Cigar City Brewing

Commercial Brewery in Tampa, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Monster Brewing Company
Associated with 4 Venues

Established in 2009

Contact
3924 W Spruce St, Tampa, FL, 33607, United States
Description
Steeped in the unique culture and history of Tampa, Florida, Cigar City Brewing began handcrafting award-winning beer in 2009. Cigar City Brewing’s ales and lagers bring to mind the sun and citrus for which Florida is known, while taking cues from the cigar industry upon which Tampa was built. Behind all of Cigar City Brewing’s liquid is the philosophy that quality is achieved by giving first rate ingredients to first rate people in a space where they are free to pursue their passion.

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

Huge aroma of fresh cedar and juniper. Like grabbing a handfull of fresh spring growth from a cedar shrub. As i dive in i notice lots of citrus hops, and some light honey. The flavor is a big dose of cedar and grapefruit. A very bitter pithy grapefruit. Intense bitter finish, great stuff.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:29


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

rich roasty malt aromas with lots of caramel, some smoke,and a touch of chocolate. The flavor is very very malty. there is a nice sweet breadiness, with touches of tobacco, and cocoa. A nice scotch ale.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:29


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

Very spicy nose. Herbal tea, powdered tea, lavender, rose hips.
Carb is a little high, but no biggie. Very dry bitter finish with a rose water finish mixed with some light tea and grassy hops. Very complex.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:28


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Hazy golden pour, huge white head. Aroma of tropical fruit, yeasty esters, and some sour funk. The funk is there, and there is a nice peperiness you would find in a saison too. Flavor is quite dry, and fruity with some more sourness. The carbonation is a little over the top, and it does take away from my enjoyment, but other than that, this is a great saison. A nice beer but I just fine if lacks that saison crisp, refreshing lightness, it seemed a little too dense and heavy.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:28


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Beer pours out quite thick and a very dark brown with a thick fluffy mocha head with aesome lacing. Aroma is juicy piney hops, sweet malty caramel, and sweet rye bread. Flavor is hoppy but the rye also makes an appearance. Lots of nice caramel bready sweet malts. Wow I love this.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:28


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

Very very dark brown pour with s thick mocha head. Sweet bready malts in the aroma, with some hazel nut and subtle hops. Flavor is quite malt forward and pretty one dimensional. I’m not as impressed with this beer as I was sbout some of this breweries other offerings,

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:28


8

Tried from Bottle on 15 Feb 2025 at 19:51


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

12th February 2025
CBJ bottleshare. Thanks to Wingman for the bottle. Opaque dark brown beer, small tan head. Smooth palate, a little dry, good fine carbonation. Rich dark chocolate malts. Cocoa bitterness. Alcohol spice. A little fruity bourbon. Spicy finish. Spicy linger. Nice, didn't blow me away.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Feb 2025 at 20:24


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

Bottle shared at craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Wingman. An oily, dark brown black coloured pour with a halo of khaki head. Aroma is semi sweet, boozy, honeycombe, alcohol,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet z bitter dark chocolate, bitter chocolate, hazelnut toasted nuts, white raisin,

Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2025 at 21:56


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Tried from Bottle at Cigar City Brewing on 12 Feb 2025 at 19:48

gave a cheers!