Cigar City Brewing The Benwood

The Benwood

 

Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, Florida, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
7.02
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 60 Ticks: 25
Explore the deep complexity of flavor imparted by Motueka, Galaxy, Strata and Mosaic hops double dry hopped in The Benwood, our tribute to tropical aromas, citrus flavors and Florida’s most famous shipwreck.
 

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Tried on 08 Nov 2020 at 19:43


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Fairly hazy orange with a small off white head. Aroma of citrus, lemon, fruity hops, green weeds and malt. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Can on 08 Nov 2020 at 19:20


7

Hazy golden amber body small foamy white head. Floral fruity aroma. Floral fruity flavor. Medium light body moderate carbonation. 7/2/8/4/16 3.7

Tried from Can on 05 Nov 2020 at 21:10


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Caramel. Some orange, pineapple. Basically tastes like caramelized pineapple, or pineapple jam. Pours golden with a little hazy and decent head -- at least that's what a dash poured on the beach sand looks like. Finishes sweet with some booze, a hint of bitterness. Can.

Tried from Can on 26 Oct 2020 at 16:01


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

More sweet than juicy, mixing overripe fruit notes with caramel and pineapple, followed by a modest mineral bitterness and a slight saccharine bite. Wet malt and lingering citrus in the fade. Close, but not quite good.

Tried on 20 Oct 2020 at 01:03


7.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tall can from Brewcraft at home. About 3 months after canning date. Hazy amber ruby pour with some light sediment. Puffy white head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is stone fruit, pine resin, overripe mango, alcohol. Taste is big juicy boozy bitterness. Mango, alcohol, peach, citrus zest. Bitter burn on the finish with lasting warmth. Palate has very fine carbonation with prickly bitterness. Very nice - would get again if I could find a fresher one.

Tried from Can on 14 Oct 2020 at 15:37


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16 ounce can. Hazy amber orange color. Dense creamy beige head. Slightly resiny hop aroma. Bittersweet toasted malt flavor. Notes of sweet orange and caramel. Hints of stone fruit and mango. Mildly carbonated. Some warming alcohol in finish. Decent.

Tried from Can on 24 Sep 2020 at 03:19


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

A murky, orange beer, a head is quite small and blond. Aroma has pineapple, grapefruit, mango, low fructose, not so fresh. Taste has mango, graoefruit, fructose, some bitterness, could be much more. Medium bodied. Good beer.

Tried on 16 Sep 2020 at 20:19


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

13th September 2020
Can. Hazy orange gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry, good fine minerally crispness. Thin malts, mildly sweet. Crisp piney hops into slightly ripe orange. Touch of semi ripe tangerine. Crisp finish. Hmm, light for the abv and dangerously drinkable but lacks the hop complexity it should have for what has been used.

Tried from Can on 13 Sep 2020 at 18:06


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pour is a hazy bright orange with a average white head. Aroma is a decent enough pithy tropical fruit. Flavor is more of the same. A decent enough tropical fruit with a berry aftertaste. A little heavy and a little sweet are a few knocks against this. I also wonder what malt bill they used to give this such a orange color. Good not great.

Tried on 12 Sep 2020 at 20:31