Cigar City Maduro Oatmeal Brown Ale

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

On tap at RnH. Served in a nice chalice. Tobacco, coffee, butterscotch, barbeque smoke. Complex and aromatic. A little dry, complex, and aromatic. Excellent brew.

On draught at Bar Louie Ft. Myers. Poured a clear rootbear color with a small yet retaining head which is completely lacing the glass. Aromas of roasted malt, caramel and a hint of cocoa. Roasted malt in flavor with a hint of smoke. Slghtly sweet but great malt flavors. Nice beer!

On tap at the Brass Rail in Cambelltown. Poured a copper amber brown with decent foam off white head. Caramel malts with a robust grain presence and woody aged like body. Tasted stronger than the 5.5% ABV, great as it warmed with a slight dry sweetness towards the finish. Very enjoyable.

Tap at the World of Beer Viera--solid brown color with no head. I was at the bar, so I was served the drink right after it was poured. Roasty malt aroma complimented by nuts and a smig of hops. The taste was more on the sweet side with caramel and nuts. I didn’t notice much on the oatmeal side and I should add there was a touch of smokiness to the beer. The finish was slightly bitter.

Poured from a growler filled at Big Z beverage. Pours a translucent, ruddy, dark brown with a thin, wispy white head. Sweet, malty aroma, bready grains, caramel, earth, nuts, brown sugar. Flavor is nice; cereal, bread, toasted grains, nuts, brown sugar. The oatmeal provides a silky mouthfeel. The end of the flavor has this earthy, dried leaf, maduro cigar like flavor. Very interesting. Drinkable and enjoyable.

Pint on tap in Tampa. Typical brown ale color with minimal head. Aroma is nutty and roasty and a little smoky. Taste reflects the aroma with the same variety. Palate is full but comes off a little flat. Overall decent beer.

On tap at the Ginger Man in NYC. Pours a clear brown-amber body with a creamy, two-finger width, tan head that dissipates slowly and leaves a good amount of lacing. Aroma is nutty, sweet cereal grains, dusty cocoa, some brown sugar and oatmeal, and a nice woody hop backing. Flavor is a mild cereal grain and caramel sweetness, roasted nuts, smooth brown sugar and oatmeal, and a light citrus thanks to a leafy bitterness. Finishes drier than I anticipated after a light, smooth body with a medium length aftertaste. Overall, an interesting brown. Sweet and somewhat grainy with a nice roast and above average bitterness. Not bad.

Clear brown amber hue pour .... off white head malty roasted n caramel aroma lacing a really nice roasted nutty flavor oatmeal, caramel malts with a clean bitter hop finish .... a solid brew well balanced and nice touch with the oatmeal