Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout

Brewed by Cigar City Brewing
Style: Imperial Stout
Tampa, Florida USA

On tap @ the Brass Tap: First of all.....WOW! Pours a thick black with a thin tan head that has excellent lacing. Has a nutty tobacco aroma with hints of cocoa and peppers. Flavor brings out the spices, vanilla, cocoa leading into a creamy mouthfeel and smooth, tingling finish. A very well-balanced and complex beer that is absolutely delicious!

Amazing. This is the best stout I have ever had. Cocoa and pepper from the nose all the way to the finish with coffee, and malt everywhere in between. I have had three different brewings of this and it gets better every time.

Draft at Datz. Poured a glass staining black with a thin tan head. This beer is truly amazing and complex really an assault on the senses. Tha aroma up front is rich with roasted malt, tobacco and ancho as it warmed some really deep bitter cocoa and cinnamon notes became present giving it the character of a fine Mole. Unrelentless on the palate in its complexitty; chilie, cocoa powder, vanilla, burnt malt, and a decent amount of hop bitterness. Smooth creamy mouthfeel, chocolatey finish. Awesome.

Draft @ OTH, CCB launch party. Pours black with a red-tinged brown head. Immense nose of chocolate, roast, vanilla, spicy cinnamon. Chocolate! Dark chocolate, bitter-sweet, roast, cinnamon, fiery spicy hotness, gingerbread, vanilla, creamy and smooth finish. Low lush carbonation carb. The alcohol shows nicely in the finish, along with the background hoppy bitterness. An atypical beer for me to love, but this is REALLY well done. Sweet and savory side-by-side thanks to the pepper heat and the bittersweet chocolate. Wow.

On draft at Oldsmar Tap House for the CCB launch party. This one pours thick and pitch black in color with a dense, foamy tan head that shows good retention. Thick sheets of lacing cover the glass as the head fades. The aroma is incredible of dark chocolate, liquid cocoa, and vanilla up front. Dark roasted malts, earthy hops, and some pepper spice round out the nose. The flavor follows and shows layers of dark chocolate and cocoa. The chocolate flavors just keep coming. Caramel and sweet vanilla come through as well and are balanced by the roast and earthy hops, while the chile peppers come through on the back end with a kick of spice. The depth and complexity in this brew is amazing. Full bodied and oily slick on the mouthfeel with the perfect amout of carbonation. The finish is long and smooth with chocolate and spicy pepper left behind. This is a world class imperial stout and can definitely hold its own with the best out there. Awesome job by Joey and Wayne.

On draft @ the CCB rollout @ Oldsmar Tap House. Definitely my favorite CCB brew. Dark black pour, thick dark tan head. Aroma of melted dark chocolate, cocoa, roast, alcohol. The taste is fantastic, the feature being the dark chocolate, layered and complimented by the roast, but still more dark alkaline chocolate keeps coming. The chile comes out a bit on the finish, but just as an afterthought. This really holds its own versus the other imperial stouts out there. Don’t hate.

Had on tap at Oldsmar Tap House at the CCB Launch Party. Tons of aromas of chocolate, roasted coffee beans, and toast. Flavor was a nice blend of bitter and sweet, which often is hard to do. Sweet chocolate, coffee with cream, followed by some pepper, heat, and a slight hoppy finish. Very delightful. I would like to try this again and re rate from a bigger sample.

On tap at OldsmarTaHouse for the CCB launch party. Like all the others I drank tonite, this beer was fiercly awesome!Poured dark as night with virtually no head.Lots of chocolate here, almost close to a liquid Hersheys.Had a nice pepper spice on the back end after the chocolate assaulted u up front.Finished of with a nice kick with the alcohol hidden well.Great Job!!