Humidor Series: India Pale Ale
Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.74
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This unique IPA shares all the tropical and citrus flavors of our Jai Alai IPA but with an added dimension imparted by Spanish cedar, the same wood used to make cigar humidors. Wood from the Cedrela odorata tree is added post-fermentation to impart notes of sandalwood and cracked black pepper, adding depth of flavor and accentuating the IPA’s moderate bitterness.
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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
From notes, consumed on 3/25/13 at ChurchKey during CBC Week. Draft poured into a tasting snifter. Pours a dark gold/caramel brown with almost a finger of off-white head. Aromas of grapefruit, citrus, cedar. Tasting notes of grapefruit, pine, cedar, piney hops, big citrus, floral notes, light spice. Medium body with a semi-dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Feb 2014
at 22:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the November PINT Den Haag tasting 2013 @ ABC Beers. Poured a cloudy medium amber with a thin white head. The aroma is hoppy caramel toffee and citrus fruit. The flavour is medium to strong bitter. Medium to full bodied with a malty alcohol liqourice bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Gorgeous.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2013
at 12:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Ariel’s place. Thanks beerandbeyond. Big aroma of cedar wood and floral, citric and piney hops, maybe a bit stale. Hazy deep golden. Bitter flavor with light malt sweetness, lots of cedar wood and some piney hops. Finishes very bitter. Medium-bodied. Interesting. Maybe a bit past its prime.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2013
at 11:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Insanely cloudy burnt orange brown. Nose is full of grapefruit juice and spices. Very rugged taste. Like walnuts and tree bark. Spiced with pine and acidic grapefruit. It has a huge cedar finish that lingers for a while.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2013
at 18:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Bottle, July 2013. Thanks Sean. Pours choosy amber, ton fo floaties, medium creamy off white head, nice lacing. Aroma is pine resins, wood. Flavor is the same, light sweet, pine, woody, medium bitter, slight bite to it.o Medium body, creamy mouthfeel. what the hell is so special about this anyway? #confused.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2013
at 14:15
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 9/17/2012. Pours extremely hazy orange amber color with a nice 2 finger dense off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense foamy lacing clings to the glass. Aromas of big orange, mango, orange rind, grapefruit, pineapple, caramel, cedar, floral, grass, toast, and herbal earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great hop complexity and good balance. Lots of sweet hops with minimal pine or spiciness balance. Taste of big orange zest, pineapple, grapefruit, orange rind, caramel, floral, grass, toast, light cedar, light pine, and herbal spiciness. Good amount of citrus bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, pineapple, caramel, toast, light pine, grass, and herbal spiciness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic balance of hop flavors with a nicely balanced malt backbone; zero cloying flavors noticed after the finish. Cedar wasn’t too noticeable, but it probably also smoothed out the beer flavors. Medium carbonation and body; with a nice creamy, lightly slick, and crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is extremely well hidden with pretty much zero warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a highly excellent IPA! Great hop complexity and flavor balance; very smooth and easy to sip on. A highly enjoyable offering as I expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2012
at 20:39