Cigar City Maduro Oatmeal Brown Ale

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

on tap at redlight redlight great all around oatmeal brown ale. light chocolate in the nose and taste. light coffee flavors - thin white head ... super drinkable brown ale... dig it.

A very excellent brown ale. Nice blend of honey and caramel, even nutty at times. Good strength and texture. Pours nut brown.

A: Pours a nice deep nutty brown hue. Nice tall cream colored head that rises and holds pretty good retention. Slight lace noted. S: Nice sweet aromas waft from the glass. Lots of sweet malt, notes of brown sugar and gooey toffee. Subtle notes of maple. T: Solid brown ale. Nice sweet malt base. Gooey nutty toffee with a nice blast of darkened brown sugar. Hints of maple, and a nice dose of hops in the finish. Not the most extreme of CCB offering but its not supposed to be. M: Medium in body wonderful carbonation on draft. Oatmeal makes it very smooth almost slick. D: Damn drinkable with tons of flavor packed into 5.5 ABV. I pounded it all day during the Ybor beer fest.

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.

Bottle. Amber brown caramel pour, little carbonation with a pleasant nutty and malt aroma. Flavor was chestnuts, smoky malts but surprisingly light and mellow on the finish. I really liked this one and will probably be looking for more of this in the future.

Draft at Redlight. The first thing I notice about this is the thickness due to the oatmeal. This isn’t a normal brown ale. Pours a thick chocolate brown with a khaki colored head. Aroma is roasted malts, nuts and a little smoke. Flavor is a roast bomb in your mouth, with a good char, a little vanilla and some espresso. There is just enough sweetness to balance things out without taking away from the roast, which is the focus. This is not a style I normally go after, but I could session this delicious brown ale all night. ...ReRate: I had to add a couple points to this rate because I have been drinking this non-stop for a couple days since my first taste.

on TAP at Redlight! .. chocolate kibble aroma .. . tawny brown with awesome healthy head .. .very very easy to drink, very delicious.. lots of roasty familiar homely flavours, like your favourite jacket you wore when going out to the back of the house on cold days and firing up a jay... light yet hearty, a great bold example, has a nice twist to it. CCB luv!