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Church On A Hill
Cigar City Brewing
- From:
- Cigar City Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 13%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 10.5%
- Reviews:
- 21
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 30, 2017
- Added:
- Feb 09, 2012
- Wants:
- 81
- Gots:
- 14
Collaboration with Swamp Head Brewery
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Ratings by Sean9689:
Reviewed by Sean9689 from Illinois
3.62/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On-tap at CCB.
A - Pours a reddish/brown color, cream-colored head, super-thin collar.
S - Dark fruits, heavy booze, caramel, burnt sugars, toffee. The booze is pretty big on this one, but the dark sugars help take what would be an overpowering amount and lessen it a bit.
T - Bigger booze here then the nose. Dark fruits, harsh bitter alcohol bite, caramel, burnt sugars. Finish is light sweetness overtaken by a bitter boozy bite.
M - Medium to full, light carbonation, creamy booze finish.
O - Really too hot for me to enjoy all that much. With some age, I could see this smoothing out to really pick up everything, but the alcohol is just too much right now.
Mar 12, 2012A - Pours a reddish/brown color, cream-colored head, super-thin collar.
S - Dark fruits, heavy booze, caramel, burnt sugars, toffee. The booze is pretty big on this one, but the dark sugars help take what would be an overpowering amount and lessen it a bit.
T - Bigger booze here then the nose. Dark fruits, harsh bitter alcohol bite, caramel, burnt sugars. Finish is light sweetness overtaken by a bitter boozy bite.
M - Medium to full, light carbonation, creamy booze finish.
O - Really too hot for me to enjoy all that much. With some age, I could see this smoothing out to really pick up everything, but the alcohol is just too much right now.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
3.43/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Thanks to JustXBeer for sharing this one at Retsinis' tasting.
Pours a murky dark orange-brown with a foamy khaki head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, caramel, toffee, honey, and cardboard aromas. Taste is much the same with caramel and herbal hop flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer with slight oxidized aromas that don't show up in the taste.
Apr 28, 2014Pours a murky dark orange-brown with a foamy khaki head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, caramel, toffee, honey, and cardboard aromas. Taste is much the same with caramel and herbal hop flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer with slight oxidized aromas that don't show up in the taste.
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.85/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Shared bottle pours clear red-amber with a modest head.
Unusual aroma with a suggestion of rum and brandy. Soft fruits, light malts, and alcohol esters dominate the flavor. ABV partially hidden but not so in the aroma.
Medium body with rather low carbonation.
Apr 08, 2014Unusual aroma with a suggestion of rum and brandy. Soft fruits, light malts, and alcohol esters dominate the flavor. ABV partially hidden but not so in the aroma.
Medium body with rather low carbonation.
Church On A Hill from Cigar City Brewing
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
93 ratings
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