Cigar City Capricho Oscuro (Batch 2)

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

This one poured a very dark brown color with an off white head. Aroma was lots or roasted malts, caramel, some whiskey, scotch maybe. Flavor was all over the place, roasted, very sticky sweet, some peat and lots of alcohol. Just a strange blend and the whole looks to be less than the sum of the parts.

The bourbon barrel smell is pretty big, but the beer itself is creamy and good. Tasty beer.

bottle shared by Maxxdaddy. Pours dark brown. Arouma of soy sauce. Acetic flavor with some nuttiness, chocolate and prunes. Finishes with a nice bitter bite and some alcohol.

Bottle at 12/19 Pgh tasting thanks to Beerman6686!
Dark brown with a blonde head. Nose leaves no room for interpretation, slamming you with alcohol, coconut, light wood, and the requisite imperial stout notes mainly in chocolate and roasted malt. Flavor is similarly brutal, an onslaught of sweetness with wood and whiskey notes as background. Thick and salty. Bigger is not always better, and as an experience, this one left me bored and needing to move on... and that was after only a couple of ounces.

From Beerman6686 at the Pgh RB gathering 12/09, thanks Dan! First let me say that I am not worthy of this beer. I rate by how much I like it and not to scale so blow off my numbers. Smells like a mild imperial stout. laced with some volatile whiskey. Hot alky burn on the intial taste. Whiskey, commencement, way too much for this lager lover. Anise, locrice, perhaps coffee and other dark rude desirable atttributes. Barely any carbonation. Over the top, just like a big beer should. Oily mouth coating finish, overall pretty strong.

Bottle 62/450 shared by Sparky27...thanks again ERIC!!! Midnight pour with dark mahogany edges that produce a fluffy latte head that diminished to nothing more than a swirl. Aroma is bourbon, brown sugar, cherry skin and cocoa. Flavor also shows the cherry tartness accompanied by molasses, chocolate, vanilla and oak. The bourbon is evident more in the nose. Nice creamy mouthfeel. Good brew.

Bottle 62/450 by way of daknole – thanks Dak! Pours a deep dark reddish brown with a thin tan head. The nose is sour fruit, bourbon and vanilla. The taste is roasty malt, caramel and coffee with a nice smooth bourbon finish. Medium creamy mouthfeel. Very good.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is phenolic, citric and fruity. Roasted malty too. Citric and fruity flavoured. Lingering fruity, phenolic and roasted malt flavoured. Lingering malty note into the finish.