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Hunahpu's Imperial Stout - Laird's Apple Brandy Barrel
Cigar City Brewing
Beer Geek Stats
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- From:
- Cigar City Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 11.5%
- Score:
- 100
- Avg:
- 4.69 | pDev: 7.89%
- Reviews:
- 108
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 12, 2022
- Added:
- Mar 13, 2010
- Wants:
- 837
- Gots:
- 12
SCORE
100
World-Class
100
World-Class
Notes:
With cinnamon, vanilla, cacoa nibs and chile peppers. Extensive aging inside wooden barrels that previously held apple brandy lends additional complexity and depth of character to this imperial stout brewed to honor the great hero of Mayan mythology, Hun Hunahpu.
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Reviewed by WickedBeer from Alabama
4.54/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.54/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
2020 Release.
Everything still working together really nicely on the nose; vanilla & chocolate, subtle cinnamon. Chilies with temp.
Palate not nearly as rich on the palate, but the contrast is really nice. Palate is dry and very barrel forward; stewed cinnamon apples, oak chips, blistered chilies, and baking cocoa. Finishes with a boozy warmth that lingers.
The body could use a little bit more weight, but that warmth on the finish gives this one everything it needs.
I wasn’t sure what to expect from this, but it’s holding up amazingly. Not getting hardly any oxidative qualities, and while I’d imagine the prominence of the barrel has increased over time as the adjuncts fade, I think this is a perfect example of where thats just what this beer needed.
Oct 12, 2022Everything still working together really nicely on the nose; vanilla & chocolate, subtle cinnamon. Chilies with temp.
Palate not nearly as rich on the palate, but the contrast is really nice. Palate is dry and very barrel forward; stewed cinnamon apples, oak chips, blistered chilies, and baking cocoa. Finishes with a boozy warmth that lingers.
The body could use a little bit more weight, but that warmth on the finish gives this one everything it needs.
I wasn’t sure what to expect from this, but it’s holding up amazingly. Not getting hardly any oxidative qualities, and while I’d imagine the prominence of the barrel has increased over time as the adjuncts fade, I think this is a perfect example of where thats just what this beer needed.
Rated by Appearanceswc from Virginia
4.17/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
The Huna base is underwhelming at best. The AB really helped it but in no way made it a world class beer.
Aug 06, 2021Rated by Dadthew from New York
4.73/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.73/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Better as it warms
Jun 11, 2021Reviewed by Newbeergeek1 from Maine
4.95/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
4.95/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
OMG! Cigar City had this on tap when I picked up my Hunahpu bottles in March 2021. I had TWO it was so good. My oh my I hope to have some again someday. It was just on tap.
May 29, 2021
Reviewed by Dicers from California
4.57/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
4.57/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
Beer #250 of the BA Top 250 - Completed after 6 years and 437 different beers apart of the Top 250
Thank you @Brewzma
L: Jet black, light tan head
S: Apple, vanilla, peppers, cinnamon, bit of brandy
T: Lots of cinnamon and apple brandy, a bit of caramel. Nice pepper back note
F: This is thick and viscous
O: This beer is the culmination of chasing the dynamic Top 250 through its multiple iterations. It is a nice cap to a wonderful journey.
Apr 18, 2021Thank you @Brewzma
L: Jet black, light tan head
S: Apple, vanilla, peppers, cinnamon, bit of brandy
T: Lots of cinnamon and apple brandy, a bit of caramel. Nice pepper back note
F: This is thick and viscous
O: This beer is the culmination of chasing the dynamic Top 250 through its multiple iterations. It is a nice cap to a wonderful journey.
Rated by carlso_aw from Indiana
3.87/5 rDev -17.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.87/5 rDev -17.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
From Huna Day 2018 (secret tap)...meh, like the other variants that year. Just ok.
Mar 27, 2021
Rated by Beerbom from California
4.25/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Apple was present but there was not much pepper present. Not a ton of barrel character either.
Mar 22, 2021
Rated by bret27 from California
4.25/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Bottle share courtesy of Hoplessly0.
Mar 22, 2021
Hunahpu's Imperial Stout - Laird's Apple Brandy Barrel from Cigar City Brewing
Beer rating:
100 out of
100 with
391 ratings
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