chocolate syrup. Taste was slightly cocoa with a slight dark chocolate bitterness. Very nice brown ale.

 

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Had this gem right out of the spigot at Cigar City in Tampa. As a true beer snob who drinks new beers almost nightly, i was stunned at how good this was, i cannot say i have tasted anything better in the less than 6 abv range, Noy easy to find in my home Alabama. Find it occasionally in cans in Birmingham stores. Just as good poured from a can into a chilled pint glass at my house. A real treat when i find it.

Appearance: The 12-ounce can has a brown decoration that plays homage to the cigar wrapping namesake of the beer. A small centimeter of soft khaki foam was poured into a room temperature glass. The head went away quickly, even after a proper pour. A light ring and some surface color was left, as anticipated with the style. The color is a beautiful mahogany.

Aroma: Strong notes of chocolate syrup, lactose, marshmallows, milk, sugar cone, hazelnut, and peanut shells.

Taste: Oatmeal, malt, cacao, cola, cookie, caramel, roasted coffee, root beer barrel candy, nutshells. Bitter aftertaste.

Feel: Just the right amount of carbonation that doesn't fade away. Thinner than expected but not necessarily in a bad way.

Overall: This is a very self-aware beer that nails its own unique flavor profile. There is complexity and breadth. The beer has a lot going for it but only if you like the specific style.