Cigar City Cuban Espresso Maduro

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

Name: Maduro Brown, Espresso
Date: June 26, 2009
Mode: Growler
Source: Tasting
Appearance: clear dark brown, frothy head
Aroma: big chocolate late aroma
Flavor: big espresso flavor, nice chocolate for balance, roasted bitterness from the coffee
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

(Growler, courtesy of Mar) Pours mahogany body with a small beige head. Aroma of coffee, roasted malt, caramel, and chocolate. Flavor of coffee, roasted malt, and chocolate with a dry, bitter finish.

@dmacs UFC100 Gathering 1QT growler/hipothicary jar–pours a dissipating tan head and dark amber color. Aroma is lots of coffee. Taste is dark malt-lots of coffee with some bite. Smooth, rich.

Growler… This beer rocks!... Clear brown ale with a small, fat-bubbled, off-white head. Epresso beans, toasted nuts and chocolate really stand out in the aroma. Full-bodied and creamy with mild carbonation. Full-flavored with lots of espresso beans, toasted nuts and chocolate. Sweet, but sufficiently bittered for balance. Crisp, mocha finish. One of the few coffee beers I’ve tried that smells and tastes like actual espresso beans instead of spent coffee grounds. World class brown ale!

Growler: Pours a transparent amber mahogany with a thin, wispy-lacing white head. Aroma of sweet toasty dark caramel malt and lots of fresh espresso and a touch of dark chocolate. Starts with good malty fullness and some toasty caramel toffee sweetness alongside lots of roasted coffee beans before a crisp, well-balanced, drier finish. This has an enjoyable coffee character that meshes well with this underlying brown ale.

Growler shared by goldtwins. Deep brown beer, no head. The aroma is loaded with espresso over a touch of dry cocoaish malts. Soft and chewy with a light lingering roastiness. A bit of soft maltiness and a lingering roastiness. It’s quite dry but also slightly vegetal. It’s not bad, but it doesn’t really transcend. Coffee beers aren’t always that easy to do, as this attests.

Draft, This beer is AWESOME! Reminds me of coffee bender, which is one of my favorites. Pours a mahogany tan head, malty light raisins,light roast and some sweeter espresso cream and cafe notes. Nutty with hints of lactose and the fresh sweet bitter coffee beans come together in a phenomenal balance. Love it!

Poured a clear caramel color with a small, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of espresso beans, roast, cocoa, tobacco, nuts, and piney resin. Taste of caramel malts, nuts, tobacco, some pine resin, and a semi-sweet finish.