Cigar City Brewing
Commercial Brewery
in Tampa,
Florida,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Monster Brewing Company
Associated with 4 Venues
Established in 2009
Contact
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.
7.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours inky black, small brown head, decent lacing. Aroma is heavy peanut, cocoa, bourbon. Flavor follows, quite sweet, light plus bitter. Heavy peanut. Full body, silky mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2025
at 01:05
Oldie
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2025
at 20:50
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2025
at 19:48
Past its prime.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2025
at 19:46
8/10
Massively spicy, smooth and slightly roasty with loads of chili, mole chocolate sauce, cocoa and vanilla, hints of berries. A total palate wrecker, but still quite tasty
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Aug 2025
at 16:21
9/10
Spicy, roasty and slightly sweetish with some chocolate, chili and barrel notes. Still quite tasty
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2025
at 12:53
7/10
Malty, sweetish and caramely with some toffee, pine, grass, citrus and floral notes, hints of herbal bitterness. Malty and sweetish west coast IPA
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Aug 2025
at 21:05
7/10
Crisp, grassy and herbal hoppy with some pine, citrus and floral notes, resin and grapefruit. Okay malty and caramely west coast IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Aug 2025
at 21:03
8/10
Sweet, spicy and roasty with some chili, chocolate, cocoa, hints of barrel, coconut and mole. Quite heavy and spicy, but sweet and tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Aug 2025
at 16:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml can. Cloudy, yellow-ish, golden colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Citrusy fruity and slightly grassy, minimally herbal, hoppy aroma, minimally spicy, pale malty background, notes of lemon, some lime, lemongrass, a touch of old lemon, lemon peel, whiffs of mint, a touch of salty cracker. Taste is bitter, citrusy fruity, slightly grassy and minimally herbal, hoppy, minimally spicy, pale malty basis, notes of lemon, some lime, lemongrass, a touch of mint, hints of salty cracker, zesty, mildly bitter hints of old lemon peel, lime peel, a touch of salted lemon.
Watery texture, minimally dry palate, medium, slightly scattered, mildly prickly carbonation.
Crisp, refreshing - pretty decent.
Watery texture, minimally dry palate, medium, slightly scattered, mildly prickly carbonation.
Crisp, refreshing - pretty decent.
Tried
from Can
from
Craft Bier Bude (REWE von Wantoch)
on 20 Aug 2025
at 21:43