El Monstruo Lúpulo
Cigar City Brewing

El Monstruo LúpuloEl Monstruo Lúpulo
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From:
Cigar City Brewing
 
Florida, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
9.5%
Score:
91
Avg:
4.09 | pDev: 7.82%
Reviews:
10
Ratings:
66
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 01, 2019
Added:
Jul 13, 2014
Wants:
  5
Gots:
  11
Cigar City’s new Rare Beer Club-exclusive IIPA is a hefty, highly focused beer which has spent some careful aging time on both Spanish cedar and spruce – the result going way beyond the imperialized version of the cedar-aged Jai Alai we first imagined. But it still sings like that beer does: revolving around the careful marriage of wood and hops.
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Ratings by starshockey9:
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Rated by starshockey9 from New Jersey

4/5  rDev -2.2%

Jul 30, 2014
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia

3.95/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Having found a truly ancient bottle in my basement, I opened it, it had a nice "pop" and, when poured, wasa a lovely solid amber with a large, long lasting head. Possibly some citrus and cedar in the nose. In the mouth, it was smooth and malty, but not overly hoppy after this long a time.
Mar 01, 2019
 
Rated: 3.99 by BeardedWalrus from North Carolina

Oct 26, 2018
 
Rated: 4.5 by RBorsato from Virginia

Jan 09, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by smartassboiler from Illinois

Nov 22, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by ralerwen from Illinois

Nov 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3.99 by Chvck1 from Maryland

Jun 26, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by sendbeer from Georgia

Jun 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.49 by BBThunderbolt from Kiribati

Mar 16, 2015
 
Rated: 3.65 by yergermeister from Pennsylvania

Feb 27, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by waddellc2 from Pennsylvania

Feb 16, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by nathanmiller from New York

Feb 10, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by twofacedmonster from Texas

Jan 27, 2015
 
Rated: 4.1 by InspectorBob from New Jersey

Jan 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3.52 by Rifugium from North Dakota

Jan 25, 2015
 
Rated: 4.18 by Giggy from Michigan

Jan 03, 2015
 
Rated: 4.15 by BobbyOlson from Michigan

Jan 03, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by s1ckboy from Massachusetts

Nov 27, 2014
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Reviewed by nmann08 from Virginia

4.13/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
From a bottle, pours a bright orange color with a full active head.

The nose is heavy malt and citrus, pine, pineapple and very faint wood. The flavor is very strong pine, spruce and resin, bitter citrus rinds, great malt backbone. A very bitter, clean finish that dries out your mouth. This is pretty tasty and an interesting spin on the DIPA.
Nov 22, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by slvrmon82 from Delaware

Nov 13, 2014
El Monstruo Lúpulo from Cigar City Brewing
Beer rating: 91 out of 100 with 66 ratings