Hunahpu's Imperial Stout - Laird's Apple Brandy Barrel
Cigar City Brewing
- From:
- Cigar City Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 11.5%
- Score:
- 100
- Avg:
- 4.69 | pDev: 7.89%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 108
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 12, 2022
- Added:
- Mar 13, 2010
- Wants:
- 832
- Gots:
- 12
SCORE
100
World-Class
100
World-Class
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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Ratings by Alieniloquium:
Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida
3.69/5 rDev -21.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.69/5 rDev -21.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
32 oz. screw-top growler graciously shared by Dave.
Appearance - Pours an incredibly flat inky black. Glass-staining, as always. Viscous, but no head. Bummer. Growler, maybe?
Smell - Brandy, booze, and, well, standard Hunahpu aromas. Chilies and chocolate. And more booze. The brandy aroma is a little on the sickly sweet side, though. Really detracts, I think.
Taste - Awfully sweet at the start. Brandy comes through, but it isn't an imposing flavor, except for the sweetness. Chocolate and chilies are still pretty potent in this treatment. Thick and sweet and syrupy, though. Every bit of sugar is amplified by the brandy.
Mouthfeel - Thick and boozy. Still has the wonderful viscosity of Hunahpu, though, but it tastes every bit of 11.5% and then some. The sugar doesn't help.
Overall - Not an impressive treatment. It's still a fascinating combination of flavors, but not something that improves upon the original beer.
Jun 30, 2012Appearance - Pours an incredibly flat inky black. Glass-staining, as always. Viscous, but no head. Bummer. Growler, maybe?
Smell - Brandy, booze, and, well, standard Hunahpu aromas. Chilies and chocolate. And more booze. The brandy aroma is a little on the sickly sweet side, though. Really detracts, I think.
Taste - Awfully sweet at the start. Brandy comes through, but it isn't an imposing flavor, except for the sweetness. Chocolate and chilies are still pretty potent in this treatment. Thick and sweet and syrupy, though. Every bit of sugar is amplified by the brandy.
Mouthfeel - Thick and boozy. Still has the wonderful viscosity of Hunahpu, though, but it tastes every bit of 11.5% and then some. The sugar doesn't help.
Overall - Not an impressive treatment. It's still a fascinating combination of flavors, but not something that improves upon the original beer.
More User Ratings:
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, 2021
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