Forgotten Island
Cigar City Brewing

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From:
Cigar City Brewing
 
Florida, United States
Style:
Quadrupel (Quad)
ABV:
15%
Score:
92
Avg:
4.14 | pDev: 11.84%
Reviews:
26
Ratings:
326
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 11, 2020
Added:
Aug 07, 2013
Wants:
  43
Gots:
  83
Forgotten Island is aged in Appleton rum barrels, originating from Jamaica. This distillery makes the oldest barrel-aged rum in the world. The barrel lends notes of vanilla, molasses, orange peel, cocoa, brown sugar, nutmeg, hazelnut, apricot and peach. This plethora of flavors and aromas from the rum barrels intermingles with banana, clove, cinnamon, fig, plum and brown sugar aromatics and flavors from the quadrupel, creating a crescendo of elegance in a long flavorful finale.
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Ratings by scotv:
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Rated by scotv from New York

4.25/5  rDev +2.7%

Sep 29, 2013
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.78/5  rDev -8.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Consumed July 2016.

Pours a brown color, thin 1/4" beige colored head. Right away the aroma is more interesting to me than your usual quad. Instead of harsh dark fruit yeast notes, it gets all bouyed over with the rum barrel.

Taste also imparts the rum sweetness and depth to remedy my disdain for the hot, boozy, dark fruit bitterness that seem almost mandatory in a quad. Not it works. Right about now I'm wondering how it is you put two things together I'm generally not fond of, and the result is a product that works nicely. I mean, for being 15% abv, this drank like a champ in covering up that heat. There is this mixture of prune, brown sugar, rum, banana, clove and molasses that somehow works. I think the sweetness going on is the good kind.

This beer really did capture a tropical island vibe meets let's get day drunk even moreso. You did it you crazy sons of bitches, you made me like a quad. I don't give a shit if you think its an imperial rum & coke, there's some truth to that, but its still pretty good.
Jun 11, 2020
 
Rated: 4.1 by hopkrid from Florida

Mar 04, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Hayley_86 from Netherlands

Sep 11, 2017
 
Rated: 4.31 by Lucnifter from California

Nov 29, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by rspauldi from Texas

Oct 04, 2016
 
Rated: 3.59 by Huhzubendah from District of Columbia

Jan 06, 2016
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Reviewed by Rutager from Canada (BC)

3.78/5  rDev -8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Brown with those tonez, bro. Demerara and raw cane sugar, light rum, lasting molasses on the tongue. Very sweet, but nice in a small amount. Someone mentioned Bruery, good comparison. Fun stuff. Cheers, handsome!
Nov 07, 2015
 
Rated: 3.81 by kidzord from Illinois

Aug 31, 2015
 
Rated: 4.37 by cultclassic89 from Texas

Jun 29, 2015
 
Rated: 4.29 by sdeese21 from Louisiana

Jun 27, 2015
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Reviewed by monketeeth from Florida

5/5  rDev +20.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
WOW!!!! This is an incredibly complex beer. Admittedly sweet, but what a dessert beer. Had it with piece of NY style cheesecake, you wanna talk about awesome!!!
Jun 27, 2015
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Reviewed by Davepoolesque from Massachusetts

4.22/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Nice sweet mollasses smell up front layered with blackberry, raisins, vanilla and alcohol. Starts off like it's going to be a sugar bomb but is tapered by the alcohol and oak. Super dry finish. Earthy. Pretty good.
Jun 17, 2015
 
Rated: 4.19 by t8dd from Illinois

May 30, 2015
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Rated by vziznznzyz from North Carolina

5/5  rDev +20.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Simply amazing complex flavors amazing
May 16, 2015
 
Rated: 4.38 by VeganUndead from Virginia

May 10, 2015
 
Rated: 4.31 by closisinthehouse from Florida

May 05, 2015
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Rated by ricoslim from Florida

5/5  rDev +20.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
I would shotgun this beer if possible.
Apr 23, 2015
 
Rated: 4.63 by mikepcarney from Ohio

Apr 17, 2015
 
Rated: 3.78 by italianstallion from Wisconsin

Mar 30, 2015
Forgotten Island from Cigar City Brewing
Beer rating: 92 out of 100 with 326 ratings