Leon
Cigar City Brewing
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- Style:
- Barleywine - English
Ranked #4 - ABV:
- 13%
- Score:
- 98
Ranked #278 - Avg:
- 4.46 | pDev: 7.85%
- Reviews:
- 71
- Ratings:
- From:
- Cigar City Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Avail:
- Rotating/Seasonal
- Wants
- 646
- Gots
- 81
SCORE
98
World-Class
98
World-Class
Notes:
Church on a Hill aged in apple brandy barrels.
Reviews: 71
| Ratings: 570
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Reviews by jjdc:
jjdc from District of Columbia
4.25/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jan 12, 2018
4.25/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jan 12, 2018
More User Reviews:
KevSal from California
4.27/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Batch1
Looong time want! Good way to start 2015. The apple is still there in the nose and taste, the body is slightly thin missing a bit of heft. Very tasty flavor. Wouldn't consider this world class however. Interested to try batch 2. Don't see this one improving any more
Jan 03, 2015
4.27/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Batch1
Looong time want! Good way to start 2015. The apple is still there in the nose and taste, the body is slightly thin missing a bit of heft. Very tasty flavor. Wouldn't consider this world class however. Interested to try batch 2. Don't see this one improving any more
Jan 03, 2015
SinjaminBentek from Nebraska
5/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Nov 03, 2017
5/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Nov 03, 2017
CaptCleveland from Ohio
4.49/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Feb 24, 2019
4.49/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Feb 24, 2019
AlysonMoore from Florida
4.55/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Apr 08, 2015
4.55/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Apr 08, 2015
ellswrth from Oregon
4.63/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Jul 28, 2018
4.63/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Jul 28, 2018
reto21 from Alabama
4.88/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
thanks too (marko) for sharing this.
A: Hazy, almost opaque burnished brown in color, with a half-finger tan head that quickly fades to foam. No visible carbonation. Decent lacing throughout the drink.
S: Sweet brandy, roasted malts, dark fruit, plum and dark spices.
T: Follows the nose well. Sweet, boozy, spicy and dark-fruity, with a bit of dark cacao flavors balanced with just enough hop bitterness. The finish is sticky sweet but not cloying.
M: Medium weight to mouthfeel for style. The alcohol is very present but doesn't overwhelm. Lower carbonation but more than expected given the appearance.
O: This is a flat-out really good beer. I didn't have the opportunity to try the base beer, but the apple brandy treatment works wonderfully with the flavors. Highly recommended.
Nov 27, 2012
4.88/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
thanks too (marko) for sharing this.
A: Hazy, almost opaque burnished brown in color, with a half-finger tan head that quickly fades to foam. No visible carbonation. Decent lacing throughout the drink.
S: Sweet brandy, roasted malts, dark fruit, plum and dark spices.
T: Follows the nose well. Sweet, boozy, spicy and dark-fruity, with a bit of dark cacao flavors balanced with just enough hop bitterness. The finish is sticky sweet but not cloying.
M: Medium weight to mouthfeel for style. The alcohol is very present but doesn't overwhelm. Lower carbonation but more than expected given the appearance.
O: This is a flat-out really good beer. I didn't have the opportunity to try the base beer, but the apple brandy treatment works wonderfully with the flavors. Highly recommended.
Nov 27, 2012
t2grogan from Arizona
4.5/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Mar 12, 2016
4.5/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Mar 12, 2016
brentk56 from North Carolina
4.14/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Appearance: Pours a murky dark caramel color with a inch of foam; leggy, with a smattering of dots
Smell: Toffee apple; dried fruit (fig and date); mulled spices, earthy hop
Taste: Caramel and butterscotch, up front, with the dried fruit and spices arriving in the middle; some earthy hops, after the swallow, but the finish is dominated by the toffee apple character; rather boozy, too
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with low to moderate carbonation; loads of warmth
Overall: A powerful barleywine with an interesting twist; the high abv and the sweetness makes it difficult to consume in much quantity - took me two hours to finish off a snifter
Thanks, voxomkid, for the opportunity
Nov 22, 2012
4.14/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Appearance: Pours a murky dark caramel color with a inch of foam; leggy, with a smattering of dots
Smell: Toffee apple; dried fruit (fig and date); mulled spices, earthy hop
Taste: Caramel and butterscotch, up front, with the dried fruit and spices arriving in the middle; some earthy hops, after the swallow, but the finish is dominated by the toffee apple character; rather boozy, too
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with low to moderate carbonation; loads of warmth
Overall: A powerful barleywine with an interesting twist; the high abv and the sweetness makes it difficult to consume in much quantity - took me two hours to finish off a snifter
Thanks, voxomkid, for the opportunity
Nov 22, 2012
halo3one from Georgia
4.35/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Jan 11, 2015
4.35/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Jan 11, 2015
Rristow from Ohio
4.18/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Tasted from draft. Pours a dark reddish brown with off white head. Aroma is sweet with dark fruits and caramel. Taste is moderately to heavily sweet with minimal bitterness. Flavors of dark fruits, caramel, syrup, earthy notes and brandy. Not my favorite barley wine but definitely one of the better ones.
Jun 24, 2018
4.18/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Tasted from draft. Pours a dark reddish brown with off white head. Aroma is sweet with dark fruits and caramel. Taste is moderately to heavily sweet with minimal bitterness. Flavors of dark fruits, caramel, syrup, earthy notes and brandy. Not my favorite barley wine but definitely one of the better ones.
Jun 24, 2018
Fox82791 from New York
4.14/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Oct 04, 2017
4.14/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Oct 04, 2017
stereosforgeeks from Virginia
4.5/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Jan 22, 2015
4.5/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Jan 22, 2015
Desp59 from Pennsylvania
3.84/5 rDev -13.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Feb 14, 2015
3.84/5 rDev -13.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Feb 14, 2015
Leon from Cigar City Brewing
Beer rating:
98 out of
100 with
570 ratings
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