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Church On A Hill - Cognac Barrel Aged
Cigar City Brewing


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- From:
- Cigar City Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 13%
- Score:
- 98
- Avg:
- 4.46 | pDev: 8.52%
- Reviews:
- 26
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 29, 2018
- Added:
- Jul 09, 2012
- Wants:
- 319
- Gots:
- 24
SCORE
98
World-Class
98
World-Class


Notes:
Collaboration with Swamp Head Brewery
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Rated by KensWorld from Florida
4.93/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
4.93/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
2012 bottle
Sep 29, 2018Reviewed by Knapp85 from Pennsylvania
4.45/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.45/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
This poured out as a brownish amber color with a thin white head on top. The smell of the beer is loaded with sweet caramel brandy soaked malts. The taste of the beer is rich, lots of caramel, dark fruits and oak in this thing. The feel is full bodied, it's rich and decedent. Overall it's quite the Barleywine.
Jun 30, 2016Rated by cardsfan from North Carolina
5/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Cognac was still there and really made an already amazing barley wine even more amazing!
Dec 27, 2014Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
4.26/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
This has been a big want of mine for a while, cracked at the CCB share night, thanks again to rudzud.
Light fizzy head, no retention, super dark murky molasses color.
Nose dark malts brown sugar, toffee, caramel, etc, little brandy soaked raisin and fig, candy, etc, with light cognac fruity booze, little dark brown malt,
Taste is very sweet, candy malt, caramel, toffee and lots of toffee, into big cognac barrel, sweet fruity candy cognac, into mild brandy raisin and fruit, fig, arc, great cognac fruity booz. Fair hot booze, sift aged malt too, nice raisin and fig paste really come through, with a candied fruit too. Finish is sweet and sticky, more booze, cognac, candied fruits, etc.
Mouth is sticky sweet, lighter but decent carb, mild warming booze, little underwhelming mouth feel.
Overall great but too sweet, nice cognac and booze fruits, tasty, quite nice.
Apr 04, 2014Light fizzy head, no retention, super dark murky molasses color.
Nose dark malts brown sugar, toffee, caramel, etc, little brandy soaked raisin and fig, candy, etc, with light cognac fruity booze, little dark brown malt,
Taste is very sweet, candy malt, caramel, toffee and lots of toffee, into big cognac barrel, sweet fruity candy cognac, into mild brandy raisin and fruit, fig, arc, great cognac fruity booz. Fair hot booze, sift aged malt too, nice raisin and fig paste really come through, with a candied fruit too. Finish is sweet and sticky, more booze, cognac, candied fruits, etc.
Mouth is sticky sweet, lighter but decent carb, mild warming booze, little underwhelming mouth feel.
Overall great but too sweet, nice cognac and booze fruits, tasty, quite nice.
Reviewed by rudzud from Massachusetts
4.12/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
4.12/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Shared with JLindros.
A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice slightly cloudy brown with a thin halo, very nice.
S - Aromas of cognac, light cardboard, faint malts, caramel. Really sweet smelling.
T - Taste is super sweet, sticky, cognac, malts, caramel, sweet brown sugar. Incredibly sweet, cloyingly so.
M - Mouthfeel is a bit syrupy lowly carbonated.
O - Overall this beer was tasty, albeit really sweet. The cognac is really restrained.
Apr 02, 2014A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice slightly cloudy brown with a thin halo, very nice.
S - Aromas of cognac, light cardboard, faint malts, caramel. Really sweet smelling.
T - Taste is super sweet, sticky, cognac, malts, caramel, sweet brown sugar. Incredibly sweet, cloyingly so.
M - Mouthfeel is a bit syrupy lowly carbonated.
O - Overall this beer was tasty, albeit really sweet. The cognac is really restrained.
Church On A Hill - Cognac Barrel Aged from Cigar City Brewing
Beer rating:
98 out of
100 with
176 ratings
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