Church On A Hill - Cognac Barrel Aged
Cigar City Brewing
- From:
- Cigar City Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 13%
- Score:
- 98
- Avg:
- 4.46 | pDev: 8.52%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 26
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 29, 2018
- Added:
- Jul 09, 2012
- Wants:
- 318
- Gots:
- 24
SCORE
98
World-Class
98
World-Class
Collaboration with Swamp Head Brewery
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Ratings by Alieniloquium:
Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida
4.3/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.3/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
750 mL bottle poured into a snifter. Bottled 7/2/12? There's an odd typo on the bottle date that says "SEQOND." Reviewed from notes.
Appearance - Dark brown. Off white head wispy and very leggy. Another sweet one!
Smell - Huge vanilla aroma. Buckets of vanilla. Cognac? Not really familiar enough with cognac to pick it out as opposed to brandy, but we'll go with it. Boozy. Lots of barrel in this one. Caramel all over, too.
Taste - Lots of vanilla and what we're calling cognac. Caramel sweetness. Really sweet, actually. Just a touch of earthy hops in the back nicely balances it out.
Mouthfeel - Thick and a boozy, but not really overwhelming for a 13% barrel-aged beer. Sweet, but I've already mentioned that.
Oveall - This is so much better than the base beer. Church on a Hill was disappointing for me. The barrel has worked magic. A delicious vanilla bomb.
Aug 29, 2012Appearance - Dark brown. Off white head wispy and very leggy. Another sweet one!
Smell - Huge vanilla aroma. Buckets of vanilla. Cognac? Not really familiar enough with cognac to pick it out as opposed to brandy, but we'll go with it. Boozy. Lots of barrel in this one. Caramel all over, too.
Taste - Lots of vanilla and what we're calling cognac. Caramel sweetness. Really sweet, actually. Just a touch of earthy hops in the back nicely balances it out.
Mouthfeel - Thick and a boozy, but not really overwhelming for a 13% barrel-aged beer. Sweet, but I've already mentioned that.
Oveall - This is so much better than the base beer. Church on a Hill was disappointing for me. The barrel has worked magic. A delicious vanilla bomb.
More User Ratings:
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, 2018
Reviewed 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, 2016
Rated 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, 2014
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