Guava Grove - Wild
Cigar City Brewing

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From:
Cigar City Brewing
 
Florida, United States
Style:
Fruited Kettle Sour
ABV:
8%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.1 | pDev: 17.8%
Reviews:
4
Ratings:
18
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 09, 2017
Added:
Sep 04, 2011
Wants:
  14
Gots:
  1
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Ratings by roadhouse:
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Reviewed by roadhouse from Florida

4.89/5  rDev +19.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
I had this on tap at the tasting room. The pour was a nice amber hue with an aroma that is immediately sour with tropical fruit and everything you can want in a wild ale. Taste follows exactly and the guava is ever so slight but that is not to say unnoticeable. It comes through as a delightful sweetness. This is easily one of the best sours I have ever had and cannot wait til they bottle it up.
Sep 01, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.06 by Jason_cs from Florida

Dec 09, 2017
 
Rated: 4.06 by outoffocus from Pennsylvania

Jul 18, 2015
 
Rated: 4.5 by Chingringo from Florida

Dec 08, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by will_eye_e from Florida

Dec 06, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by ThreeFishes from Florida

Dec 06, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by hopkrid from Florida

Sep 18, 2013
 
Rated: 4.75 by velcrogrip from Florida

Sep 10, 2013
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Reviewed by macrosmatic from Florida

4.21/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Reviewed from notes. Had on-tap at CCB tasting room. Served in a snifter glass.

A: Light tan with orange highlights. Very hazy, with low visible carbonation and about a finger's worth of white head.

S: Funky and tart, with significant fruity aromas (citrus, tropical fruit and guava over lemon tartness) and just a bit wheat grainy malt.

T: Follows the nose well. Tart, sour and funky, with guava, lemon and grapefruit fruitiness. Dry and moderate tartness in the finish, but then a flat, flavorless dry flavor I could do without after the swallow. The fruity character increases as the beer warms during the drink.

M: Medium body, plenty of carbonation sensation plus the sour creates some tingly sensation. Moderate alcohol presence.

O: This is quite enjoyable - the interplay between the fruity palate and the tart flavors are nice - but the dry flavorless flavor at the end prevents it from getting top marks from me. Just not quite what it could be, but I'm sure I'll be drinking more.
Sep 07, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by beernads from Florida

Aug 21, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by craftbeerasian from Florida

Jul 07, 2013
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Reviewed by Rifugium from North Dakota

4/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Cloudy amber-peach pour, pretty active, with about a half inch of foamy white head, which sank to a thin layer; minimal lacing. Decent funk in the aroma, notes of guava, cherry, green apple, some acetone, but within tolerance. This was reflected in the taste, which was notably more tart/sour than the original version, flavors of guava, sour cherry, green apple, sour candy, wet grass, mild notes of acetone. Interesting. Medium body, crisp and prickly mouthfeel, good drinkability. Overall quite good, especially for a beer that is infected--from what I was told anyway.
Jul 04, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by Holland from Illinois

Jul 04, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by bauermj from Illinois

Jan 02, 2013
 
Rated: 2.5 by tfsimpkins from Florida

Mar 20, 2012
 
Rated: 2 by IrishColonial from Texas

Dec 15, 2011
 
Rated: 5 by bob727 from Florida

Nov 21, 2011
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Reviewed by ktrillionaire from Florida

4.52/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
This beer, which has not hit the public yet, is a version of Guava Grove spiked with bugs and refermented in the bottle, and aged for a year at some point in the process. Big thanks to Wayne for hooking it up. The brew pours a turbid apricot hue and is capped with a thin doily-like cap of white froth. The nose is way funky, including notes of green sour apple, wet dog, overripe orchard fruit and actually a bit of guava underlying it all. In terms of flavor, it is even funkier, with the aforementioned green apple ramped up in intensity, as well as a tangy red wine note, and a lot of hay-barnyard-wet dog on the finish. The feel is much softer, and more Belgian-esque, than other incarnations of the Grove have been. Quite astounding, the road this brew has traveled, from the crisp (theoretical) Tropical Farmhouse Ale that it was, to the pungent and bold brew that sits in my glass.
Sep 04, 2011
Guava Grove - Wild from Cigar City Brewing
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 18 ratings