Cigar City Big Sound Scotch Ale

Big Sound Scotch Ale is dedicated to our good buddy Gino, the most punk rock bagpiper you’ll ever meet, and the rest of the men and women of Tampa Bay Pipes and Drums. Brown in color, Big Sound has huge notes of dark sweet toffee with underlying mild notes of coffee in the aroma. The flavor starts with a slight note of cherry and then opens into a Goliath of a malt character with notes of dark sweet toffee, slight hints of coffee and mild notes of toasted bread in the finish. Big Sound Scotch Ale pairs well with Haggis, Highland Games, Huge Heads and Enormous Pillows and of course Bagpipe music.

3.8

577 reviews

Tampa, United States

Community reviews

3.9 Solid, very well made beer. Was expecting a bit more from Cigar, but still - it’s good enough.

3.9 Bottle shared @Pułapka, Gdańsk Fruity butterscotch aroma. Taste is sweet and malty, very smooth with a bit of alcohol coming out just before the finish. Caramel finish

3.7 Bottled. small sample. The aroma has toffee, caramel, bit horseblanket, roast. Brown coloured beer with an off-white-beige head. The taste is sweet toasted malty, with fruitiness, horseblanket, cookies, molasses. Ends more bitter. Good.

3.7 Bottle @ Bibere, Piraeus. Color dark brown with small head. Aroma hoppy, roasted, malt, caramel. Taste sweet, caramel, hoppy, alcohol, fruits.

3.7 Dark mahogany color with light brown head. Aroma has intense dark fruits like dates and dried cherries. Taste starts also fruity with a hint of burnt sugar. Finishes really balanced. Medium body and carbonation. Overall it’s a nice scotch ale, true to style and really well made.

3.7 Bottle, 650 ml from Beergium. Shared with rest at the grand tasting 11/2016. Pours dark brown with small tan head. Average to heavy malty, roasty, caramel, some dark fruit, nutty. Moderate sweetness, medium bodied.

3.7 Bottle. Dark brown pour with tan head. Roasted, earthy, light fruity and herbal aromas. Flavors are earthy, fruity, herbal tones.

3.0 Backlog, ocena przepisana z untappd, w ramach uzupełniania profilu na ratebeer. CBC #86. Zaskakująco płaskie i nijakie, spore rozczarowanie.

3.2 660ml bottle - thanks martjoobolut! Nice sweet belgian strong ale aroma, tons of esters here. Taste very similar, but a bit of maple syruppy sweetness. Dryness in finish, woody, and nutty.

3.8 Bottle (from beergium). Pours dark brown. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruits, raisins. Flavor is sweet and bitter, caramel, burnt sugar, fruits, raisins, malt. Finish is malty. Covers alcohol well. Overall: very good..

3.7 1 pint bottle, shared by Mart, thanks! Brown beer, tan head. Nose is caramel and malt, raisins, bready notes. Flavor is sweet and malty, bread crust, caramel and more malt, dark fruit and raisins. Lovely malt character.

3.7 sample from bottle, poured a murky brown colour with a tanned head. nose of caramel malts, big raisins, sticky toffee notes, earth, dried plums, light mocha coffee notes, dried red fruits, nose sweet malts finish.

4.1 On tap at CCB airport brew pub. Pours a translucent, light brown caramel color with little head. Nose is rich malt, caramel and toffee. Slight hints of dark fruit. Taste follows with a great mouth feel. Very good scotch ale.

3.7 bottle. This years release. Brown into deep red with a small head with full of lacing. Aroma is malts, caramel, slight toffee, slight raisins, slight dark fruits. Full bodied on the tongue, very rich with a somewhat sticky sweet finish.

4.2 750ml bottle. 1/12/16 bottle date. Appearance: Deep brown with ruby red hints and relatively clear. Low lying khaki colored head dissipates quickly. Aroma: Rich caramel maltiness, with dark cherry and plum notes. Just a hint of roast and toasted bread. Taste: Rich, sweet maltiness heavy on caramel, toffee, and bread crusts. Finished with a clean, balanced hop bitterness and a touch of dark cherry. Mouthfeel: Heavy bodied, with a low carbonation and a moderate alcohol warming. Finish: Leaves a rich lingering maltiness on the tongue, with some toasted bread and toffee Overall: Top notch scotch ale. Strong aroma with lots of malt complexity with a range of caramel, toffee, toasted bread, and dark fruit flavors. Relatively easy drinking considering the ABV. Six months of age and this still has very strong flavors without being harsh and abrasive. Interested to see how this changes with some age.

4.0 Bottle shared by masterofhoppets. Pours dark reddish brown with a medium brown head. Aromas of prunes, dates, chocolate, raisins, malt, caramel, light booze, cherries. Taste has lots of malt, caramel, sweet dark fruits. Lots of raisins, prunes, dates, rye bread, some anis, chocolate, subtle cherry like notes.

3.5 On tap @ CBC-16. Dark brown with a small tan head. Cruity and caramel tones. Fruit, malt, caramel and hops. Medium to full body with a bitter / fruity finish.

3.9 Draft at source. Strong caramel and deep toffee with some light raisin and fig notes. Smells like a rich maple syrup. Taste is just as decadent. Thick, viscous, but never cloying. Only a faint alcohol warming. Wow. I’ve had this a lot and forgot how good this really is.

3.3 [5/13/16] Draught sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016. Blue session. Dark brown. Aroma of caramel, dark fruits. Sweet flavor, caramelly, with dark fruits, nutty notes. Medium to full-bodied, quite rounded.

3.9 Tap@Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016, Copenhagen - dark brown coloured pour with beige head. Medium sweet malty aroma and taste, toasty, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, dried fruity notes, sweet malty finish.

3.7 Sample @ CBC’16, Copenhagen. Blue session. Clear bronze pour with a samll head. Notes of caramel, sweet malts, fudge and dark died fruits.

3.7 750ml bottle pours dark opaque chestnut brown with half finger of head. Nose is malty fruit, caramel, maple, wet leaves, cocoa, raisin. Taste is a touch thin up front with caramel, dark fruit, raisin, plum, maple, sticky and sweet. Finishes sweet, some decent creaminess on the tail end, lingering earthy maple and caramel, raisin.

4.0 On tap at CBC 2016. Dark caramel with a tan head. Caramel, dark fruit, dried fruit and cocoa. Excellent.

3.4 @Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016, BLUE dark brown. Malty, bit bready, dark bready, slight herby nose. Full bodied, malty, some dry syrupy sweetness. Malts.. -- rated with beerbasher/winphone

3.5 CBC2016. Trübes orange braunes Bier mit einer geringen beigen Schaumkrone. Geruch röstmalzig, Schokolade, süß. Geschmack nach roten Früchten, dunkles Malz, bourbon, Karamell.

3.4 Pours clear deep amber with small tan head. Sweet aroma of caramel, malt. Smooth, but missing some complexity.

3.4 Tap@ CBC 2016. Deep brown, thick off white head. Dark fruits, plums, bread, molasses. Flavor has dark bread, molasses, dark fruits. Balanced. Bit heavy.

3.8 Pours barely translucent ruby-mahogany with a thin buff head. Aroma delivers caramel, toasted malt and toffee tones. Flavor nicely echoes the aroma and adds a woody hint,vas well as candy sweetness but not too much. Firm, viscous mouthfeel is smooth but has some decent fizz. Make a big sound!

4.2 This is so good. Thanks Dchmela. Pours a thick dark mahogany. Aromas of coffee, dark fruit, bread, peat, a bit of smoke. Similar flavours. Thick, sweet and rich. So malty and delicious. Great stuff.

3.5 Bottle. Dark brown pour, robust head, and good aroma of malt with strong hints of caramel. Taste is sweet malt with some figs. Well balanced Scotch. It’s all about the malt with this, hops are barely noticeable. Finishes sweet. Good Scotch. Thanks for sharing JB.