Cigar City Bourbon Barrel Aged Bolita Brown Double Nut Brown Ale

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

Thanks to solan for this one. Quite the rarity. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is bourbon, vanilla and nutty. Taste is chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, and roast. A good bit of bourbon but I liked it overall. Pretty tasty.

Black wax dipped 750ml bottle, #126 of 221. Pours a translucent chestnut to mahogany brown hue with a small, frothy head of smooth, dark khaki foam. Thin, smooth arches of lacing mark the glass. The aroma shows a malt base of toasted caramel, cola, and molasses, with hints of candied pecans and hazelnuts. Soft bourbon and peppery oak complete the nose. Flavors show the same, based in brown sugar, caramel, and nuts, with a warming, sour mash bourbon twang. Smooth and velvety, but thinned a bit from the barrel aging, the palate shows a good amount of malty sweetness, but isn’t overly hot from the bourbon. Good brew, but I don’t think the barrel adds much to his one. It’s the least impressive of the barrel aged Cigar City beers.

Bottle (marked as 80 or 81/221) thanks to JohnC. Dark brown hazy pour with beige head. Aroma is bourbon and caramel. Flavor is leather, caramel, pancakes, light coffee on the finish. Very good.

Thanks to dchmela. Really sexy bourbon smell mixed with normal bolita sugary smell. Smooth bourbon and chocolaty malts, and vanilla flavor. Awesome.

Bottle #57. Pours brownish red with big head and thick white lacing. Nose is strong with bourbon, caramel, strong rich brown sugar and some woody notes. Flavor is great: bourbon, wood, caramel, vanilla, rich cocoa, dark malts, slight roast. Really surprised at how well the bourbon blended with the Bolita. A very good beer. Very easy to drink.

750 ml bottle - bottle #214/212; thanks riversideak for a rare CC treat!! aromas of sweet candy malts, brown sugar and bourbon; very rich and boozy, but not abrasive; texture has thinned from the barrel; oak, chocolate and sugary sweetness; bourbon is rich and heavy, yet never overpowering

2009 Bottle #137 - Got in a BA trade made possible by the philanthropy of BuckeyeBoy! - Pours similar to it’s brother, dk brown with a small off white head...aroma is bourbon oak, bread and roasty malt...flavour benefits from the barrel, mellows some of the burnt bitterness and blends the rest of the big tastes...bourbon still prevails over everything else, but I found it to be incrementally more enjoyable...

750 ml bottle thanks to Eric. Number 137/221. Pours a dark brown color with a small white head. The nose was a massive bourbon note, some toasted malts as well. The flavor is nice; vanilla, loads of bourbon, toasted malts, lots of earthy wood flavors as well. I liked this one. It was smooth and tasty.