Banjo Cat

Gilman Brewing Company in Berkeley, California, United States 🇺🇸

IPA - Imperial / Double Regular

Score

6.86

ABV: 8.3%

IBU: 118

Ticks: 3

Who says cats can’t play banjo?! Not us! We love music and beer…and the combination of both. As a result we have seen some strange stuff here at the Shop over the years… this might not even be the strangest thing we have seen. A deceptively light and crisp body, purposely unbalanced to showcase 7 lbs per barrel of juicy and tropical hops, this double features Mosaic, Simcoe and El Dorado. Don’t let the ABV fool you or you might end up trying to teach your cat how to play banjo too… Thanks to our friend Kara Ferro for hooking us up with the awesome old timey animal paintings!

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7.4

bhensonb (22605) reviewed Banjo Cat from Gilman Brewing Company 3 months ago

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

Can Robin gave to Liz for me. Pours very translucent, almost hazy, gold with a large foamy lacing white head. Aroma has a lot of citrus. Med body. Flavor is lemon/orange/white berries and more. Quite dry. Quite bitter. Good stuff.

Tried from Can on 29 Nov 2025 at 01:48

6.9

bb (18428) reviewed Banjo Cat from Gilman Brewing Company 2 years ago

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

Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Earth and spice aroma with light summer fruit. Spice and summer fruit flavor with light berry. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Spice and summer fruit linger with light berries.

Tried from Draft on 23 Oct 2023 at 16:31

6.8

Zymurgeist (5717) reviewed Banjo Cat from Gilman Brewing Company 5 years ago

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

Can to imperial pint glass. Lemon and lemongrass aroma. Faintly hazed light gold with white head that fades. Flavor is tropical fruit and pine.

Tried from Can on 24 Jan 2021 at 02:33