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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%
- Reviews:
- 108
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 12, 2022
- Added:
- Mar 13, 2010
- Wants:
- 835
- Gots:
- 12
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 DarthKostrizer:
Reviewed by DarthKostrizer from California
4.92/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
4.92/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Thanks bulbman for the hookup
Look: Black with red circles around the top of the beer. Very little tan head and leaves the glass with a great coating
Smell: The nose of this beer like pretty much everything is just amazing. There is so many layers to the nose I am not sure where to start. The brandy really shines through with some dark chocolate brownies behind that. Traces of vanilla pass by the nose as well as a touch of chili peppers
Taste: Holy fucking bananas batman this is amazing. The beer has this wonderful chocolate covered cherry character brought forth by the brandy and right when you think the beer can't get any better it totally changes bringing forth lots of vanilla and fudge. Then a third wave takes over and you get a nice amount of chili pepper and molasses that just works perfectly together. But wait there's more. The beer finishes with that same chocolate covered cherry flavor.
Mouthfeel: Thick as hell and low to no carbonation(could be more) Oily as hell and you can just feel it coating your insides
Overall: This is the perfect dessert beer and is definitely in my top 3 beers of all time. I am glad that another growler just arrived at my doorstep. Holy hell this beer is almost perfect and I honestly can't see a beer being much better
Jul 25, 2012Look: Black with red circles around the top of the beer. Very little tan head and leaves the glass with a great coating
Smell: The nose of this beer like pretty much everything is just amazing. There is so many layers to the nose I am not sure where to start. The brandy really shines through with some dark chocolate brownies behind that. Traces of vanilla pass by the nose as well as a touch of chili peppers
Taste: Holy fucking bananas batman this is amazing. The beer has this wonderful chocolate covered cherry character brought forth by the brandy and right when you think the beer can't get any better it totally changes bringing forth lots of vanilla and fudge. Then a third wave takes over and you get a nice amount of chili pepper and molasses that just works perfectly together. But wait there's more. The beer finishes with that same chocolate covered cherry flavor.
Mouthfeel: Thick as hell and low to no carbonation(could be more) Oily as hell and you can just feel it coating your insides
Overall: This is the perfect dessert beer and is definitely in my top 3 beers of all time. I am glad that another growler just arrived at my doorstep. Holy hell this beer is almost perfect and I honestly can't see a beer being much better
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
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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