Hornswoggled
Cigar City Brewing
- From:
- Cigar City Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- Irish Red Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.96 | pDev: 13.13%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 17
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 17, 2017
- Added:
- Dec 27, 2012
- Wants:
- 6
- Gots:
- 15
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
A traditional Irish-style Red Ale aged on whole Madagascar vanilla beans, white oak and citrus peel. Hornswoggled will confound, confuse and confabulate you.
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Reviewed by seedyone from New York
4.51/5 rDev +13.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.51/5 rDev +13.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
On nitro tap at Rattle n Hum, NYC. Those Cigar Ciy folks have it tooo-gether. Never seen this before. The nitro might be a cheat but this is one really smooth concoction. Deep amber with a standard nitro head & lacing. The smoothness is the thing. That & the sweet/bitter balance are note worthy.
Not sure about the name but there is no confusion on my part. Count me in.
May 17, 2017Not sure about the name but there is no confusion on my part. Count me in.
Reviewed by citizencane from Pennsylvania
3.75/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours dark end of golden yellow. Smells of dark bread and some hops. Taste is same. Average mouthfeel, nothing remarkable at all. Overall had the escorted breadiness of a red ale but is lighter and bread note is fainter and not as toasted as expected.
May 01, 2017
Reviewed by BeccaH from Florida
3.94/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On nitro tap at Playalinda Brix Project 4/14/17. Mahagoney colored with a thick head. Nice vanilla aroma and flavor with hints of caramel. Smooth AF.
Apr 14, 2017
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
2.99/5 rDev -24.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
2.99/5 rDev -24.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
On nitro at the brewery--dark, burnt red with a large, creamy, clingy khaki head.
The nitro has this smelling metallic and not much else.
Taste is old oak, caramel, and nuts, without much citrus to comment on.
Thin and dry.
Mar 19, 2017The nitro has this smelling metallic and not much else.
Taste is old oak, caramel, and nuts, without much citrus to comment on.
Thin and dry.
Reviewed by Boto from Connecticut
3.93/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Draught @ Top Hops Bottle Shop: This one pours a clear amber color. There was a huge tan head on it. The aroma was good. Some oak and vanilla, as well as some malts. The taste is also very good. Caramel malt, vanilla and oak notes to the flavor. Very creamy texture.
Nov 03, 2016
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