Cigar City Leon
Church on a Hill aged in apple brandy barrels.
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213 reviews
Tampa, United States
Community reviews
On tap at Craft Covent Garden, black dark brown colour lasting thin tan head. Some barrel age. Again it’s a big beer. Unsubtle. Mostly just huge and overwhelming. Some barley wine character kicks in. Just a bit aggressive for me. Sone apple.
Aroma: bourbon, heavy caramel, sweet chocolate. Appearance: hazy, dark brown, massive, creamy, beige head. Taste: medium sweet. Palate: sweets continue, caramel, toffee, sticky texture, soft carbonation. Overall: wicked Barley Wine, amazing aroma and palate. Pint at CBC, Clapham.
Keg at Route CBC, London. dark brown with medium brown with light brown head. Aroma is sweet and bourbon with red wine tangy red fruits dark chocolate. Amazing
From tap at CBC 2015. Hazy brown colour with a beige head. Aroma and flavour of dried fruit, alcohol, spice, oak, vanilla and bourbon.
Big dark fruit character in the aroma, lots of raisin, sticky malt. Dark blackish brown pour, light brown head. Super rich and sweet, lots of dark fruit, raisins in the flavor. Very tasty.
CBC 2015. Pours caramel with a low tan head. Aromas of caramel, molasses, roasted oak, figs, dates and raisins. Mouthfeel is caramel, roasted oak, figs, dates, ripe apple, molasses and raisins. Mouthfeel is smooth and somewhat oily with low carbonation and medium body. Very good!
Pours very thick not quite murky dark unclear pitch brown with a beige head. The aroma brings huge lightly sweet perfumey wine like malts with even some caramel and chocolate notes. The flavor is my favorite part bringing chocolatey caramel sweet malts so nice on the palate with a big malty but super smooth balanced sweetness bringing a beautifully huge and balanced BA barleywine.
25.4 oz bottle. Murky brown with edgy froth. Nose is brandy, wood, caramel and raisin. Medium body with a tang. Taste is brandy, wood and caramel with hints of chocolate. A bit faded but still delicious.
Tap@CBC 2015, Red Session - dark brown coloured pour with beige head. Medium sweet malty aroma and taste, toasty, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, dried fruity, some spices on the palate, brandy infused wooden notes in the finish. Beautiful.
CBC. Dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel, dark fruits, toasted with notes of alcohol. Flavour is malt, caramel, dark fruits, oak, wood, toasted, warming, sweet with notes, little vanilla of alcohol.
CBC. Hazy dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit and alcohol. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Sweet and rather bitter finish with lots of warming alcohol. 020515
Tap @ CBC 2015. Hazy brown. Aroma medium+ malty (caramel, roasted, dark fruit, bourbon, coconut, vanilla). Flavor medium+ sweet, light bitter. Full body, some alcohol present.
[5/2/15] Draught sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2015. 3rd session. Murky brown. Great aroma of bourbon, coconut, vanilla, cookies and some fruitiness. Sweet flavor with bourbon, vanilla, cookies, chocolate, a bit of fruitiness and a boozy note. Rounded mouthfeel.
pour is murky brown with a tan head. Nose is wood, Brady, sweet malt, caramel brown sugar and some light berry notes. Flavor is heavy sugar, caramel, a good bit of brandy and a hint of green apple. A bit of heat in the finish with strong cArb and a full body.
Tap at CBC15! Pours a semi-clear dark brown with a small, off white head. Aroma has sugary, syruppy sweet caramel and cane sugar. Very sweet and very little barrel character. Taste is very sweet as well, but with a bit of tobacco, some more fruity notes and a hint of sweet apple brandy, but in general a little too sugary. Had higher expectations for this one.
Draught @ CBC 2015, Red Session, København
Pours hazy brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, vanilla, oak, alcohol, brown sugar and dried fruits. Taste is heavy sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, vanilla, oak and caramel finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tap @ CBC 2015. Pours dark brown with a medium offwhite head. Aromas of vanilla, malt, chocolate, fudge, caramel, ripe fruits. Taste is pretty sweet, lots of barrel characters, ripe sweet fruits, vanilla, caramel, fudge, malt, dry woody finish. Damn good barleywine but I had hoped for a bit more.
Draught at CBC 2015, red session, with Ken, Colin and Reuben. Very dark brown beer with a nice beige/brownish head. Vinous fruity aroma, caramel, chocolate, raisins, licorice, figs and dades. Fruity licorice flavor, raisins, figs, caramel, warming alcohol, some nuts, some toffee. Very good!!!
Tap at CBC 2015, Copenhagen. Originally rated 20150502. Colour is brown with brownish small head. Aromas and flavours: Dark fruits, dry fruits, hops and massive malts.
@red cbc 2015
oak, caramell, sweet, a bit wild. would probably benefit from aging
From tap at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2015, Red session. Brown color with beige head. Malty aroma, light roasted, caramel, chocolate, toffee, butter, dark dried fruits, wood, alcohol. Taste is heavy sweet and light biter. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Draught @ CBC 2015. Pours hazy brown with a small tan head, lacings. Aroma of malt, caramel, rather sweet, chocolate, wood, dried fruit, some alcohol. Flavor is sweet, maltty, caramel, chocolate, dried fruit, apples, wood, alcohol. Full body, soft carbonation, sweet finish with some warming alcohol. Smooth. 020515
Draught at CBC 2015.
Hazy red-brown coloured with a small off-white head.
Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, dried fruits and chocolate with notes of sherry.
Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, dried fruits and alcohol.
Warming alcoholic finish.
From tap. Pours hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma is toasted breadish malty. Overripe fruity. Bitter, roasted and dry dark malty. Liqourice and breadish. Dry finish.
Draught @ CBC 2015. Pours cloudy brown with a beige head. Aroma is vinous, raisins, dark fruits, caramel, molasses and wood. Like a proper barley wine should smell. Flavour is sweet. Full bodied, creamy texture, soft carbonation.
Tap @ CBC 2015, red session. Murky brownish pour with tiny lacings. Sweet, syrupy, vanilla, brown sugar, bourbon, stick, boozy bu after all smooth and tasty!
Tap cbc15. Pours dark amber brown with beige head. Aroma has dried fruits, raisins, plums, port, slight oxidation, sweet tobacco, dry oak, vanilla and caramel malts, not too heavy. Taste is sweet, bourbon notes, honey, dried fruits, plums, vingummi, toasty malts and caramel. Dry oaky finish and light body for ABV. Very very well balanced and drinkable. No presence of ABV.
Sample at CBC 2015. Brown with a brown head. Aroma and taste of Caramel, sweet, burnt sugar., dark fruits. fudge, BA.. Bozzy and a Barley..
Tap @ CBC 2015. Pours amber with an off white head. Aroma of smooth molasses, dark caramel, vanilla, sweet barrels, ripe fruits, weak nutty and very harmonious. Taste is sweet and with a lot of sweet barrel. I get ripe fruits like plums and figs. Also some molasses, vanilla, dark caramel, and wood. Very nice barley wine!
Tap @CBC15. Murky brown, small beige head. Dried fruit and wood aroma. Flavour is sweet with syrupy booze and sweet licorice. Sweet and lovely sticky. Good.