Cigar City Big Sound Scotch Ale

Brewed by Cigar City Brewing
Style: Scotch Ale
Tampa, Florida USA

Aroma smells of air. very light. Watery, caramel sugar. Med. body. Dark brown with light head. Sugary malt flavor.

750mL bottle, no date--though from 2009--from daknole--thank you much! Clear dark brown with a small light brown head, decent retention. Caramel and bready toasted malts up front in the aroma, with some light roast and vanilla behind. Not picking up on any peat thus far, but I know it isn’t necessary, and this beer is just fine without it. Flavor has a little more roasted malts to it, though still plenty of the caramel and toasted malts to go around. Some warming notes hint to the alcohol strength in the dry roasty finish, bitterness around a 2. Full body with light to moderate creamy carbonation. Excellent Scotch ale.

750mL Bottle. Nice, deep caramel and toast malt. Burnt sugars, raisins, and creme. Wondeful malt profile. Pours a beautiful dark brown and red, with a creamy off-white. Flavors are good. There’s concentrated burnt sugars to the point that amines pile up into a near ureaic character, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Almost a bit of smoke edge. Wonderfully malted, not too alcholic, and not too sticky. Very nice Scotch.

Pours dark brown with tan head. Aromas of caramel and coffee with a light amount of smoke. Flavor is sweet toffee, dark fruits, coffee and some smokiness. Medium body with mild carbonation.

750 at redlight redlight huge toffee and chocolate notes in the nose... super creamy... delicious coffee and toffee tastes... like ovaltine for big people... hot damn.

Thanks to northernbrews for sharing this at the Kuhnhenn’s Summer Solstice. Pours a mahogany color with a small, off-white head. Aroma of caramel and smoke. The flavor is peat, dark fruit, bread, damp wood, and some hints of fruity esters and toasted nuts. Sticky medium body with a moderate amount of carbonation.

750ml bottle: Pours a transparent dark amber mahogany with a thin, wispy-lacing light tan head. Aroma of rich, sweet dark caramel malts with a touch of smoky peat and dark chocolate. Starts with good fullness and light carbonation along with lots of dense, sweet caramel toffee and some raisin dark fruity complexity. Finishes semi-sweet with some mild bitterness and a touch of milk chocolate. Very true to style and enjoyable.

750 courtesy of Tampabrew. Pours brown with a thin tan head. Smells of roasted malt, sweet. Tastes of peated malt, sweet malt, oranges, some sweet caramel.