Cigar City Bolita Brown Double Nut Brown Ale

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

In short: Refried-beans and nutty brown ale on steroids. A weird but not unpleasant mess
How: Bottle 750ml. Consumed when about 4 months old.
The look: Mahogany body topped by a medium beige head
In long: Nose of refried beans with some nuts and rubber. Not really an inviting aroma. Body is full, creamy, heavy and very pleasant with a medium carbonation. Fortunately the taste has a little less refried beans than the aroma but it’s still there. Plenty of hazelnuts, milk chocolate, maple syrup, earth, french fries (no kidding!), toffee, leather. tar. The beer also felt very hoppy but I could not really discern the hops character, other than “it feels hoppy”. This beer is a real mess but somehow it is a mess that was so out-there that I finished my 750ml with no problem. Named after a old bidding game with numbered balls that was popular many years ago. 80 years later we now have Bingo and it seems to me like it’s the same people playing.

750 ml bottle courtesy of either Beerlando or fishingnet. Thanks, guys! Pours a nice opaque brown with reddish brown edges and some lighter brightness, a brownish tan head, brighter, big that cakes and laces ok. Aromas are a bit fruity right off, with big toffee and toasted malts beneath, nut and caramel come on fairly strong, a touch buttery, with some dark fruity notes, I can’t really smell funk but but I do get a bit of a Guava Grove vibe, which I feared. Initial is not really funky, happily. Big caramel and toffee malts, toast and nut, decent sweetness, a decent bitterness towards the backend, chocolate and tobacco shine through and coat the palate a bit, fairly bitter finish. The funkiness grows a little in the nose, but not really in the beer. Unblemished, this beer would have been a winner. However the funk muttles it up and makes it a bit awkward. The cocoa, tobacco, caramel, and nut is quite flavorful in the actual beer though, works well together, a touch of vanilla but very tobacco infused. Flavors grow stronger further in. Could do some really cool things I think. Not bad.

bottle poured a rich brown in color with a thick sticky one finger brown head that retained a beautiful covering. aroma has earthy brown malt, nuts, dark fruit, chocolate, and light sour cherry. mouth feel is hefty medium and gets a little chewy. flavor has a dark brown malt base, some bitterness, dark chocolate, coffee, and a bit of light sour cherry funk. the bugs have gotten into this bottle a bit but it worked out nicely and gives a nice drying finish.quite tasty.

Bottle courtesy of changeup45...THANKS GARRY!!! Muddy river water pour produces a massive 3-finger chestnut head that leaves significant lacing. Aroma is cocoa, brown sugar, and almond. Bold flavor profile with aggressive roasted malt, toffee, and maple syrup. Medium mouthfeel. Darn good beer.

Hazy brown with a tan head. earthy nutty chocolate aromas. Frothy mouthfeel. Decent flavors are nutty brown malts and mild chocolate, with a gaseous infected carbonation burp to finish. Mild infection here. Thanks Juice for this bottle

On draft at Capones. Pours a beautiful maple color with a creamy, thick beige head. Aroma of nuts, malt, chocolate, toffee and cocoa. Taste of dry cocoa, toffee, nuts and malt.

750, capped. pours a deep mahogany brown with ruby highlights in the corners. dense creamy tan head with dense sheets of bubbly lace. creamy medium body with plenty of firm carb. earth, apples, and a bit of piney tang on the mid palate. long earthy finish.

750ml courtesy of TheCheeseMan and Daknole. Pours dark murky brown with a thick 3 finger light tan head that lasted. The nose is cocoa, fruit, toasted nuts and caramel. The taste is burnt chocolate, dark fruit, roasted nuts and coffee with some hops in the finish. Medium mouthfeel. Good beer. Thanks for sending this one my way gentlemen! Glad I have another to enjoy.